Brooklyn Vegan — Blood Orange, Mac DeMarco, Eric B & Rakim, Iceage, Shame, Pusha T, Hop Along, Soccer Mommy, Smino, BLACKPINK, Ella Mai, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Christine & The Queens, Turnover, Khruangbin, The 1975, Earl Sweatshirt, Saturday headliners Tame Impala, an... more info

JamBase — The Soul Rebels will soon embark on The Way Up Winter Tour, which includes dates with Rakim and Big Freedia. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tonight's NYC-area shows include Eric B & Rakim, Thursday, The Roots, Dead Meadow, Playboi Carti, Julian Lynch, and more. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Legendary hip hop duo Eric B & Rakim went on a reunion tour earlier this year, and now they're set to wrap up 2018 with more shows... Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Holiday Hip Hop Jam (with Rakim, The LOX, Black Moon & more), another Weezer/Pixies tour, Mumford & Sons, Cat Power, and more tour and show news. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Interpol, Bob Dylan, Mitski, Kero Kero Bonito, Rakim / Pharoahe Monch, J Mascis, Guided by Voices, Runaway Brother, and more just-announced tour news. Continue reading… more info

New York Times — From hip-hop innovators to arty British punks to heroes of the Sunset Strip, a look at six recent releases from the archives. more info

Consequence of Sound — The Complete Collection 1987-1992 collects all four albums and two discs' worth of remixes. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The God MC premiered new song 'Kings Paradise' in Marvel's 'Luke Cage' and played it in a new NPR Tiny Desk Concert, joined by Adrian Younge, A Tribe Called Quest's Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and more. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — In 2000, Rakim, then widely regarded as the greatest rapper ever, signed with Dr. Dre's Aftermath label. This was a ridiculously exciting thing to even contemplate: an all-time great rapper and an all-time great rap producer coming together, aligning... more info