| Pop Lock These Words: The Story of Jean Grae’s Jeanius | September 1, 2020 |
Dean Van Nguyen dives deep into the 9th Wonder-produced, long-delayed, and heavily pirated cult classic.
| Texas Forever: Dretti Franks Channels Vintage DJ Screw | June 15, 2020 |
Dean Van Nguyen shines up the candy paint on the Beaumont rapper's newest full-length.
| Championship Crunk: On Duke Deuce’s Memphis Massacre 2 | March 31, 2020 |
Dean Van Nguyen goes in on the Memphis artist bringing crunk back.
| Keep Dealing: On Pusha T’s “Puppets (Succession Remix)” | October 16, 2019 |
The veteran MC was recently tapped to add bars to the HBO series' slapper of a theme song. Dean Van Nguyen investigates.
| Legends Never Die: On the Return of Ghostface Killah | October 1, 2019 |
Dean Van Nguyen explores how the Iron Man might have regained his strength on his latest album.
| Veteran from the West: Spice 1 Remains The O.G. | September 25, 2019 |
Dean Van Nguyen goes in on the East Bay legend's new album.
| Carol City ZUU: On Denzel Curry and Miami | June 24, 2019 |
Dean Van Nguyen goes in on the South Florida star's newest album.
| On the Bridge Without a Rope: Boogie’s Everything’s For Sale | February 7, 2019 |
Dean Van Nguyen goes in on the Compton MC's Shady Records debut.
| A Winter’s Tale: Ten Years of 808s & Heartbreak | November 27, 2018 |
Dean Van Nguyen explores Kanye West's genre-shifting fourth album on the occasion of its ten-year anniversary.
| Lil Peep, One Year Later | November 18, 2018 |
A year removed from his passing, Dean Van Nguyen reflects on the emo-rap star.
