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

Stereogum — Next month, underground rap giants Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE will join forces to release the new double album POMPEII / UTILITY. It’s not a collaborative record, exactly. It’s two albums packaged together — one from MIKE and one from Earl, with ... more info

Stereogum — Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE, frequent collaborators and leaders of a certain strain of underground rap, have gotten together to release a new album that’ll be produced entirely by SURF GANG, the adventurous collective who we profiled back in 2023. We ... more info

Stereogum — Dylan Carlson’s long-running, ever-evolving drone institution Earth helped invent doom metal back in the early ’90s. Carlson started Earth one year before Detroit native Robert Mansel was born. Mansel, now known as Black Noi$e, is known for his i... more info

Antimusic Rock — Currently performing on his world tour, Earl Sweatshirt shares the music video for Live Laugh Love album track 'INFATUATION more info

Stereogum — Brooklyn producer evilgiane is the head of the omnivorous Surf Gang collective, and he’s done forward-thinking work with people like Kendrick Lamar and Earl Sweatshirt. Just last month, Surf Gang and London rapper Jawnino released the extremely coo... more info

Magnet Magazine — MAGNET’s Corey duBrowa picks the best hip-hop releases of the year 1) Clipse Let God Sort Em Out (Roc Nation)2) Earl Sweatshirt Live Laugh Love (Tan Cressida/Warner Bros.)3) Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Alfredo 2 (ESGN/ALC/Virgin)4) PremRock Did Y... more info

Stereogum — The Florida-born, Brooklyn-based rapper Niontay has become an underground staple in recent years, and he’s working fast. Earlier this year, Niontay released his album Fada more info