It’s been more than two decades since Ohio producer RJD2 released his debut, the instrumental hip-hop classic Deadringer. Today, RJ announces plans to follow his last album, 2020’s The Fun Ones, with a new LP called Visions Out Of Limelight. The album is mostly instrumental, but lead single “Through It All&#8221...

Last year James Lavelle’s UNKLE project released the Rōnin I mixtape. Today there’s a new UNKLE track in the world that keeps that Rōnin branding alive. “The Way Back Home” is presented in two versions, one subtitled “Rōnin Edit” and another with “Rōnin / Original&#822...

Eclectic Philadelphia producer RJD2 has teamed with Atlanta-raised, Philly-based rapper STS for an entire collaborative album intuitively titled STS x RJD2. Previously they shared the brassy, soulful “Hold On, Here It Go,” and today they’re honoring 4/20 by releasing their song of the same name. “420&#...

The Brooklyn-based recording studio Converse Rubber Tracks recently announced that they will be hosting a free sample library that musicians around the world will be able to access without ever setting foot in Williamsburg. The library’s collection features loops and sounds created by artists who have recorded in the studio. RJD2 is be...

You know the Mad Men theme; you love the Mad Men theme. Perhaps you know it’s an RJD2 beat called “A Beautiful Mine” originally used on his collaborative album with Aceyalone, Magnificent City. (How’s that for reverse-engineering a recognizable sample?) But it turns out RJ wasn’t AMC’s ...