| Bass Clarinet Boom Bap | November 18, 2022 |
Chris Robinson explores hip-hop's history of sampling the bass clarinet and finds a grab bag of eleven tracks featuring the big licorice’s luscious low-end frequencies.
| 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.
Patrick Johnson wonders if Tyler, The Creator and DJ Drama watched 'Life Aquatic' together, dives into the skill of flexing with vulnerability, ranks the best Drama vocal contributions and more.
For today's Song of the Day, Lucas Foster selects a new tune from the DMV rapper.
A look at the first two singles from Tyler's new album.
| Can Kali Uchis Become the Next Amy Winehouse? | March 4, 2015 |
A look at the new album from the Colombian singer who has collaborated with BadBadNotGood, Dâm-FunK, Kaytranada and Tyler, the Creator.
| Fall Mixtape: Peter Holslin | December 3, 2014 |
Peter Holslin vows to be the first music writer to file copy from the International Space Station. I have a friend who has a toddler son who’s obsessed with the moon. He immediately grabs onto anything circle-shaped, and when the sun goes down, I hear once trotted out to the backyard to yell, “Moon! Moon!” […]
| Drake Suarez: If Rappers Were Footballers | June 20, 2014 |
Somehow the rap game, reminds Dweez of the beautiful game. Art by Ben Bjelajac. Drake featuring Drake. We’ve now seen all 32 teams play in this tournament. Google searches are 10x higher for the World Cup than they were for the NBA Finals this last week. The game done changed and here is a guide […]
Art by Sara_for_Dinner Late last year I sat down with Tyler, the Creator for a feature that ran in the Feb/March issue of Malibu Mag. Just a few weeks after the Odd Future Carnival, we met on his lunch break during shooting for the third season of “Loiter Squad.” I’d been told I would have […]
I like everything about this. The old man goofball glee that Letterman gets from saying “Earl Sweatshirt.” The Temptations back-up dancing provided by Tyler and Earl during Domo’s verse. Tyler’s air guitar solo. The St. Louis Cardinal’s Starter jacket. Earl’s return to become everything rap fans had hoped. Tyler’s purposefully corny tucked in shirt and […]
