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The first time that I, and most grime heads, came across Tempa T was in 2006 via the Non-Stop Working DVD. It was a three-hour long film that followed Slew Dem Crew, an East London collective of emcees and producers, as they hit up pirate radio and shelled down stages on tour. The first dance you see the crew (and Jammer, […]
Sometimes in life, you have to look on the bright side. For example, this week, we were reminded that reproductive healthcare is not a right and the immigrants who built (and continue to build) this country don’t deserve compassion in the eyes of our government. But, on the bright side, there’s a shit ton of […]
It’s been a long, complicated road to the release of Lil Uzi Vert’s next album. Nearly ten months have passed since he teased the title of Eternal Atake, and it’s been nearly five months since he first claimed the project was finished. At times, it looked like the album would never come out (like the […]
Are you ready? So far, 2019 hasn’t been flooded with as many major music releases as some of us expected, but that’s about to change. Some of rap’s biggest stars, like Tyler, the Creator and Chance the Rapper, have confirmed that their next albums are on the way. And each Friday, the amount of songs […]
Freddie Gibbs’ “great place” is not metaphorical; for the first time since being dropped from Interscope, he is in business with a major record company. Tunji Balogun, whose relationship with Gibbs and Lambert goes back a decade, is the executive vice president of A&R at RCA Records and a co-founder of the label Keep Cool […]
The Roshe remains available on Nike’s website, but Matt Powell, senior industry advisor for sports for the NPD Group, says sales of the line dropped “substantially” from 2017 to 2018. And the prices on StockX, for example, have slipped well below the sneaker’s original $70 price point, with many colorways going for as little as $35 […]
Netflix is good at a lot of things, but ultimately, it boils down to two: providing content for damn near every niche group, and also finding ways to flip said content on its ear. Series like It’s Bruno, which premieres on May 17, is one of them. The show, which comes from the mind of rapper/filmmaker/New […]
While Mars Blackmon worked the small screen, Lee put Jordans on the silver screen in most of his early film work. His first flick, 1986’s She’s Gotta Have It, opened Wieden+Kennedy’s eyes to Mars’ love of Js. The director’s 1989 opus, Do the Right Thing, upped the ante, with more Nike footwear featured in the […]
The death of physical video game media draws ever closer. Brick and mortar stores like GameStop are closing up. We no longer buy video game discs and cartridges, used or otherwise; we download our games to our consoles via high-speed wireless connections and curate digital libraries. Eventually, we’ll subscribe to and stream our games from […]
While I grew up a huge fan of movies and television, it was rare that I felt I could actually make either. Coming from Trenton, New Jersey, the closest I saw my town get to the mainstream was the video for Poor Righteous Teachers’ “Rock Dis Funky Joint.” Being black in America, especially as ’80s […]
