Wow. To say that 2025 was a banner year for albums released by Vermont-based artists would be a serious understatement — and that’s not even counting the likes of Neko ...

It’s that time of year to reflect back on the music played and enjoyed by some of our amazing crew of talented KPFA music DJs ...

On Dec 30, Bobo will feature the “Final Laughdown” with headliners Kavin Jay, Shamaine Othman and Papi Zak who will bring the ...

All-time rap greats Nas and DJ Premier have been working together for more than three decades. Premier produced three of the 10 tracks on Nas' almighty 1994 debut Illmatic, and the two have made a lot ...

It took decades of pestering, but golden-era hip-hop heads finally got their wish. The duo’s synergy has been obvious since the Queensbridge rapper’s 1994 debut, Illmatic, which features three ...

Any objective rap fan of a certain age approaches legacy albums like Nas and DJ Premier’s Light-Years with learned skepticism. For 30-odd years, rap was exclusively a young person’s game, defined by ...

Billboard ranks every song off Nas & DJ Premier's highly anticipated collab album 'Light-Years' By Angel Diaz Those of us old enough to be alive in 1994 when Illmatic dropped have been waiting for Nas ...

Our staff's favorite albums from the year that was. Is pop now officially an albums-driven genre? The year 2025 made a strong argument for the answer being “yes.” Acclaimed sets from rising stars like ...

Hip-hop does not get many moments like this anymore, and when Nas and DJ Premier announced the long-anticipated Light-Years for December 12, the rap world lit up instantly. Trump’s pardons wipe out ...

Nas revealed the space-themed cover art for his upcoming DJ Premier collaboration “Light-Years” ahead of the album’s December 12 debut. The Queensbridge icon dropped the artwork on Instagram, showing ...

Nas in Glasgow in June 2023 (photo: Roberto Ricciuti / Redferns). Per Mass Appeal, Legend Has It… is meant to celebrate and spotlight “some of the most important and influential hip-hop artists of all ...