Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. This week, Alphonse ...

Formed in Bergen County in 1990, Dog Eat Dog were one of many positive hardcore bands from the fertile New Jersey scene of the time. They managed to secure a deal with Roadrunner Records after an ...

Here’s a gift guide for the audio lover in your life — from a massive new oral history courtesy Paul McCartney to a ...

The Soulquarians era of the late ‘90s and early 2000s was brief but brilliant. The Roots, Common, and the late great D’Angelo released records that changed Black music, culture, and time itself.

Angus Batey considers what's in five years when it comes to LL Cool J's two greatest albums, Radio & Mama Said Knock You Out ...

Yiddish music has always evolved — from the shtetl to the stage, and now to the synth. For some time now a new wave of ...

For the first time in more than 35 years, no rap songs appeared in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40. This came after “ Luther,” Kendrick Lamar’s duet with SZA, was removed from the chart following the ...

For the first time this decade, three rap albums are nominated for Album of the Year at the 2026 Grammys. Here’s why hip-hop ...

The world’s biggest hip-hop festival is finally touching down in India. On November 22 & 23, Rolling Loud India 2025 hits the ...

With his incisive bars and collabs with the likes of Drake and Central Cee, the young British rapper is putting his M18 ...

As the tap dancer yields the stage, she hands the beat, quite literally, to the beatboxers. The first performer starts his ...

Lancey Foux is venturing into bold sonic terrain on his forthcoming LP ‘THE TIME OF OUR LIVES’ — and follow-up ‘BLEACHED’ version of self-produced remixes — crafting music for the club in his most ...