https://www.spin.com Music News, Album Reviews, Concert Photos, MP3s, Videos and More Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:23:49 +0000 en-US https://assets.spin.com/wp-content/themes/spin/assets/images/spin-logo_feed.png https://www.spin.com 125 40 Music News, Album Reviews, Concert Photos, MP3s, Videos and More hourly 1 https://www.spin.com/2018/12/wiki-elixir-jesse-james-solomon-and-obongjayar-stream/ https://www.spin.com/2018/12/wiki-elixir-jesse-james-solomon-and-obongjayar-stream/#respond Fri, 07 Dec 2018 00:31:00 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=312254 Wiki partnered with two Brits for his latest single "Elixir," which premiered today on BBC Radio 1Xtra. The track pairs the Brooklyn rapper with a smoky percussion-heavy beat and a soaring patois hook from singer Obongjayar, evoking some of the breakout work by Wiki's group Ratking. It's welcome following Wiki's more traditionalist aesthetic on last year's solo debut No Mountains in Manhattan. Jesse… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2018/12/wiki-elixir-jesse-james-solomon-and-obongjayar-stream/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/featured/favorite-rap-songs-2017/ https://www.spin.com/featured/favorite-rap-songs-2017/#respond Sun, 31 Dec 2017 21:35:24 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?post_type=featured&p=272073 https://www.spin.com/featured/favorite-rap-songs-2017/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/11/wiki-stickball-video/ https://www.spin.com/2017/11/wiki-stickball-video/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:14:44 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=264745 Wiki has dropped another video from his debut LP No Mountains in Manhattan. The black-and-white video for "Stick Ball" features shots of Wiki and his boys, well, playing stickball. The visuals follows up the clips for "Mayor"and "Pretty Bull." Watch "Stick Ball" below. … ]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/11/wiki-stickball-video/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/08/wiki-interview-no-mountains-in-manhattan/ https://www.spin.com/2017/08/wiki-interview-no-mountains-in-manhattan/#respond Mon, 28 Aug 2017 19:58:14 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=255690 Last Monday afternoon, pedestrians in paper glasses stared at the sky, mouths agape like chickens in the rain as they gawked at the solar eclipse. As the phenomenon took place in the sky over New York, Ratking’s intrepid rapper Wiki was seated in a basement studio at XL Recordings’ headquarters in… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/08/wiki-interview-no-mountains-in-manhattan/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/07/wiki-debut-album/ https://www.spin.com/2017/07/wiki-debut-album/#respond Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:06:52 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=249843 Wiki has announced that his debut album No Mountains in Manhattan is dropping later this summer. Wiki dropped his solo mixtape Lil Me back in 2015 and, back in February, released a collaborative EP with Your Old Droog. Wiki spent last week performing shows around NYC's five boroughs after dropping "Pretty Bull." Check out the album art… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/07/wiki-debut-album/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/06/wiki-pretty-bull-stream/ https://www.spin.com/2017/06/wiki-pretty-bull-stream/#respond Tue, 27 Jun 2017 14:21:41 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=247053 Wiki, still holding steady as a solo artist, is back with his new song "Pretty Bull." The single is his first since March's "Icarus," and like that release, "Pretty Bull" comes packaged with a new video. Watch it below. The Ratking lyricist will also tour the five boroughs at to be announced locations this July.]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/06/wiki-pretty-bull-stream/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/03/wiki-icarus/ https://www.spin.com/2017/03/wiki-icarus/#respond Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:38:05 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=232178 Wiki has dropped his new joint "Icarus." Although he and fellow New Yorker Your Old Droog teamed up for an EP last month, this new song is Wiki's first piece of solo material since his 2015 debut LP Lil Me. In that time span co-Ratking member Hak left the group, but producer Sporting Life and Wiki did… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/03/wiki-icarus/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/02/wiki-your-old-droog-what-happened-to-fire-ep/ https://www.spin.com/2017/02/wiki-your-old-droog-what-happened-to-fire-ep/#respond Thu, 02 Feb 2017 18:04:02 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=225107 What Happened to Fire? is a new five-track EP collaboration between New York underground lyricists Wiki and Your Old Droog, with beats from producers like Detroit's Black Milk, Statik Selektah, and AarabMUZIK. Droog's PACKS, a new album set to drop March 10, will also feature Wiki in addition to Danny Brown and Heems. Wiki hasn't announced another solo project,… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/02/wiki-your-old-droog-what-happened-to-fire-ep/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/01/secret-circle-wiki-antwon-lil-ugly-mane-satellite-despot/ https://www.spin.com/2017/01/secret-circle-wiki-antwon-lil-ugly-mane-satellite-despot/#respond Tue, 03 Jan 2017 22:30:33 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=221553 Murder Inc. (DMX, Ja Rule, Jay Z) and Child Rebel Soldier (Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Lupe Fiasco). Maybe the underground trio Secret Circle—Antwon, Lil Ugly Mane, and Wiki—can pull through. Today, they released the Despot-featuring… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/01/secret-circle-wiki-antwon-lil-ugly-mane-satellite-despot/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2016/10/sporting-life-nothing-to-hide-wiki-dev-hynes/ https://www.spin.com/2016/10/sporting-life-nothing-to-hide-wiki-dev-hynes/#respond Wed, 26 Oct 2016 16:03:19 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=213618 departure from RATKING left the group without the wistful texture that helped make their cacophonous sounds compelling. Sporting Life and Wiki have talented friends, though. Dev Hynes (Blood Orange) comes in and excels in Hak's former duties on "Nothing to Hide," a hazy gem. "Nothing to Hide," streamable below, is the first offering from… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2016/10/sporting-life-nothing-to-hide-wiki-dev-hynes/feed/ 0