To Pimp A Butterfly is one of the first albums to be archived as a part of “These Are The Breaks,” a project curated to study hip-hop's influences.
HIP-HOP JOINS THE LITERARY CANON: KENDRICK LAMAR NOW ARCHIVED AT HARVARD
Kendrick Lamar
POP GOES THE BAND: WARPAINT SHARE TIPS ON CREATIVITY
Los Angeles quartet Warpaint tell us the secrets to getting your creative juices flowing.
DROP ZONE: A CONVERSATION WITH ANTHONY FANTANO
"I try not to center too much on what a specific scene is doing, because it’s all about the Internet for me now."
TEMPTING FATE: LESSONS IN COMPLEX SIMPLICITY WITH NOSAJ THING
“I just never want to do the same records twice."
REVIEW + FOTOBOM: FLYING LOTUS AT PARADISE ROCK CLUB
Flying Lotus, like Thundercat, is proof that the easiest way to be cool is to be good at what you do.
FLYING LOTUS: YOU’RE DEAD!
Lotus is more George Duke than J. Dilla here, invoking the spirit of psychedelic jazz for an ambitious exploration of death, and whatever may happen after.
