Noah Callahan-Bever
The Day Kanye West Killed Gangsta Rap
On Sept. 11, 2007, two rap heavyweights went head to head in a sales battle and changed hip-hop forever. Here's how Kanye West killed gangsta rap.
Noah Callahan-Bever
Q-Tip Talks His Beats 1 Show, Ghostwriting in Hip-Hop, and the Importance of Lyricism
"Abstract Radio" is on Beats 1 every Friday.
Noah Callahan-Bever
Honorary Degree: Kanye West's "The College Dropout" 10 Years Later (2014 Cover Story)
Kanye West always knew he was a genius. It took the rest of the world a little longer to realize it.
Noah Callahan-Bever
The 50 Best Albums of 2013
From rappers like Juicy J and A$AP Rocky to indie acts like Haim and Toro Y Moi, these are the albums we rocked all year long.
Insanul Ahmed
The 50 Best Songs of 2013
50 songs that all made us feel some type of way (a good one) this year.
Insanul Ahmed
Eminem: "Back Issues" (2013 Cover Story)
Having reclaimed his spot at the top, Eminem takes a page from rap's golden age.
Noah Callahan-Bever
Nothing Was The Same: Complex Staff's First Impressions of Drake's New Album
Drake's latest album has sprung a leak. We gave it a listen. Here's what we think.
Dave Bry
Kanye West, J. Cole, & Mac Miller: Numbers, Money, & Art
Contextualizing last week's sales figures.
Noah Callahan-Bever
The 25 Best Brooklyn Anthems
Out in B-R-Double-O-K-L-Y-N.
OrNah
How Much Time Is Needed to Declare a Rap Album "Classic"?
The release of Kendrick Lamar's new album, and the questions it raises about today's fast-paced, hyperbolic cycle of criticism.
Ernest Baker
G.O.O.D. Music: New Religion (2012 Cover Story)
The most eclectic crew in hip-hop sits down for a once-in-a-lifetime roundtable discussion. It's all G.O.O.D.
Noah Callahan-Bever
Kid Cudi: Puzzling (2011 Cover Story)
Charismatic, musically gifted, and wildly ambitious, Kid Cudi has all the trappings of a crossover star. But Cudder refuses to play that game. And consequently he wins at his own.
Noah Callahan-Bever
Gallery: Bad Meets Evil, June 1998
Check out some exclusive photos of of Eminem and Royce Da 5'9" that were taken by Complex's editor-in-chief way back when.
Noah Callahan-Bever
The Oral History Of Bad Meets Evil
Eminem & Royce Da 5'9" began their collaboration over a decade ago. Hear the stories behind the partnership in this exclusive tell-all feature.
Noah Callahan-Bever
The Making of Mobb Deep's 'The Infamous'
On the anniversary of its release, we got Havoc, Prodigy, Q-Tip, and everyone else involved to tell the stories behind this QB classic.
Insanul Ahmed
Seth Rogen: Me So Hornet (Cover Story)
Think fame is easy? Spend three-plus years working on your passion project—while dashing off a few certified classics along the way—and get back to us. As he prepares to drop The Green Hornet, the genre-bending, big-budget opus he wrote, produced, and stars in, Seth Rogen muses on the good life, and how hard it is to make time for It.
Noah Callahan-Bever
Kanye West: Project Runaway (Cover Story)
When it was time for Kanye West to record, he thought of everyone he wanted to work with...and invited them all to paradise. Complex got an exclusive invite to watch history being made.
Noah Callahan-Bever
Eminem: The Day After (2009 Cover Story)
Much was made earlier this year of Eminem's comeback album, Relapse. But the real story is how he's put together the best sequel since The Dark Knight.
Noah Callahan-Bever
