Stones Throw songs

It's a little "I heard them before they were cool," but for once I really do get to claim it - I first heard about NxWorries before Anderson Paak blew...

Unfortunately lacking a strong push from its label, Guilty Simpson's Detroit's Son LP is heading for cult status. The MC is no frills, maybe that's w...

Knxworries is a collaboration between experimental/instrumental hip-hop producer Knxwledge and Anderson .Paak. It's been a huge year for Paak, who fea...

Everything 80s and 90s seems to be making a cyclical cultural appearance, with one juicy exception. For most of us, the Jheri curl is either a magical...

Guilty is a favorite. The flow is precise, the lyrics are granular, and the delivery booms. Detroit's Son, his collaborative LP with Australian DJ/pro...

While many rappers will make the casual listener believe the myth that rap is relegated to one-dimensional tropes, Homeboy Sandman continues to focus ...

Silk Rhodes is comprised of two women, one producer and one vocalist, who make music that sounds beautifully heartbroken. Minimal but still full, this...

Another Madlib invasion!"The Buzz" is part of a 12" eponymous EP that will be released on MED's Bang Ya Head label, a sequel of sorts to The Burgundy ...

A few years ago, a rotund young Caucasian with a formidable beard for someone under legal drinking age announced that he was releasing a seven-inch re...

Samiyam came up under the Brainfeeder umbrella, but the Los Angeles by way of Michigan producer is a sore thumb in the collective. Among electronic gi...

After arranging a Run DMC/A-Track collaboration earlier this year, Adidas Originals have turned their attention to the Southern Hemisphere. Over the c...

If you ever get the chance to catch J. Rocc live in action, you should do yourself, your body, and memory a favor and pony up the cover charge to do s...

Soul music has never really gone out of style. Many artists incorporate it into their sound or do their own particular take on the genre. From Amy Win...

From the smokey, idiosyncratic mind of Madlib emerges Quasimoto. Crudely drawn, yellow (or blue) and constantly armed with either a blunt or a brick, ...

Roughly a year ago, Blu, the Charles Mingus of hip-hop (or is he the Thelonious Monk of rap?), took to a Bandcamp page to release an album entitled UC...

Jea! Right on time for Dilla month comes an announcement that the late great's shelved major label debut album, originally titled Pay Jay, will now se...

I love many kinds of music, but soul music holds a special place in my heart. It's funky enough without being erratic. It's intimate and personal. It ...

So many times you hear the term "legendary" used to describe groups of generations past, and you kind of feel like you can't question that, even thoug...