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NICK SHEA: OLD-SCHOOL HIP-HOP MEETS NEW-SCHOOL OUTLOOKS
Meet the Boston rapper who’s repping old-school hip-hop in the vein of A Tribe Called Quest at just 20 years old.
FOTOBOM: GORILLAZ @ BLUE HILLS BANK PAVILION, 7/12
In a rare Boston appearance–their first in seven years–the genre-defying Gorillaz brought their full-band roadshow to Boston with a handful of digital guests.
COUSIN STIZZ: HOW A DORCHESTER RAPPER BUILT BOSTON BACK UP
With mixtape One Night Only in his back pocket, Cousin Stizz shares the secret to Boston's rap renaissance.
THIS YEAR’S MOST ANTICIPATED SUMMER ALBUMS
From Guerilla Toss to People Like You, here’s what to add to your BBQ playlist.
THE BEST LOCAL ALBUMS OF 2017 (SO FAR)
From homegrown rock to hometown rap, here's a cheat sheet to Boston's best music of the year.
FOTOBOM: DR OCTAGON, MR LIF, GOLDEN AGE @ MIDDLE EAST, 02JUN17
Kool Keith celebrates the 20th birthday of seminal hip-hop record Dr. Octagonecologyst with partners Dan the Automator and DJ Qbert in two.
NONAME: THE LITTLE CHICAGO RAPPER WHO MADE A BIG NAME FOR HERSELF
From collaborating with Chance the Rapper and Mick Jenkins to selling out her own headlining tour, Noname is bound for stardom. It's her tender hip-hop poetry that's rocketing her there quickly.
HIP-HOP JOINS THE LITERARY CANON: KENDRICK LAMAR NOW ARCHIVED AT HARVARD
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.
30 BEST LOCAL ALBUMS OF 2016
Boston had one hell of a year and we've got 30 records to prove it.