Guides Archives Hip-Hop / R&B
Discover: The Dungeon Family
Before there was a family, there was the Dungeon — otherwise known … more »
Discover: New York Hip-Hop
Photo: Jay-Z While we’re usually cruising down 8th Street in a cab,… more »
Discover: Warner Music Classi…
For years, Warner Brothers Records has been home to musicians who want to… more »
Going Through Changes
One of the great, long-running mythologies in popular music is the one su… more »
Discover: Jamie Records
Harold Lipsius was perfectly positioned to take advantage of the integral… more »
Discover: Greatest Debuts
You know what they say about first impressions: a second to make, a lifet… more »
eMusic’s Guide to Pitch…
Since it began in 2006, Pitchfork Music Festival has been one of the most… more »
Discover: Essential Best-Of A…
Where to start? That’s a question we field often, whether someone… more »
Lords of the Underground: A G…
“Underground” is one of those tantalizingly vague terms that… more »
eMusic Essentials
From timeless classics to today’s leading trendsetters, eMusic is t… more »
25 Bands to See at Coachella …
There is every other music festival and then there is Coachella, the Cali… more »
It Came From New Jersey
Click for Full-Sized Image In the 40 years since Bruce Springsteen signed… more »
Discover: Coachella 2012
It’s a tradition by now, isn’t it? It being the annual debate… more »
Icon: The Roots
The more the Roots face the bright stage lights, whether on tour or Late … more »
2012 GRAMMY® Nomin…
The 2012 GRAMMY® nominations are in, and frankly, we’re … more »
A Musical History of Muscle S…
You’ve seen how the Muscle Shoals ghost reacted to the music of Sch… more »
Icon: Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige sometimes refers to herself in the third person, which you … more »
Label Profile: Light in the A…
File under: Revitalized funk, folk and rock records from the States and a… more »
Label Profile: Mello Music
File under: Measured, day-in-the-life musings set to crisp boom-bap beats… more »
Discover: Minneapolis, 1980-1…
At the end of 1984, 240 American rock critics voted in the Village Voice… more »
Video Q&A: DJ Shadow
When DJ Shadow decided to call his long-awaited fourth album The Less You… more »
What We’re Listening To…
Remember, during the halcyon days of the video store, the “Staff Pi… more »
Icon: Eminem
Every rapper has a pseudonym or five, and every major pop star has toyed … more »
Icon: Jay-Z
As he is fond of pointing out, by the time he released his debut album, R… more »







