Bay Area rap godfather and inveterate weirdo E-40 might be the most universally respected elder-statesman figure in all of rap right now, and his productivity has, if anything, increased as he’s advanced deeper into middle age. At this point, he can work with just about any rapper he feels like working with, so let’s credit [...

Last night, BET aired its annual Hip-Hop Awards, and there were a couple of notable moments at the awards show proper. Kendrick Lamar got a solo-star showcase, performing “The Recipe” and “Swimming Pools (Drank).” And as a tribute to the recently-deceased rap-star manager Chris Lighty, a deeply fun and ran...

According to willfully obnoxious dance-rockers MSTRKRFT, a Fist of God is a poorly Photoshopped fist made out of assorted legs and asses. That much is clear. Also clear: After a delay, the band's sophomore disc will be released March 17 on  Dim Mak/Downtown.What's unclear is how this second-rate Justice got Ghostface, Freeway, John Lege...

It's been over a year since we first reported that David Byrne, Tom Waits, M.I.A., and members of the Wu-Tang Clan and Yeah Yeah Yeahs would appear on the debut album from N.A.S.A. (North America/South America), along with a heap of other notable guests. Corralling all those folks onto one record was no easy task, but the duo is finally ready to...