Today two of the best of the new wave of hip-hop artists dropped mixtapes — Lil B and Theophilus London. Among the top in the fresh crop of Twitter Rappers, the two albums include the Bay Area’s Lil B, aka Based God, who has compiled all his freestyle raps into one expansive encyclopedia of stream-of-consciousness babble [...]

In anticipation of his album release of People Hear What They See on June 5th, Washington DC’s Oddisee has released a free EP featuring four renditions from various artists, both current and throwback. The Marvin Gaye “Ain’t That Peculiar” remix is killer, adding heavier drums and overall haunting instrumentation; you’d think it’s an entirely new [...]

The advocating of violence, promiscuity, drug use, shoplifting, vandalism, murder, suicide, controlling people’s thoughts and behavior…ah music, it just brings people together. Some even say that it’s so powerful that people just can’t be responsible for their actions when seduced by its poetic tongue. I don’t know about all that manipulative BS, but there’s no [...]