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The Allegory, Royce Da 5’9 has partnered with Yoop and L.A. LIVE’s Microsoft Theater for his first live performance since COVID-19 hit. The event will go down on March 11 at 8 p.m. ET in association with Monster, Tully and Royce’s Heaven Studios TV. In a statement, the Detroit MC expressed how excited he is to get back on stage. “I haven’t done a live performance since COVID… then came Yoop!” he said. “They presented the perfect opportunity and I’m excited about the partnership as they provide the best technology I have seen. Yoop brings performances to life and I can’t w...

Alchemist could be the proud winner of a Grammy Award with Freddie Gibbs in March, but the producer isn’t wasting any time sitting around. On Wednesday morning (February 24), the Los Angeles native took to Instagram to announce he’ll be teaming up with Hip Hop duo Armand Hammer — comprised of Billy Woods and Elucid — for his first collaborative album of 2021. Titled Haram and set for a March 26 release, the project will include 14 tracks with features from Earl Sweatshirt and Quelle Chris (who helped score the However, upcoming music wasn’t the only thing that caught the attention...

Yves here. This is another tour de force from Michael Hudson, derived from a paper he presented in early January at the UPRE session during the annual ASSA meeting. This time he turns from his recent focus on the economically destructive but oligarchy-advancing practice of sanctifying debt to another favorite topic, the evolution of capitalism. Hudson looks from the early Industrial Revolution onward and demonstrates that the dominance of financial capital over industrial capital was neither the likely course of events nor desirable. A major feature of this development is the increasing weigh...

Disclaimer:  I am only one man with limited time and, in 2020, I undertook a law conversion (hence the drop of in features in the winter), so if your favourite record is missing chances are I just haven’t heard it yet, so please share your favourite LPs below the line. Equally, because I’ve been extremely busy, this list leans heavily on albums that I have reviewed (big names, big hype releases) as there are still a host of records I’m desperate to hear, but will not include without having listened to them in full (Thou, Pallbearer, Sasha Sloan, The Koreatown Oddity, Napalm Death, Thu...

 Some of the best moments in hip-hop amid this long, long year.