Scarface (Rapper)

Big K.R.I.T. on country rap, dream cars, and playing Soundset

Related:How Rhymesayers set up the Soundset FestivalSoundset 2012 lineup announcedDanny Brown on XXX, almost signing to G-UnitFrom the jump, Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T is full of interesting paradoxes. He represents dirty-south rap with endless country swag that juxtaposes hip-hop's decidedly ... More >>

Lil B, 'I Got AIDS': Is this what progress looks like?

​So the first rapped lyrics on "I Got AIDS" are, indeed, "I got AIDS." This isn't a song that fucks around; it straddles the elephant in the blog comment box and starts beating that sucker on the ears with a spiked riding crop. This is significant in a number of ways, not least of which are these: ... More >>

Kanye West's top three recent leaks

​In case you've been living inside of a Louis Vuitton handbag, Kanye West is kind of back. In a big way. As in, making himself totally unavoidable. Everywhere you turn, there he is again: popping up as an animated character on The Cleveland Show, closing out the Video Music Awards in the most bomb ... More >>

25 Hip Hop Classics of the Decade

For a genre that's been declared dead a dozen times over, hip hop had a pretty good (if splintered) decade.

MSPIFF: Reviews of the rest

Il Divo glitters among duller bulbs like The Girl From Monaco, Just Another Love Story

Muja Messiah

Il Divo glitters among duller bulbs like The Girl From Monaco, Just Another Love Story

Katy Perry, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, and more!

Il Divo glitters among duller bulbs like The Girl From Monaco, Just Another Love Story

Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: Jan. 30-Feb. 5, 2009

New Brother Ali, Baby Guts and Gospel Gossip in the news and next week's new releases including Lily Allen & Dan Auerbach

The Songs We Can't Escape

New Brother Ali, Baby Guts and Gospel Gossip in the news and next week's new releases including Lily Allen & Dan Auerbach

The Popstream's Underrated '08: eLZhi

An Endless Summer of Cinema

The season's best film festivals and events

Critics' Picks: Cloud Cult and More...

The season's best film festivals and events

Young Jeezy

The season's best film festivals and events

Street Kings is shallow

The look at dirty police is a cop out

What's $elling

The Top 10 Discs This Week at Urban Lights Music

Del tha Funky Homosapien; Devin the Dude

The Top 10 Discs This Week at Urban Lights Music

Reservoir Dog Days

The True Hollywood Story of A Band Apart Co-Founder Michael Bodnarchek

UGK: UGK (Underground Kingz)

The True Hollywood Story of A Band Apart Co-Founder Michael Bodnarchek

Good Clean Smut

The True Hollywood Story of A Band Apart Co-Founder Michael Bodnarchek

This Is for the Alkies!

MC/VL and Scream Party uncover connection between C₂H₆0 and rocking the party. Also: Dan Wilson sings a ballad

Sound and Fury

After a three-year pause, Clipse deliver a demented punchline

One Nation, Invisible

The untold story of local hip hop: 1981 to 1996

I Feel Ya

Sometimes karma needs a nudge

Greatest Hits, 2002

Sometimes karma needs a nudge

Hoop Dreams

Are Young & Da Restless the next local rap sure shots?

Rhyme out of joint

Rising rap star Slug is a master at putting words in order. Now why won't his life fall into place?

Bizarre: Attack of the Weirdos: The EP

Rising rap star Slug is a master at putting words in order. Now why won't his life fall into place?

Color Thee Bad

Rising rap star Slug is a master at putting words in order. Now why won't his life fall into place?