The trendy DIY teen hip-hop genre went from a goofy punch line to the preposterously lucrative engine driving a whole new golden age in the music biz. But, wow, is it messy.
My old SoundCloud page is a time capsule
Twenty years of songs, field recordings, and one very awkward job interview. Screenshot 2026-07-24 at 15 I hadn't opened SoundCloud in years, but earli...
Mixtape Takes Place Never – It Takes Place Always
Mixtape isn't about the music; it's about romanticizing life when the music starts to play.
Cakewalk
Fueled by over 30 years in the relentless pursuit of innovation, we build the most intuitive, next-generation music production tools that empower all creators to push creative boundaries.
All This Over… Mixtape?
The manufactured controversy has grown far bigger than the game itself
Bay Area Hip-Hop | That’s My Word | KQED
A Year-Long Exploration of Bay Area Hip-Hop History
Cartoons & Cereal: How Adult Swim Has Held It Down For Hip-Hop On TV
The after-dark animation entity has done more than its fair share for hip-hop culture for over a decade.
Inside the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Era of AI in Music
From juicing demos to cloning vocals, AI music tools are creeping into the workflows of top producers, songwriters and artists. It’s mostly happening behind closed doors — for now
How creatives and devs can all finally escape the control of the silicon valley of evil and make a trillion dollars - Multi-hyphenate
ft. ATprotocol (the remix)
How creatives and devs can all finally escape the control of the silicon valley of evil and make a trillion dollars - Multi-hyphenate
ft. ATprotocol (the remix)
How creatives and devs can all finally escape the control of the silicon valley of evil and make a trillion dollars - Multi-hyphenate
ft. ATprotocol (the remix)
Working On Dying in real life
Philly production family, Working On Dying, is bringing internet rap’s most haunting sounds to the mainstream.
The Rise of Alt-Pop Stars
Welcome to a messier and more daring era of pop music.
A Generation of Hip-Hop Was Given Away for Free. Can It Be Archived?
They won't be lost to fire, like much of the Universal Music catalog, but who will save the mixtapes?
How Big Tech Co-opted DIY – and how to Fight Back | The Quietus
As technology has developed in the last twenty years, it has brought with it a sense of enablement. Over time, access to nearly everything has become simpler, and as such, the message from Silicon Valley and its offshoots was that you can do it all. I have worked in the music industry since the late […]
Former Yamantaka // Sonic Titan Guitarist Details Demoralizing Effort To Find An Audience
The curtain between music fans and the music industry is falling. At SXSW last month, Billboard hosted a podcast Q&A with the founders Chaotic Good Projects, a marketing agency that utilizes digital astroturfing to help artists go viral. A few weeks later, singer-songwriter Eliza McLamb drew attention to the company in a Substack post. Wired followed…
How Creatives and Devs Can All Finally Escape the Control of the Silicon Valley of Evil and Make a Trillion Dollars, Audio Style
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