Decoded: A$AP Rocky “Long.Live.A$AP”
The ongoing content from Life + Times sees the online producer catching up with A$AP Rocky to discuss the meaning behind the intro track “Long.Live.A$AP” from his forthcoming album of the same name. In speaking about the rough and rugged...
HYPETRAK TV: Pro Era x Stussy New York Event Recap
Referred by some as the Native Tongues for the new generation, New York boom bap collective Pro Era certainly had an eventful 2012 marked by stellar releases from frontman Joey Bada$$ (1999) as well as a monumental group effort dubbed PEEP: The aPROc...
Rick Rubin Talks Music and Spirituality
The latest edition of NOWNESS details how Rick Rubin, famed producer et al., experiences his own personal spirituality. Rubin, who has been subtly (that is, outside of the media lens) spiritual for some time now, discusses how it relates to music, ar...
Nosaj Thing – Saturn’s Return
Underground producer Nosaj Thing dabbles in various genres, having worked with everyone from Kendrick Lamar to Toro Y Moi over the span of his decade-long music career. The Los Angeles-based artist is working on a new album, Home, which is a follow-u...
Kanye West ‘Clique’ Freestyle Rant in Atlantic City
The buzz surrounding the announcement that Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are expecting a child together has seemed to overshadow that West put on a dazzling show in Atlantic City yesterday evening as well. In particular, he delivered a 10-minute spok...
Kanye West Shares His Thoughts On the Press & Fashion
Not the one to censor his thoughts in the public sphere, Kanye West recently went on another tangent midway through his performance – which saw seven alternating visual screens play backdrop to a set of outlandish outfits - at Revel Ovation Hal...
A$AP Rocky Speaks to Miss Info About His 2012
As the impending new year dawns on us, A$AP Rocky chats with Miss Info of Hot 97 about the miraculous year he’s had. With his forthcoming album Long.Live.A$AP due to drop early next year, the Harlem native reflects on the growth of A$AP Mob, ne...
Kanye West Performs at Revel Ovation Hall in Atlantic City
Taking the stage last night in Atlantic City, Kanye West kicked off a trio of year-end shows at the newly opened Revel Ovation Hall. Following the elaborate stage setups seen at Coachella in 2011 and throughout West’s Watch the Throne tour alon...
Rick Owens Presents Remixes on Vinyl for 2013 Spring/Summer
Limited to just 1,000 sets worldwide, Rick Owens releases this special 8-track vinyl. Coinciding with his Spring/Summer 2013 menswear collection, Owens’ wife Michèle Lamy and Matthew Stone recorded “How Do You Feel” - a track that w...
HYPETRAK TV: Azealia Banks – Look of the Future
Azealia Banks is blowing up the scene right now with her string of successful track releases and accompanying visually-exciting videos. The Harlem rapper has also been consorting with some prominent fashion designers, and has become a style icon in t...
A New Way to Create Records Out of Your MP3s
Although using a new technology to create an obsolete technology that plays another new technology might seem counter-intuitive to some, it certainly isn’t the case with Instructables’ assistant tech editor Amanda Ghassaei who has created the w...
Snoop Lion Preaches Spiritual Growth
No matter if it’s Snoop Dogg or Snoop Lion, Calvin Broadus has proven to be one of the very few recording artists that has understood how to artistically grow and transcend music as a timeless character that enhances the spiritual aspect of his...
