Gary Suarez

Tape Adapter: April’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed by Gary Suarez

From ILoveMakonnen to Dae Jones, Gary Suarez brings us the best of this month's hip hop mixtapes

Full Clip: March’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed by Gary Suarez

Gary Suarez forms like Voltron… especially when there's a 30g porterhouse to devour or the month's best hip hop LPs to review

Tape Adapter: February’s Hip-Hop Mixtapes Reviewed by Gary Suarez

Odd Future Rib Eye Steak Eat It All capo Gary Suarez puts down the porterhouse and picks up a bag of mix tapes.

Full Clip: February’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed By Gary Suarez

Gary Suarez takes in the most notable of February's hip hop albums - from the five boroughs and beyond…

Full Clip: January’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed by Gary Suarez

Gary Suarez reviews all of January's key hip hop releases and reveals the secrets behind making it in the rap game. (Testicular torsion, apparently)

Tape Adapter: January’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed By Gary Suarez

Gary Suarez looks over this months most essential rap mix tapes including efforts by Quiana Ree and Future

LISTEN: Chimurenga Renaissance Mixtape

We Major: Counting Down The Best Hip Hop Of 2014 With Gary Suarez

Our US hip hop correspondent Gary Suarez - the Rib Eye King - gives us his top 25 rap albums and mixtapes

Tape Adapter: November’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed By Gary Suarez

Gary Suarez muses on the rise of Atlanta as a key city in US rap as he reviews new tapes from Dej Loaf, Future, OG Maco & Cardo, Migos and Mr. Marcelo

Arca

Xen

Full Clip: October’s Hip-Hop Albums Reviewed by Gary Suarez

He's got juice like a president. He's making rappers hesitant. Invite him to your home and he'll be chilling like a resident. Gary Suarez is back in your domicile with trigger warning-worthy reviews of current hip hop albums...

Flying Lotus Live & The Tibetan Audiobook of The Dead

Gary Suarez was inspired to read Burroughs by Flying Lotus, so he went to see the producer's two recent dates in New York and asks why philosophical questions on death itself so infrequently appears as subject matter in hip-hop

Tape Adapter: October’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed By Gary Suarez

Gary Suarez may have four score and nineteen problems but a cogent position on all of this month's key hip hop mix tapes ain't one

Full Clip: September’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed by Gary Suarez

Gary Suarez forms like Galvatron to bring you another round of hip hop album reviews from the likes of Busdriver, Mndsgn, Mono/Poly and Yung Lean

Erasure

The Violet Flame

On Young Thug & Obama: The Latest Hip-Hop Mixtapes

Gary Suarez ponders unfulfilled potential and disappointment as he reviews the latest tape from Young Thug, as well as casting his ears over new stuff by Young Scooter, Rich The Kid, Porter Ray, Mick Jenkins, The Celestics, Ty Dolla $ign, King Louie and Euro

Full Clip, Reloaded: August’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed by Gary Suarez

Back! The one you've been waiting for! Hardcore! Reviews galore! Gary Suarez is back in full effect with this month's hip hop write ups

Tape Adapter: April’s Hip-Hop Mixtapes Reviewed By Gary Suarez

It's Gary Suarez's birthday, but we love him so much that we're going to refrain from adapting 50 Cent lyrics for the standfirst of his monthly mixtape round up - this edition featuring DonChristian, Fat Trel, Jimmy Johnson and more

DOWNLOAD: New Steel Tipped Dove

Get hold of the Brooklyn producer's new beat tape Already The Guts Of Some Star That Died A Billion Years Ago below

Full Clip: March/April’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed by Gary Suarez

Strong as an ox, fresh out the box, Gary Suarez reviews the best (and worst) of current hip hop albums

Tape Adapter: March’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed

Never fear! Gary Suarez is here with this month's best and worst hip hop mixtapes on his hard drive

Full Clip: Latest Hip Hop Albums Reviewed By Gary Suarez

New York gentleman Mr Gary Suarez returns with this month's Full Clip round-up of hip hop LP releases, feat. Angel Haze, Cities Aviv, Kid Ink, Prince Po & Oh No and Isaiah Rashad

Tape Adapter: December’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed By Gary Suarez

First you check his intellect, then you inspect his thighs - the muscular Gary Suarez is back with more mixtape reviews...

Against The Monoculture: Counting Down The Best Hip Hop Of 2013

Gary Suarez sums up his year in hip hop, and is joined by Neil Kulkarni and Kyle Ellison to compile a top 40 of albums and mixtapes

Full Clip: October / November’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed

King Of The Beatdowns, Gary Suarez is back with what you've been looking for: hip hop long players reviewed in full

WATCH: New Shadowrunners Video

First watch of video for Dolly Parton by L.A. hip hop duo recently featured in our Tape Adapter column

Tape Adapter: October’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed By Gary Suarez

A new set from Chicago's Lil Durk proves to be the highlight of this month's haul, while elsewhere there's Pro Era jetsam from CJ Fly following in Joey Bada$$' wake

Full Clip: September’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed By Gary Suarez

Drake is out there. He can't be bargained with. He can't be reasoned with. Drake doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear. And he absolutely will not stop ever until you are dead. If you want to live, go with Gary Suarez our hip hop guru

Tape Adapter: September’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed By Gary Suarez

Gary Suarez casts his eye over last month's most notable mixtapes... both good and bad

Full Clip: August’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed By Gary Suarez

A$AP Ferg

Trap Lord

Tape Adapter: July’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed By Gary Suarez

Gary Suarez gets stuck into the last month's mixtapes, with offerings from Jeremiah Jae (pictured), Joey Bada$$, Cory Gunz and Spenzo