Reed Jackson
PROFILES
Is Okay Kaya Living in Pop Music's Future?
The 27-year-old singer has the potential to be the next biggest thing in music. With her upcoming album 'Both,' can she do it?
Reed Jackson
4.12.18
Premieres
Rich Homie Quan Returns: “Let Me Just Come Back Doing Me”
The Atlanta rapper explains what he's been doing for the last two years and shares a music video suite accompanying his new album, 'Back To the Basics.'
Reed Jackson
4.14.17
PROFILES
Oddisee Just Wants You to Rethink Your Place in the Universe
Also, his new album ‘The Iceberg’ is good as shit.
Reed Jackson
3.1.17
Noisey
PnB Rock and His Lonely Hearts Club Bangers
After dealing with a stint in jail and the death of his brother, the warble-voiced singer from Philadelphia looks to the future, no longer living a double life.
Reed Jackson
1.12.17
PROFILES
PnB Rock and His Lonely Hearts Club Bangers
After a dealing with a stint in jail and the death of his brother, the warble-voiced singer from Philadelphia looks to the future, no longer living a double life.
Reed Jackson
1.12.17
Remembering Things
How the Vince Guaraldi Trio's 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' Became the Soundtrack of the Holidays
What started out as a quick corporate check for a San Francisco trio blossomed into one of the most popular jazz albums of all time.
Reed Jackson
12.16.16
Noisey News
Native Artists Have United to Make a Song for Standing Rock
Watch the premiere of the video for "Stand Up / Stand N Rock" and sign the petition urging President Obama to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Reed Jackson
12.4.16
Interviews
'Original Gangstas' Goes Beneath the Surface of West Coast Rap's Origin Story
Twenty years after Tupac Shakur's murder, Ben Westhoff digs into the legacy that made gangsta rap so fascinating to its listeners—and deadly to its artists.
Reed Jackson
9.12.16
Interviews
Araabmuzik's Dream World Is Your Reality
The producer goes inside the making of his new LP 'Dream World': being the target of senseless violence, dealing with the music business, and breaking stereotypes.
Reed Jackson
7.15.16
Interviews
Two Music Geeks: RZA and Paul Banks Explain What the Hell They’re Doing with Banks & Steelz
The Wu-Tang Clan maestro and Interpol frontman teamed up to play chess and make music, and they ended up with a dope album, 'Anything But Words,' in the process.
Reed Jackson
6.22.16
Interviews
Stones Throw Beatsmith Samiyam Traces His Unlikely Journey from Mops and Brooms to Rocking Rooms
Once a teenage dreamer settling for janitorial work in his Michigan hometown, he now records albums for Brainfeeder and Stones Throw.
Reed Jackson
3.14.16
Interviews
Gene Brown Is the Guy Who Finds the Rare Samples for All Your Favorite Hip-Hop Songs
Questlove, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, Just Blaze, and DJ Premier are just some of the legendary names who have turned to Gene Brown for sampling fodder.
Reed Jackson
3.1.16
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