The West Coast took center stage on July 23 for Compton Forever—a monumental VERZUZ matchup between YG and The Game. From The Game’s two-decade catalog of timeless hits (“Hate It or Love…
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Written by Eric B. Thornton San Francisco’s premier dance festival returns to Pier 80 for year five. There are just too many music festivals happening in every major city around the world…
Goldenvoice’s indie time machine lands at the Rose Bowl on August 22 — here are the ten acts worth showing up early for. Written by Eric B. Thornton Summer is still going…
From Baltimore warehouses to the vocal throughline of Dirtybird’s Flock Tapes Vol. 1, Life On Planets talks Flight Week, “Spiraling,” and closing out Campout x Northern Nights. Written by Eric B. Thornton…
When a young DJ Premier moved from Houston to New York to join Guru in Gang Starr, he was still learning how to make records, but their partnership would help him create…
Sixteen years after “Mr. Spock,” the Dirtybird lifer talks Flock Tapes Vol. 1, Campout world-building, and what to play on the drive home. Written by Eric B. Thornton Long before Dirtybird was…
Drink Champs Network Presents: ROC Solid with Memphis Bleek. This week on ROC Solid, we tappin’ in with none other than DJ Clue— Legendary DJ, tastemaker, and music executive DJ Clue joins…
Before Drink Champs became one of hip-hop’s most important interview platforms, DJ EFN had already spent decades putting in work behind the scenes. Coming out of Miami and operating under the Crazy…
More than two decades after “Mo City Don” first became a generational anthem, Houston legend Z-Ro has finally dropped the track’s official music video on YouTube. A timeless Texas rap classic that…
u’re kidding me?!” 🤯 When I sat down with hip-hop legend Posdnuos of De La Soul at Love Supreme, I didn’t expect to uncover one of the wilder pieces of hidden hip-hop…