| 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.
| Never Fly Alone: On Westside Gunn’s ‘Peace “Fly” God’ | July 27, 2022 |
On Gunn's latest, a result of a 48-hour recording marathon, he farms out the creative work to a corps of b-list genre artists in an effort to reach a “museum rap" pinnacle.
Joel Biswas explains how Mach-Hommy's new album is that rarest of things – a rap record that’s both a treatise on and testament to greatness.
| Hero vs. Villain: “Gorilla Monsoon” | February 1, 2021 |
Our MF DOOM tribute continues as Thomas Hobbs flexes the WWF-referencing A-side of the villain's collaboration with Westside Gunn.
| The Infinite Possibilities of Westside Gunn, Jay Worthy and Boldy James | November 11, 2019 |
Steven Louis goes in on a Hitler Wears Hermes 7 highlight.
Douglas Martin breaks down the new Westside Gunn LP.
| An Interview with Westside Gunn | July 11, 2018 |
Steven Louis speaks with Westside Gunn about Griselda Gang, Los Angeles, and his new LP, 'Supreme Blientele.'
| Beautiful Noise: The New York Rap Roundup, September 2017 | October 1, 2017 |
Beautiful Noise returns with words on Standing on the Corner, Big Baby Gandhi, and more.
Douglas Martin looks at the Easter treat from Westside Gunn and Mach-Hommy.
| A Year in the Life of Douglas Martin: 2016 Edition | January 4, 2017 |
Douglas Martin breaks down his year in music.
