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Album Review: Rome Streetz – Kiss The Ring Chase McMullen·October 5, 2022As much as (anyone in their right mind) still appreciates him as a rapper, Westside Gunn has been...Album ReviewsRecommendedReviews
Mobb Deep’s Prodigy delivers a surprisingly smooth posthumous anthem with “You Will See” Chase McMullen·June 10, 2022Few deaths in, hell, all of hip hop history have stung like the untimely passing of Mobb Deep’s...News & Track Reviews
Album Review: Benny The Butcher – Tana Talk 4 Marc Griffin·March 17, 2022To see where you’re going, you must understand where it all began. With Benny the Butcher’s new project,...Album ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Conway The Machine – God Don’t Make Mistakes Marc Griffin·February 28, 2022Conway the Machine ain’t playin with y’all. And yet, some would say the Buffalo-rhymer is a rapping contradiction;...Album ReviewsRecommendedReviews
From the Desk of the Editor: 2021’s Best Hip Hop Chase McMullen·February 22, 2022Am I late? An Editor-in-Chief arrives precisely when he means to. Alright, bullshit aside, I meant to run...Best of 2021Features
Curren$y & The Alchemist detail new album, share scorching single, “The Tonight Show” Chase McMullen·February 11, 2022If there’s one key thing Curren$y and The Alchemist have in common, out of a hundred things, it’s...News & Track Reviews
Album Review: Boldy James & The Alchemist – Super Tecmo Bo John Wohlmacher·January 5, 2022If anything gets an editorial going by November, it’s your general unannounced drop via tweet that an amorphous...Album ReviewsRecommendedReviews
BPM Team’s Personal 2021 Round-ups Chase McMullen, Rob Hakimian, Ray Finlayson, John Wohlmacher, Jasper WIllems, Kyle Kohner, Joshua Pickard, Jeremy J. Fisette, John Amen, Carlo Thomas, Mimi Kenny, Aleksandr Smirnov and Ethan Reis·December 23, 2021A space for our writers to give their own individual round-ups of their year in music (or anything else).Best of 2021Features
BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2021 Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Tim Sentz, Joshua Pickard, John Wohlmacher, Ray Finlayson, John Amen, Mimi Kenny, Kyle Kohner, Andy Johnston, JT Early, Carlo Thomas, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Aleksandr Smirnov, Grady Penna and Harriet Suits Baer·December 16, 2021And so the sun sets on another year of music. This week the BPM staff have shared our...Best of 2021FeaturesLists
BPM’s Top 50 Songs of 2021 Rob Hakimian, Tim Sentz, Ana Leorne, Ray Finlayson, Chase McMullen, Kyle Kohner, Mimi Kenny, Carlo Thomas, John Wohlmacher, Ethan Reis, Jeremy J. Fisette, Andy Johnston, John Amen, Jasper WIllems and Joshua Pickard·December 15, 2021Sometimes a song says it all. Sometimes an artist produces a few minutes that provide a window into...Best of 2021FeaturesLists