Our list of the 20 best hip-hop albums of 2019 includes Danny Brown, Post Malone, ECCO2K, Tinashe, Little Simz, Malibu Ken, DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, slowthai, Maxo Kream, Billy Woods & Kenny Segal, Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats, Clipping., YBN Cordae, Kate Tempest, Quelle Chris, Denzel Curry, Injury Reserve,…

Editor Daniel J. Willis’ reaction to Smokepurpp at Outside Lands. Design: Roman Gokhman. We here at RIFF try to keep things positive. Music, like all art, should bring joy and understanding to the world. Even when music highlights society’s problems, it inspires us to understand and change the underlying…

Eminem (or MC Chris in disguise) Well, it finally happened. After doing 35 of these columns I got to a year where I couldn’t find five songs for the list. There were three locks, and a couple under-appreciated deep cuts in “Smoke & Mirrors” and “Days Go By” (or its…

Eminem and Rihanna, “Monster.” Surprise! The first couple of new songs Eminem has released are (improbably) catchy. This one is bound to get radio airplay, similar to Eminem’s last collaboration with Rihanna. Note from future Roman: “You think?”