The Rap Up returns with new ones from Maxo Kream, Riff Raff, and some bad rap rock combos.
One day in the future, a group of flamingo-haired, brony-tailed, and #Aeropostalecore college kids will be sitting in a Versace lecture hall and taking notes on their iced out tablet devices about the singularly fascinating career of Jody Highroller. You cannot dismiss Riff Raff because he will continually move the polo goals further, more blindingly […]
Peter Holslin pulled up at the club in a helicopter The Egyptian street-rap movement known as “electro chaabi” took root in a Cairo suburb. But by now, it’s pretty much become a global phenomenon, with beat heads and sonic collectors from all over the world devouring the FruityLoops grooves and Auto-Tuned rhymes of DJ Figo, […]
Brad Beatson is trying to get that Puff Daddy Money UPDATE: Episode 3 “White Trash Bruschetta and Henny Wings” In London, Bronson’s lost in translation while snacking on the world’s best pork buns and crushing room service. With the pinky out, he gets the finest lamb at the kebab house that could cure Magic’s cough, and taste tests beigels with […]
Doc Zeus drinks super fruit smoothies out of Gucci blenders “Is this guy fucking serious?” Nearly every piece of substantial music journalism conducted around Riff Raff over the last few years seems to center around the earnestness of the Houston rapper’s basic existence. The slack-jawed perplexity surrounding Riff Raff’s rap career, from both journalists and […]
Riff Raff: How to Be the Man on Myspace. Brad Beatson is regretting his FUSE TV tattoo Jody Highroller was created for blockbuster summers, all-inclusive wristbands and member’s only production value. Mad Decent’s crystal ball predicted the “Fall of Franco” and the order of Spring Breakers 2, and here with the MySpace exclusive, “How to Be […]