Forgive this deviation from the hyperactive. This is one of my many recent creations, but first to be considered finished or long enough, yet. I've been diving into Lo-fi hip-hop and ambient lately.

This feature presents short reviews of standout releases from 2025, each personally selected by members of the OTOTOY ...

While paying tribute to the likes of Akira Kurosawa and Takashi Miike, the samurai title is showing exactly how games and movies are becoming indistinguishable.

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

'Hip-pop Princess' is on the verge of creating a global hip-hop group, and interest in the contestants is heating up. Through seven episodes so far, Mnet's Unpretty Rapstar: Hip-pop Princess ...

In 2017, hip-hop became the most consumed genre in the US, and it hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Now that we're just over the halfway mark into the 2020s, hip-hop continues to dominate with ...

Was it a good year for hip-hop? If you look at the Billboard charts—where very few rap songs released this year cracked the top 40—the answer would seem to be no. But if you focus on albums, the story ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

Choosing a wireless carrier is no longer just about the coverage. In fact, you're thinking more about its features and convenience. Despite being an early champion of RCS messaging and giving Android ...

A powerful earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday local time, triggering a tsunami of up to 28 inches in Pacific coast communities, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. The agency ...

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Fans of Nintendo's "Metroid" science-fiction saga have reason to celebrate Thursday as the latest installment in the series is released after an eight-year wait and a bumpy road through development.