Writer from Champaign in Los Angeles| How Chris Crack Made the Best Drake Album Ever | February 12, 2023 |
On his latest, Chris Crack offers a reimagination of steppers music for the modern generation, conveyed through a futuristic recontextualization of Drake.
| ‘Paper Route Frank’: Young Dolph’s Legacy Lives On | January 20, 2023 |
A little over a year after his tragic passing, Young Dolph is immortalized with his new posthumous project that showcases evidence of stylistic evolution.
| “Life Gets Mighty Precious When There’s Less of It to Waste”: A Tribute to Bonnie Raitt | November 29, 2022 |
Bonnie Raitt has shared her blend of blues, folk, and rock-which spans the full spectrum of unabashed Americana-since her 1971 debut. We should celebrate her while she's still here, Will Hagle writes.
On his first four albums, Nosaj Thing communicated mostly through instrumentals. 'Continua' is a communication between artistic forms that can’t be translated into logical language.
The problem with 'It’s Only Me' isn’t that the songs are not good, it’s that the combined product does not add up to standalone greatness bigger than its individual parts, Will Hagle writes.
| A (Semi) Definitive Ranking of Every Freddie Gibbs Album | September 29, 2022 |
On the eve of Freddie Gibbs' latest record 'Soul Sold Separately' releasing, Will Hagle ranks the rapper's past projects and revisits the eras that made him one of the game's most consistent talents.
| Here’s What Happens When Artificial Intelligence Designs Cover Art and A&Rs Dream Collaborative LPs | August 4, 2022 |
The dawn of a new era is here - one where artificial intelligence creative directs collab albums from Carlos Santana and Young Thug, 'Madvillainy 2,' Odd Future's reunion LP & more.
| Shit Don’t Stop: On ‘111th East,’ G Perico Shines as One of LA’s Most Consistent Street Orators | July 26, 2022 |
G Perico's latest EP stands out due its replayability and acts as yet another strong project in a continued hot streak, Will Hagle writes.
| Black Star’s ‘No Fear of Time’: Or, How Uploading an Album as a Podcast Could Take Back Control From Big Streaming | June 15, 2022 |
The new Black Star album could have been a reminder of the web’s great potential, rather than another easily-mockable example of its worst qualities.
| The Essential Shower Mix | April 29, 2022 |
Music has been as essential to showering as water since ancient humans first dumped buckets over their heads, so Will Hagle created the de facto playlist for the occasion.
