Simpson’s alleged murder weapon and the 1999 Columbine school shooting led to Eminem’s album being brought to the Senate floor. Nearly 25 years later, perhaps the most longstanding legacy from TMMLP came with Eminem coining the now-overused term “Stan” in his still-spellbinding seven-minute...
After coming up in freestyle rap battles, Eminem has continually wielded the mic as his weapon of choice and obliterated anyone who comes in his path – as seen in the countless feuds he’s engaged in over the years. With unapologetically controversial and macabre (yet frequently hilarious) ba...
Nestled between the party tracks of Shamir’s debut Ratchet is secret weapon "Demon", a downturned love song that draws its fire from the underworld. "I’ve gone and sold my soul/ If I’m a demon, baby, you’re the beast that made me", Shamir sings over one of Ratchet’s sparse...
The Highbridge rapper has been turning heads for a long while now—"Drowning" solidified his reputation—but it was hard to imagine he'd release a debut album as good as this. A Boogie's greatest weapon is his facility with melody, and he wields it instinctively all over the album. The...
When Rostam Batmanglij left Vampire Weekend in 2016, it was easy to imagine a bleak future for the group. Batmanglij was their secret weapon, a multi-instrumentalist and composer turned pop superproducer. He gave their records orchestral flourishes that elevated the band’s concoctions from middlin...
Nestled between the party tracks of Shamir’s debut Ratchet is secret weapon "Demon", a downturned love song that draws its fire from the underworld. "I’ve gone and sold my soul/ If I’m a demon, baby, you’re the beast that made me", Shamir sings over one of Ratchet’s sparse...
Nestled between the party tracks of Shamir’s debut Ratchet is secret weapon "Demon", a downturned love song that draws its fire from the underworld. "I’ve gone and sold my soul/ If I’m a demon, baby, you’re the beast that made me", Shamir sings over one of Ratchet’s sparse...
Nestled between the party tracks of Shamir’s debut Ratchet is secret weapon "Demon", a downturned love song that draws its fire from the underworld. "I’ve gone and sold my soul/ If I’m a demon, baby, you’re the beast that made me", Shamir sings over one of Ratchet’s sparse...