Slick Rick

The lineup for ”It's Time for Hip Hop in NYC,” a series of four free shows leading up to the Central Park ”mega concert” happening in August, is here.

The $80 million, 52,000-square-foot Universal Hip Hop Museum is hoping to open in 2024.

”This is hard because music attracts me first before the rhyme,” Questlove wrote in response to author/jouranlist Shea Serrano posing the question on Twitter. ”But some rappers caught me first...”

This week's Notable Releases include Laura Jane Grace's surprise mostly-acoustic album, Westside Gunn's third album of 2020, Jonsi's first solo album in ten years, and more...

It also features the entire Griselda crew, Busta Rhymes, Alchemist, Just Blaze, and more...

Voters included Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Stevie Nicks, John Cale, Wayne Coyne, Jimmy Cliff, Robert Smith, Waxahatchee, El-P, and over 300 others.

”A lot niggaz been cryin about me leaving people off my top 10 without. Even seeing my shit so here it is,” Snoop writes.

Plus: My Chemical Romance, GZA, Todd Glass, Moneybagg Yo, machinegum, Harry Belafonte NYC tribute show, and more tour-related news.

Tonight's NYC-area shows include Trey Anastasio Band, NYC Winter Jazzfest (Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, Makaya McCraven, Halvorson + Dietrich, more), Slick Rick, Sacrifice, Jerry Seinfeld, Wicked Willow, "Oh, Such A HUGE Show, Oh!", and more.

Plus: Horse Feathers, Jim Gaffigan, Tiny Moving Parts, Vundbar, Fennesz, Torres, Bad Religion, Great Grandpa and more tour news.