Discover the latest “Mixed on Focal” HD playlists from Focal Naim America, featuring tracks mixed by top engineers on Focal studio monitors—now streaming in high-res. The main course is “Mixed on ...

On Friday (May 3), Drake and Kendrick Lamar dropped bombastic back-to-back diss tracks that left the hip-hop community stunned from the lyrical fallout. Drizzy released the first salvo with his ...

“Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” star Erica Mena will not be part of the long-running reality TV franchise when its next season airs. Mena was fired after facing fierce backlash for calling her co-star Spice ...

Thanks to great new singles from Beyoncé and Drake, it’s become the summer of hip hop with house beats. Larger-than-life figures like those two have the power to dominate the conversation and steer ...

TDE is an army, better yet a navy, but as they expand, their formula remains the same. Credit that in part to their all-star engineer, Mixed By Ali, who discussed his backstory, being a student of the ...

Hop” (Backbeat Books, 2026). I felt dumb for never making the connection until now. Rap and punk, argues critic Carlo ...