These five WA acts are set to make big waves in 2025
WA has always been brilliant at producing world beating musicians. Here are five acts set to do huge things in the coming year.
A Rapper for the Ketamine Era
Playboi Carti sounds like he isn’t saying much. But there’s a story to his music.
Saba and No ID’s ‘From the Private Collection’ Is a Cross-Generational Labor of Hip-Hop Love
Saba and No ID are two legends of Chicago hip-hop, from two different generations. Saba is the cerebral rap poet who made his name with corrosively pained classics like 2018’s Care for Me and 2022’s ...
J.B. Moore, Producer of Seminal Hip-Hop Records, Dies at 81
He was a magazine ad salesman when he and a colleague, Robert Ford, teamed with Kurtis Blow and helped break rap music into ...
Jensen McRae and 10 More Artists to Watch
Meet the buzzy folk-pop songwriter, plus a dancey noise band, a dexterous Dominican M.C., a new generation of SoundCloud ...
In Dallas With Erykah Badu, a True Original Who’s Prepping Her First Album in 15 Years
In 2015, while on an apparent hiatus, Badu released a remix of Drake’s gargantuan smash “Hotline Bling.” Produced by the ...
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Remembering Roberta Flack: 10 Hip-Hop Songs That Sampled The Legendary Vocalist
Hip-Hop Wired has compiled 10 songs that sampled Roberta Flack’s music. My first time hearing Roberta Flack occurred when I was in elementary school via the song “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” a ...
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THE BOMB | BTS member j-hope’s solo work is a resounding success
As a solo artist, j-hope is the bomb. The 31-year-old member of Korea’s biggest music group BTS, who started as a dancer, has emerged as a fine singer-songwriter in the hip-hop mold. In 2018, five ...