the best thing i heard this week
This New Haim Song Is So So So So Good
Skip school, jump in the nearest El Camino you can, and blast this fucker out the windows. Loud.
In Defense of Ray J's "I Hit It First"
On why the Kim Kardashian-dissing, Kanye-baiting "I Hit It First" is beautiful art, even if it's kind of evil and definitely sad.
Nelly's "Hey Porsche" is the Best Thing I Heard This Week
This song is terrifyingly, joyously perfect.
Karachi's Best Hip Hop Has Barely Been Heard
Meet the Darkside, three Karachi natives who are unlikely devotees of a certain strand of New York rap. You might not expect to find some retro boom-bap shit in the style of DasEFX or Brand Nubian bumping out of trunks in the Bohri Bazaar, but here it is.
Stream Isaac Delusion's 'Early Morning' EP
Vibe is a tough concept to describe, and an even tougher one to nail. On their new EP, the French duo Isaac Delusion perfectly defines the contours of airy indie-electro, elevating it to something far more nuanced and deeply therapeutic.
The Best Thing I Heard This Week: Kevin Gates' 'The Luca Brasi Story' Mixtape
Kevin Gates is quickly transitioning from a great rapper who no one on the Rap Internet talks about to a great rapper whose main talking point on the Rap Internet is how nobody ever talks about him.
The Best Thing I Heard This Week: Sleeping Bag's 'Women Of Your Life' LP
Since I'm a music editor guy I have to listen to music every single second of every single day. I get a bajillion records shipped to the VICE offices, and I listen to every single one that I don't throw away before opening.