These days, Griselda Records, the Buffalo rap crew and label, is on an absolute roll. There's a huge audience for intense and artful versions of '90s street-rap, and Griselda is determined to feed that appetite. In the past couple of months, there have been new albums from Westside Gunn and Conway The Machine, as well…

The Griselda rap crew are in the midst of an extremely productive goon-rap renaissance, and now Benny The Butcher, one the greatest guest-verse rappers in the game right now, has announced a new album of his own. The upcoming Burden Of Proof was produced entirely by Hit-Boy and has appearances from Lil Wayne, Big Sean,…

Proof that Mike Patton and Mr Bungle have been screwing with audiences’ heads since the mid-80s

It's been a quiet decade for Nasir Jones. Just over 10 years separates Distant Relatives, Nas and Damian Marley's pretty decent collaborative album, and King's Disease, the LP that Nas released on Friday. In those 10 years, Nas released two albums: 2012's Life Is Good, a mature and reflective grown-man divorce album that I remember…

Proof that every death metal band should have a wild boar on vocals