Danny Brown’s New Album Is One of the Best of the YearÑand One of the Most Frightening
Slate 7 October 2016
How the Rolling Stones, a Band Obsessed With Black Musicians, Helped Make Rock a White Genre
Slate 6 October 2016
What Luke Cage Takes From the Blaxploitation Genre
Slate 3 October 2016
The New De La Soul Album Is Exactly What You Expected: I.E., Not at All What You Expected
Slate 30 August 2016
I Love the Weirdo Misfits of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team
Slate 19 August 2016
How The Get Down Botches Hip-Hop History
Slate 17 August 2016
Is Hip-Hop Becoming Classic Rock? On Rap’s Nostalgia Problem.
Slate 20 July 2016
The Premiere of Bill Simmons’ HBO Show Any Given Wednesday Was a Real Dog’s Breakfast
Slate 23 June 2016
LeBron James Is Even Better Than We Thought He Was
Slate 17 June 2016
Forget Your O.J. Simpson Fatigue–ESPN’s Made in America Is a Revelation
Slate 8 June 2016
Russell Westbrook Is the Most Volatile Great Player in NBA History
Slate 24 May 2016
Prince May Have Been the Greatest Guitarist Since Hendrix, and That Shouldn’t Seem Like a Surprise
Slate 28 April 2016
Prince Was Our Bard of One-Night Stands, and ‘Little Red Corvette’ Was His Masterpiece
Slate 21 April 2016
The Golden State Warriors Are the Greatest NBA Team EverÑand the Most Likable
Slate 14 April 2016
Why It Hurts So Much to Lose Phife Dawg, the Irascible, Hilarious Soul of A Tribe Called Quest
Slate 23 March 2016
The Revenant Is Going to Be the Worst Movie to Win Best Picture Since, Uh, Birdman
Slate 25 February 2016
The Big Short Is Good. As Good As Step Brothers Though? No.
Slate 22 February 2016
Kanye West”s The Life of Pablo Is an Attack on the Very Idea of the Album
Slate 19 February 2016
Peyton Manning Always Gets the Benefit of the DoubtÑEven When He Doesn’t Deserve it
Slate 4 February 2016