“Streams” by Cashus King, Big O, Blu, Frannie El, and Shari
“Streams” by Cashus King, Big O, Blu, Frannie El, and Shari feels less like a conventional hip-hop single and more…
“Throw Some D’s” by Rich Boy
When Polow da Don isolated those three bittersweet chords, pedaling between major and minor, he must’ve known. Those chords—taken from…
Sigils for Survival by Octo Octa
Consistency may be disparaged as staid, or celebrated as style. “Art is the place where liking what we like, over…
“Human Behaviour” by Björk
The story of “Human Behaviour” as we know it begins in 1993, when Björk swanned into London in a fluffy white mohair…
“Chase” by Giorgio Moroder
Twelve years and a seemingly unfathomable stylistic gap separate Giorgio Moroder’s bubblegum origins and the icy erotic panache of “I Feel Love,” his history-changing…
“Stickerbush Symphony” by David Wise
Throughout the 2010s, the YouTube algorithm would summon a mysterious transmission. Uploaded in 2012 by a user named “taia777,” the…