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There’s pacing yourself, and then there’s being Kurious, the New York rapper who’s put out five albums in 30 years. On Oct. 18, he’ll reveal his latest act by dropping an album called Majician. Crafted over three years from 2016 to 2019, it’s a testament to his decades-long friendship with …

MF Doom, the celebrated masked rapper born Daniel Dumile, died suddenly in Oct. 2020 while being treated at St. James’s Hospitalin Leeds, England. After news broke earlier this week that the Dumile’s widow, Jasmine, had raised concerns about his care at the time, the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which …

‘Madvillainy’ is Madlib and MF DOOM’s legendary collaborative LP, released in 2004 via Stones Throw Records. The album has had a long-lasting impact on hip-hop and music in general, with DOOM’s lyrics and Madlib’s production resonating with listeners across generations.In ‘Madvillain’s Madvillainy,’ released this spring via Bloomsbury Publishing as part …

The hip-hop duo Black Thought and Danger Mouse delivered a pensive ode to the late musician MF Doom in the music video for “Belize,” which appeared on their recently released collaborative album Cheat Codes. Super-producer Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton filmed the video under the direction of UNCANNY, also appearing in …

As the doors of Music Hall of Williamsburg opened on Sept. 28, concert-goers of all ages wearing MF DOOM memorabilia quickly filled the Brooklyn venue — only to eagerly change their outfits for merch with the name of a French jazz album from the Seventies. Within 10 minutes, Cortex’s Troupeau …

“Fuck a thick skin, I got me an exo-skeleton,” the Roots’ Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter spits over a lush, almost spacey track on “Belize,” a highlight of Cheat Codes, his collaboration with producer Danger Mouse. The tough-minded self-assessment of that lyric is not surprising, given his decades long history of …

At his leisure, the musician Mavi plays with space and time. The 21-year-old rapper from Charlotte, North Carolina sees storytelling as a way to speak his truth while he’s alive. His latest EP End of the Earth was released to critical praise and marked a significant step towards what could …