| 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.
| From the Red Clay Soil: An Interview With Jack Wilkins | October 16, 2018 |
Dean Van Ngyuen speaks with the tenured jazz guitarist about his reissued debut solo album and being sampled by A Tribe Called Quest.
| Blonde on Blond: The Return of Frank Ocean | August 27, 2016 |
Dean Van Nguyen breaks down Frank Ocean's long-awaited album, Blond.
| Westside Right on Time: The latest from Compton’s Boogie | July 13, 2016 |
Boogie drops off his first single from "Thirst 48 2" and a powerful freestyle about the recent events in Minnesota and Baton Rouge.
| From The Vault: Jeru The Damaja Drops Three Lost Dirty Rotten Demos | February 16, 2016 |
Grappling with Jeru the Damaja's legacy upon the release of his early demos.
| It’s Not Supposed to Rain at the Beach: On Anderson .Paak’s Malibu | January 28, 2016 |
Emerging from Dr. Dre's shadow, Anderson .Paak releases the formidable Malibu.
| “We Can Make It Better”: Building Kanye West’s ‘Late Registration’ | September 23, 2015 |
Dean Van Nguyen talks with Really Doe, GLC, Consequence, and more about the creation of Ye's sophomore album, 10 years after its release.
| Photos From the First Annual POW Fest, Labor Day 2015 | September 16, 2015 |
The photos were taken by Forest Casey at The Echo, during a day and night festival that changed the course of space, time, and rap music. Oh, and celebrated 10 years as a website.
| Evil Lurks in the Shadow: DOOMSTARK’s “Lively Hood” | September 16, 2015 |
Pencil in the DOOMSTARKS project for later this year. Or next year. Or the decade after that.
