Coming Soon: A New Podcast With Stretch & Bobbito

Coming Soon: A New Podcast With Stretch & Bobbito It’s a reunion 19 years in the making. Hip-hop radio veterans Stretch and Bobbito are back, only this time, it’s happening on NPR. source ,

Scarface: Tiny Desk Concert

Scarface: Tiny Desk Concert Bobby Carter | December 18, 2023 Scarface’s Tiny Desk concert radiates with his decadeslong passion as an emcee and producer. There’s calculated intent behind every word and note of this 30-minute set and I learned that his love for golf also runs deep during our initial meeting. He was playing a […]

Noname: Tiny Desk Concert

Noname: Tiny Desk Concert Ashley Pointer | November 10, 2023 Out of the thousand and some Tiny Desk concerts to date, it’s seldom an artist returns to the Desk. But when they do, there are a couple requirements: come in a new iteration or present something completely different. In this case, the Chicago-bred, emcee-activist Noname […]

Cypress Hill: Tiny Desk Concert

Cypress Hill: Tiny Desk Concert Bobby Carter | July 20, 2023 The first thing I noticed as Cypress Hill strolled into NPR headquarters was Sen Dog cradling his signature bucket hat. I asked him if my assumptions were correct; it was indeed the original hat seen in all the videos from the early ’90s. Before […]

Rakim: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Rakim: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert June 25, 2018 | Abby O’Neill — It had been nearly a decade since Rakim released new music, but that drought ended Friday when the godfather of rap lyricism and one half of the revered duo Eric B & Rakim released a new song, “King’s Paradise.” The track was […]

9th Wonder On Sampling For Kendrick Lamar | The Formula, S1E2

9th Wonder On Sampling For Kendrick Lamar | The Formula, S1E2 Even though he produced three beats for “Duckworth,” 9th Wonder had a realization during our interview. Three samples, three genres, three generations– Kendrick Lamar intentionally wove “threes all the way across.” Watch the second season early at npr.org/theformula READ THE COMPANION ESSAY “Kendrick Lamar […]

Salaam Remi Reworks Classic Samples for Nas and Amy Winehouse | The Formula, S1E5

Salaam Remi Reworks Classic Samples for Nas and Amy Winehouse | The Formula, S1E5 Unlike most super producers, Salaam Remi doesn’t have an identifiable sound he loans out to various acts. He’s better known for mining a sound from each act he works with that, in turn, becomes their signature sound. He pushes artists through […]

Ab-Soul: Tiny Desk Concert

Ab-Soul: Tiny Desk Concert This year’s Black History Month celebration at the Tiny Desk features a carefully crafted lineup spanning many genres, generations and walks of life. Each artist represents the best in their class and will be performing at the Tiny Desk for the first time. Bobby Carter | February 23, 2023 Hip-hop artists […]

Wyclef Jean: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Wyclef Jean: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert Nov. 6, 2017 | Bobby Carter — Wyclef Jean doesn’t get his just due. It was only after The Fugees had the world in their collective palms, and then disbanded, when we got to know his unadulterated abilities as a musician — his first solo album The Carnival […]

Common At The White House: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Common At The White House: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert October 4, 2016 by BOB BOILEN • We’ve never done a Tiny Desk Concert that wasn’t behind my desk at NPR. But when the White House called and said they were putting on an event called South by South Lawn, a day-long festival filled with […]

Burna Boy: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Burna Boy: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert Watch Burna Boy play “Gbona”, “Wetin Man Go Do”, “Dangote” and “Ye” at the Tiny Desk. More from NPR Music: Tiny Desk Concerts: https://www.npr.org/tinydesk Twitter: https://twitter.com/nprmusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nprmusic Nov. 18, 2019 | Bobby Carter — While preparing for Burna Boy’s Tiny Desk appearance, it was evident early on […]

Wale: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Wale: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert This Tiny Desk concert was part of Tiny Desk Fest, a four-night series of extended concerts performed in front of a live audience and streamed live on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. More from NPR Music: Tiny Desk Concerts: https://www.npr.org/tinydesk Twitter: https://twitter.com/nprmusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nprmusic Jan. 21, 2020 | Bobby Carter […]