The late Mac Miller was notorious for recording a ton of music -- including music with prominent collaborators -- that he just never got around to releasing. And if someone ever bothers with the necessary contract paperwork and sample clearances, maybe we'll get to hear some of that music sometime. Right now, all that music…

Back in 2014, the tough-talking Indiana rapper Freddie Gibbs teamed up with Madlib, the hazily psychedelic California producer, on a full-length collaborative album called Piñata. It's still, to my mind, one of the best things that either of them has ever done, and they've both done a lot of good things. Which is why it's…

Marlon Sassy, the illustrator known as Gangster Doodles, has curated a compilation album called Gangster Music Vol. 1. The 27-track collection features contributions from rappers and producers including Father, Max B, Your Old Droog, and more. Each track comes along with an exclusive drawing of the artists behind it.

Earlier this year, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib teamed up to release Piñata, their excellent collaborative album. One of the few album tracks that didn’t have any guest rappers was the floaty sneer “Knicks.” But now there’s a new version of the song with a bunch of other rappers. Gibbs and Madlib will release...

When I write that YG’s My Krazy Life is, to my mind, easily the best rap album of 2014 thus far, someone will inevitably show up in the comments section and make a case for Freddie Gibbs and Madlib’s Piñata. Well, sorry. YG may not be anywhere near the technical rapper that Gibbs is, but [...]