Blu celebrates his 40s, Lord Sko becomes Jeff Bridges and Wakai records an anti-goofy PSA.

The legendary Cali duo talks about their artistic legacy, growing as collaborators, and preserving the parts of hip-hop they love most.

POW proudly premieres Bryson the alien's aquamarine-veiled video with original animation from SPELLWRKS.

Psymun speaks to the beloved rap duo about jazz, hip-hop, production, and the influence of Miles Davis on their new collaborative album.

A few years ago, David Ma spoke to the Los Angeles rap stalwart about working with Exile, being into jazz, and label conflicts.

Evan Gabriel talks with Blu about being starstruck, optimism, and pilgrimages.

POTW premieres Blu's "Otionography" from his forthcoming Open Your Optics to Optimism.

Art by USMC Archives Chris Daly is about four five seconds from Boris Spassky. Like most Americans who lived through the Cold War, I was under the impression that Mother Russia tapes beat listeners*. First Word Records’ own Fulgeance and DJ Scientist have proven just how wrong I was on their latest, “The Soviet Tape.” […]

The Passion of the Weiss staff present the first volume of the compilation album "Best Rap of 2014: 25 Shots to the Dome"

Dewey Decibel is freestyling right now over coffee and brunch This summer mix is a compilation of my top played tracks in my iTunes right now, an eclectic mixture of tracks that I have been banging on the regular. There is usually a track that comes along while I am grinding on some graphic design […]