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

Stereogum — North Carolina rapper MAVI has lately been touring with people like Earl Sweatshirt and Freddie Gibbs, and he’s collaborated with tons of people across the underground rap landscape. In the past few months, MAVI has released singles like “Landgra... more info

Stereogum — This year's Camp Flog Gnaw was originally planned for last weekend at LA's Dodger Stadium, but extreme weather in the forecast prompted Tyler, The Creator to push the festival back a week. Unfortunately, this resulted in some artists like Clairo drop... more info

Antimusic Rock — Armand Hammer - the duo of rappers ELUCID and billy woods - and producer The Alchemist share a new video for 'California Games' featuring Earl Sweatshirt more info

Antimusic Rock — Earl Sweatshirt shares the music video for Live Laugh Love album track 'Static' more info

Stereogum — The producer BNYX is an interesting figure. He comes from Delaware and came up as part of the Working On Dying collective. He’s had a huge come-up in the past few years, largely thanks to close association with surging rage-rap phenom Yeat. (You... more info

Stereogum — In a couple of weeks, Armand Hammer and the Alchemist will follow their excellent 2021 album Haram with Mercy , their second collaborative LP. Mercy includes collaborations with some of Armand Hammer’s underground rap peers, including Earl Sw... more info

Stereogum — Four years ago, Armand Hammer, the consistently great duo of New York rappers ELUCID and billy woods, joined forces with veteran rap producer the Alchemist on the truly staggering album Haram . That felt like a huge moment of recognition for Arma... more info

Antimusic Rock — Earl Sweatshirt releases new album Live Laugh Love out now via Warner Records and Tan Cressida more info