Pop Smoke’s Legacy and the Sound of Brooklyn ...

Following his recent Sunday Review, longtime contributor Grayson Haver Currin talks to Reviews Director Jeremy D. Larson about the story behind legendary producer Brian Eno’s 1978 touchstone Ambient 1: Music for Airports, the most influential ambient album ever made.Read Grayson’ ...  Show more

The Wilco frontman and author talks to Associate Editor Sam Sodomsky about the pitfalls of music snobbery, what he doesn’t like about rock criticism, Wilco’s recent album Cousins, and his latest book World Within a Song, in which he writes about 50 tracks that rearranged his brai ...  Show more

The sound of Brooklyn Drill helped make Pop Smoke a superstar. But after Pop’s murder last year, how can this subgenre of rap, who’s lyrics and songs are filled with threats of gun violence, evolve and keep artists safe? We help you find the answer. Featuring Vok (Vokorondon) Bar ...  Show more

When Pop Smoke first came on the scene last summer he was setting himself on a path not only spearheading a new wave of rappers out of Brooklyn but the young MC had his sights set on the whole world. Today on the release date of his posthumous debut album "Shooting For The Stars, ...  Show more

Hip-hop is in a weird place right now. Research says that the genre, in both streaming and chart performance, has declined over the last decade. And while rap artists can still get number one songs on the Hot 100, it’s a far cry from the peak of trap circa 2017, when Nielsen data ...  Show more

A lot of bad Hip-Hop takes have appeared on the internet over the past week as the JBP discusses recent comments about Rick Ross (17:16) as well as Drake's recent Instagram captions (21:37). Kanye has now insert himself into the Hip-Hop drama (31:40), Beyoncé drops 'COWBOY CAR ...