Listening to aktenzeichen_T’s new EP, "Midnight Between Lagrange Points", feels less like putting on a record and more like unsealing a classified file. The artist's name, German for "case file number," seems to promise a kind of cold, bureaucratic evidence, and the Leipzig producer delivers—but the subject of this file is the messy, beating heart of human conflict. A case file rendered in kick...

Jeristotle has quickly adjusted to the new dimension of hip hop, and his latest single "They Sold Me On The TV" is sufficient proof of his significant evolution in this field. The new song, "The Birth Of An Artist," is taken from his debut solo album and was written especially for you. It depicts the artist's story in a way that will speak to listeners. The song's...