Tagged trap

As I walked the near vertical climb up Powell Street on my way to The Masonic, I couldn’t help but wonder what to expect from this concert. After releasing his 2023 project “Let’s Start Here.”,  Lil Ya...

On the biggest headlining tour of his life, Vancouver-based producer Nathan Shaw, better known as Ekali, delivered a stunning performance to a sold-out crowd at The Warfield. On the back of his recently release...

Just past 9:30, the lights on the stage went dim. Slowly, each light fixture turned on and off, flashing between white, red and blue colors before moving to the next. First, the overheads. Next, the massive pan...

On January 26th, Migos released Culture 2 (2018), a rumbling banger that debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s top 200 chart internationally. It’s the trio’s second album to top the national list, the first bei...

Derrick Coleman, better known by his stage name Fredo Santana, passed away on January 20th at his home in Los Angeles, California. Coleman was a pioneer in Chicago’s drill scene, coming up alongside other Chi...

It’s 9:07am on November 19th, and my third alarm is going off. My phone, cold and wet from the humid rainy weather vibrates against my sticky face as I try to ignore it and the many responsibilities the day w...

San Francisco was elevated last weekend as Henry Alfred Steinway, better known by his stage name RL Grime, took over the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium for two nights, followed by afterparties at 1015 Folso...

On Saturday, July 15, after headlining the Audiotistic festival in Mountain View, Canadian-DJ-trio Keys n Krates travelled up the East Bay for an afterparty set at Cornerstone. Bombastic beats in tow, Keys put ...

“Break you off, yeah, made myself a boss, yeah…” Future trails off before the hook on “F*ck Up Some Commas,” the fifth song on Monster (2014), replays for the fourth time. The verse ends with his crew...

If you’re a fan of Bryson Tiller, Nirvana, or New Edition, you should listen to THEY. immediately. The Los Angeles based “GrungeR&B” duo consists of Dante and Drew, who make music that draws from a di...

It swims like a Future album, quacks like a Future album, and slaps like a Future album. FUTURE is a Future album. So it goes. The Atlanta trap lord has nothing to prove to his masses, and has no desire to s...

Overheard in the backseat of my car last month: “JEFFERY is the hardest shit in existence, man — Young Thug makes 21 Savage look like a five year-old.” “What? Dude, he’s wearing a wedding dress ...

Reflections in Real Time is an intensely personal album that attempts to make sense of the arc traced by one’s own life from the point of view of 25 year-old hip hop artist Kilo Kish, and it is excellent.  A...

With just a few stops remaining on their "Midnite Mass" tour, Canadian trio Keys N Krates led service last Thursday, February 18, at the Regency Ballroom. The idea that the "Midnite Mass" tour is supposed to "f...

Toronto-based Keys N Krates are set to make an appearance at the Regency Ballroom tomorrow, February 18, as part of their month-and-a-half long tour following the January 15 release of their latest EP, Midnite ...