Carly Rae Jepsen and the Kingdom of Desire
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The Truth at the Heart of Brontez Purnell’s Since I Laid My Burden Down
In the Bay Area punk rocker’s new novel, a man goes home to Alabama to wrestle with his past
How Dan Auerbach Found A New Nashville Sound
The Black Keys frontman on his new solo album, ‘Waiting on a Song,’ and quitting the internet
Choose Love: 10 Years Of ‘Int’l Players Anthem’
On UGK and Outkast’s 2007 classic, Willie Hutch, and the mysteries of the heart
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Our critical roundtable on the songs and videos of the week
Chris Cornell Was His Era’s Greatest Frontman
No one sang like him, and now he’s gone
Paramore Become Limitless
Notes on the band’s new album, ‘After Laughter’
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Our critical roundtable on the songs and videos of the week
Fall Out Boy Are Growing Up, And So Are We
Notes on the continued life of a band that no one thought would make it this far
Lil Boosie, “Wipe Me Down,” And The Ballad Of Baton Rouge
10 years of a Southern rap classic
How Should We Remember Rodney King?
You are not always the fires you start, and you are not always the ruins after the fire is through
Rapper Marco Pavé Brings Memphis Protest History Alive
Rapper Marco Pavé Brings Memphis Protest History Alive
Kendrick Lamar Is Aiming At Nothing And Everything
What it means now when a rapper calls himself the greatest
Prince’s Sign ‘O’ The Times And Surviving The End
Lessons from the classic double album on its 30th anniversary
Chuck Berry Never Stopped Running
Notes on the later years of a troubled legend
Heartthrob Never: On The Beauty Of Biggie Smalls
Twenty years after his death, remembering what the late rapper meant to the kids who looked like him
Concert Review: The Sad, Beautiful Story of Aaron West
Wonder Years frontman Dan Campbell’s side project is a deeply real work of fiction
Long Before Nicki Minaj And Remy Ma, Women Invented Rap Beef
What the Roxanne Wars of the early 1980s can tell us about today’s feud of the moment
‘Brown Girls’ Is A Quietly Revolutionary Story About Friendship
The web series’s writer on Muslim identity, Chicago music, and more
A Tribe Called Quest Offered A Clear And Deliberate Message At The Grammys
The rap legends used the awards’ platform to speak up for the underrepresented
Whitney Houston Was Too Perfect To Stay
Five years after her death, we remember and honor a legend
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours At 40: Heartbreak And Magic
Revisiting the classic 1977 album’s peak drama and incomplete endings
Saying Goodbye To A White House That Welcomed Hip-Hop
Barack Obama’s relationship with rap music will be sorely missed
‘Juice,’ Tupac, And The Theater Of Black Nihilism
Notes on the rapper’s breakthrough film role, 25 years later