World weary rap courtesy of Vince Staples and Future. Vulnerable folk from Joanna Newsom and Sufjan Stevens. Thundercat and Kamasi Washington’s astral musings. The welcomed comebacks of Dr. Dre and Sleater-Kinney. All of that and more makes up our Top 50 albums of the year.

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"Everybody in the hip-hop community is so upset at him for being who he is and dressing like he does, but for the kind of music he makes, he is one of the best."

Vince Staples on Young Thug

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Young Thug’s "Raw (Might Just)“ is named Best New Track

Young Thug’s "Raw (Might Just)“ is named Best New Track 



Chaos isn’t the absence of a pattern; it’s a pattern too complex to discern. Jayson Greene talks with some of Young Thug’s closest collaborators in an effort to figure out the secrets of his mercurial style.

Watch Jamie xx’s video for “Good Times”, with Young Thug and Popcaan

Watch Jamie xx’s video for “Good Times”, with Young Thug and Popcaan 



Jamie xx brought out Young Thug at his Boiler Room set in NYC

photos by weirdmagic

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Watch Hannibal Buress rate random topics in the latest episode of “Over/Under”

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Young Thug’s Barter 6 is named Best New Music

Young Thug’s Barter 6 is named Best New Music




Rich Gang’s “Lifestyle” is #69 on our 100 Best Tracks of 2014 list.





Listen to Nicki Minaj’s riotous remix of Young Thug’s “Danny Glover”, our latest Best New Track.

Listen to Nicki Minaj’s riotous remix of Young Thug’s “Danny Glover”, our latest Best New Track.