Writer from Champaign in Los Angeles| 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.
| “When It’s Burning in Your Soul:” An Interview with Na-Kel | February 23, 2022 |
Will Hagle chops it up with Odd-Future-affiliate, Na-Kel, about his time as a pro skater, his cathartic verse on "DNA", and how he found his voice in hip-hop.
| A Luda Look Back | January 27, 2022 |
At age 44, with IMDB credits lengthier than his streamable discography, Chris Bridges has transcended his delineation as Ludacris the Rapper, but he had an incredible run.
| “I Fill a Void With the Pen”: Earl Sweatshirt’s ‘Sick!’ | January 25, 2022 |
On Earl's latest, he finds clarity in a world diminished by a sickness that's been here long before the pandemic.
| A True King of Memphis: Remembering Young Dolph | November 19, 2021 |
Dolph’s music was grandiose and self-mythologizing. It helped him become what he viewed himself as: a story bigger than himself. He will be missed.
| The Top 8 Concerts I Almost Attended In 2021 | November 18, 2021 |
The concert might be the destination, but for Will Hagle, it's all about the winding journey that inevitably leads to missing a few shows.
Rythm Discord music bot offlined on September 15, another sad day of music disappearing from the internet at the whims of corporate interest.
