Stereogum — It's here! It exists! Way back in March 2025, Erykah Badu revealed that she was working on a collaborative album with rap production giant the Alchemist. This was obviously a big deal, since Badu hadn't released an album since 2010's New Amerykah Par... more info

Stereogum — Every September, the Hopscotch Music Festival brings an eclectic, idiosyncratic lineup to venues all around Raleigh. It's a great time. The whole Stereogum staff went down to the fest in 2019, and we saw a ton of cool stuff. Last year's fest looked s... more info

Stereogum — Sage Elsesser is a skateboarder, artist, and model, but this is a music blog, so around here he's known for rapping. As Navy Blue, Elsesser has carved out a space within the heady, abstract underground hip-hop landscape. In March he guested on a trac... more info

Stereogum — The amorphous Brooklyn band and art collective Standing On The Corner don’t fit into any normal categories, and they don’t do things that other bands do. Sometimes, they put out their own records. Sometimes, they do production for rappers like Ea... more info

Stereogum — Yikes! SXSW London kicks off today, and it is not going great. The multi-faceted festival lost Earl Sweatshirt due to an injury, and political commentators Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur won't be there either because of a UK entry ban. The post SXSW Lond... more info

Stereogum — Earl Sweatshirt beef be damned: There’s a new JPEGMAFIA album coming this Friday. Peggy has been rolling out Experimental Rap with singles like the relatively restrained “babygirl” and the decidedly non-crunchy “War Over Land,” but the late... more info

Stereogum — JPEGMAFIA’s new album Experimental Rap isn’t even out for another two weeks, but it’s already led to the extremely entertaining Instagram-comments feud between Peggy and Earl Sweatshirt. That bit of gossip will probably get more attention than ... more info

Stereogum — Just yesterday, JPEGMAFIA announced his new album Experimental Rap . Already, his rollout campaign has become contentious, seemingly by design. Peggy recently did a Pigeons & Planes interview, and the whole thing isn't up online yet. But in an advan... more info

Stereogum — Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE are two of the best, most consistent lyricists of the 2020s, but they’ve never been pretentious enough to try proving it — at least, not outside their individual albums. The post Welcome To Lucid Nap Time With Earl & MIKE... more info

Antimusic Rock — Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, and SURF GANG share their new single 'Leadbelly.' more info