Good to see great writers getting those WaPo bylines. This is a wide-ranging and entertaining piece on how smart cats are hustling to make up the difference in a long, long drought.

Big Blue announced they’re going to be blocking any Facebook content you don’t pay for your audience to see. Time to rethink that whole shit.

Great article on a powerful behind-the-scenes player. Sure, this guy is responsible for wall to wall shitty product, but he’s got a lot of insight to offer here.

I know: that sounds like the headline to a boring, pedantic, clickbait turd. Two important caveats: 1) It’s not about the Sugar Hill Gang, at all and 2) this is written by Jeff Chang. Click it.

Hip Hop DX always has good interviews, but this one goes in depth about the Rhymesayers “tour boot camp” experience. Essential reading.

So much science here, this is just absurd. What a great damn read. Get on this, now.

Paul Cantor is a talented writer with decades of experience covering hip hop. I don’t think anyone else’s thinkpiece on this particular subject matters much by comparison.

This was a goldmine of insights and a very entertaining read. Also a damn long interview. 10/10.

So much that gets written by artists about the music business is an extended complaint, it’s beautiful to read something this grateful and pure. Dig it.

Damn good read from a damn smart mammal.

The bubble has to burst eventually. Bear in mind this is largely an extension of the tech bubble, since top-end “VIP packages” subsidize the ticket prices for the proles.

Too much FUD, too much noise. This short, simple piece is valuable clarity.

Every bit as entertaining as it sounds, Spose gives a great play-by-play of what Major Label Hell is like these days. Edutainment, it’s back. Tell KRS.

The hardest working producer I know gives a great, in-depth interview with StreetsConnect discussing his breakout new project, “Serenity.”