Young Americans economic optimism falls (grab the blick!)

Who is Dominic Fike?

Songs to Mourn Your Parent By…

Clubbing type dead frfr (And capitalism/gen z kilt it)

Songs you’ve cried to

How gangsta/real do yall want these rappers to be man?

known underground producer sadhugold accused of serial SA ("why is he around?")

Content Creator/Viral Rap (and why it dont be resulting in good art?)

Sooooo dababy loudly got one of the biggest hits of 2026 (90s miami saving lives frfr)

Mick Jenkins explains why we prolly gon' see more artists go direct to consumer

Post your recent accomplishments (a.k.a. Flex Yourself Thread Here)

Songs that clearly were made/put out with another artist in mind

Music sxn Razzies: worst songs of the decade (so far) (let da hate fly)

[black sxn thread] Yo wtf is up with these FBA niggas man?

910 Space aka ktt2's "Trudat" (local trash rapper that dissed Cole in front of his mama house) Appreciation thread

What was your first experience with hip hop

Rolling Stone: Is the Touring Business Broken for Indie Acts? (you'll never guess the answer)

Oh No! DHS Whistleblower leaks data of 4500 ICE Agents to Doxxing site

You’ll NEVER believe which artist won the MLK “Environmental Justice” Award

Songs that lyrically make no sense

Doja Cat gave the chatrooms MOO, DocturDot of Earthgang giving the streets MEOW!

Songs that give you hope for a better tomorrow/year

Spotify giving users a feature to let AI make their playlists

Lil Boosie with the “worst person you know…” meme via best tweet of 2025

Post your worst songs of 2025 (Music Razzies)

NLE "The Great" bringing back 1982 crackrock flow (might have been on it) until random afrobeat in new song

“Hey ma! I can’t read!” Juelz Santana follows Drogon’s advice about reading

One of the best rap songs of the last 20 years and why we need more of these songs (mach hommy praise thread)

Why are musicians the hoes of the entertainment industry?

The academia-zation of black music (and why that s*** OD not good for us)

Ahhh I Hear These Niggas Scratching Inside the Bedroom Walls

2 of the best rapping features this year was from trans women (shoutout to hip hop)

Jamaica bracing for Cat 5 Hurricane Melissa (update: slightly weakened to 4, still catastrophic)

“Black stardom is tough dude” (Is Black Excellence Worth The Cost?)

This “Tyler hates his fans/deletes his tweet” thread just a thinly veiled chat thread 2.0

Real nigga thread: Crazy how Monaleo dropped potential SOTY a few weeks ago

Post artists’ best songs that you knew woulda blew up if they did ANYTHING wit em

Where did Cowboy Carter go wrong? (Or maybe it didn’t?)

RIP Assata Shakur

Why these artists releasing s***ty main covers but giving better “alternative” covers?

Die Hard such a beautifully written song s*** got me emotional

Bia vs. Cardi B (battle of the Bs) *round 1*

Chance the Rapper interview with Deante Kyle (best interview of the year)

Anyone know how to deal with upcoming birthday blues?

Noname new interview ("I’m trying to move away from theoretical texts embedding themselves into my art")

Post your 🫵🏿 favorite basslines

Nick Hakim gave us one of the greatest albums of the ‘20s that doesnt get talked about

United In Grief going viral???

saw one of the greatest tour vids ever and goddamn this nigga really a legend (D'angelo Voodoo Tour)

My new mixtape: Sankofa Vol. 1 out now! (Bandcamp for free.99)