Apr 27 2018
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Sure: SZA feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Doves in the Wind” — SZA rides a horse with style, Kendrick Lamar levitates, and…
Feb 6 2018
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Kendrick Lamar again heightens the art of the music video with his SZA collaboration, “All the Stars,” from the…
Nov 28 2017
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You might remember last year when Adele, crying and cradling her Grammy for Album of the Year at the end of the…
Jul 10 2017
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Following the release of 4:44, Jay-Z continues to share intimate details of the marital turbulence he and Beyoncé…
Apr 20 2017
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Kendrick Lamar, like many of us, remains weary of the world, suspicious of its false progression—and of his own. He…
Apr 18 2017
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“DNA” is the most relentlessly rapped track on Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN., an album that plays like a deep, critical…
Jul 5 2016
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This June edition of the Wokest Baes, just like Sam Smith’s discovery of racism, is better late than never. And…
Jul 5 2016
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In the middle of a Fourth of July celebration at the White House—in fact, his last one ever aw—President Barack…
Jun 26 2016
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Beyoncé opened the 2016 BET Awards with a ferocious performance of “Freedom.”
Mar 7 2016
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In the opening stretch of track seven on Untitled Unmastered, Kendrick Lamar runs down what sounds like a list of…
Feb 15 2016
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It might’ve felt endless but the Grammy Awards broadcast eventually drew to a close. And amid performances good…
Feb 15 2016
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On Monday night, Kendrick Lamar performed a medley from his Grammy Award winning album To Pimp A Butterfly,…
Jan 25 2016
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Following the release of songs like “Real Friends” and “No More Parties in LA,” Kanye West, according to Kanye West,…
Jan 18 2016
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“Pink fur got Nori dressing like Cam” is obviously the best line of this track on listens 1-10, and despite it,…
Jan 12 2016
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God damn, that’s a smile. Here’s another.
Jan 8 2016
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Kendrick Lamar, with the live backing of the Roots, performed about five minutes of straight mellifluous bliss,…
Dec 7 2015
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This year’s Grammy nominees are out, and for the most part, it’s business as usual: a bunch of people who topped…
Oct 29 2015
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Y: Alessia Cara’s “Wild Things” is a worthy theme song for people who like to stare blankly at so-called cool kids,…
Sep 10 2015
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Kendrick Lamar performed hits from his sophomore album, To Pimp A Butterfly, on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert…
Aug 13 2015
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A bright spot on an otherwise bleak album, Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” instantly feels necessary. Besides being the…