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Zeffy Lee

Listen to Zeffy Lee’s “On the Radar Freestyle”: The Ones

The must-hear rap song of the day

  • by: Alphonse Pierre
Lil Mabu and Fivio Foreign

Lil Mabu and Fivio Foreign’s “Teach Me How to Drill” Is Viral Rap at Its Most Shameless

Plus casting ideas for 21 Savage’s alleged biopic and a consideration of 1Up Tee’s modern, message-based raps.

RRB Duck: Half Man Half Dog

Listen to RRB Duck’s “Uber Eats”: The Ones

The must-hear rap song of the day

Listen to LORDY’s “40 Dayz and 40 Nights”: The Ones

The must-hear rap song of the day

Skrilla

Listen to Skrilla’s “GD”: The Ones

The must-hear rap song of the day

The Best Music Video Choreography of 2023

Ten visuals—by NewJeans, Troye Sivan, Victoria Monét, and more—that danced all over those dinky TikTok trends.

best rap albums 2023

Pitchfork Rap Columnist Alphonse Pierre’s Favorite Records of 2023

Projects by Veeze, Ken Carson, MIKE, Noname, billy woods, Babyface Ray, Sexyy Red, and more prove that hip-hop is still thriving.

Tommy Chronic

Listen to Tommy Chronic’s “Hootology” [ft. Al.Divino, BoriRock, and Shaykh Hanif]: The Ones

The must-hear rap song of the day

L5

Listen to L5’s “Momma We Made It”: The Ones

The must-hear rap song of the day

HavinMotion

Listen to HavinMotion’s “Nobody Know”: The Ones

The must-hear rap song of the day

Harto Falión

Listen to Harto Falión’s “1dooropens, 1doorcloses”: The Ones

The must-hear rap song of the day

Album art from Testigos del fin del mundo

This Great New Book Chronicles the Indie Blog Era Across Latin America and Its Diaspora

Talking to Bolivian music critic Javier A. Rodríguez-Camacho about the very-online rise of Ibero-American indie music