Let's get this out the way now: T-Pain pioneered the creative use of Auto-Tune in Hip Hop when he treated the pitch correction software as an expressive instrument rather than just a corrective tool.

Pitchfork writer Alphonse Pierre’s rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, weird tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. These are a few of ...

Melle Mel has been letting his opinions on rappers be known ever since Billboard released its list of the top 50 rappers. First, he said that Eminem wouldn’t be a top 5 rapper if he were white, and ...

A little over a minute, "Poland" ends as quick as it begins. But what stays with you is that hook, specifically when Lil Yachty sings "wock." He sounds like an operatic goat, and that's meant to be ...