*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Writer Ben Westhoff says he knew there was something special about Southern-based hip-hop music the first time he heard rapper ...

For countless reasons, Ridin’ Dirty, UGK’s third full-length LP, hits as close to home in 2020 as it does when it was first released 28 years ago on July 30, 1996. This doesn’t surprise Bun B, nor ...

When it comes to writing and recording songs for an album, singer-songwriter ZZ Ward, who’ll release her latest LP, Dirty Shine, next week, takes what some might consider an old school approach. Ward ...

A phantogram is an optical illusion that makes you woozy; Phantogram is a musical duo that toys with hip-hop beats, sleek vocals, and feral guitars in a way that creates a similar hallucinatory effect ...

It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

Before reaching a painting centered around Houston music legend DJ Screw and before a cabinet of curiosities that honors hip-hop and the Afro-futurism of the great jazz innovator Sun Ra, “The Dirty ...