Mic-Check logo
Mic-Check
Subscribe
  • Mic-Check
  • Archive
  • Page 9
Hip-HopHip-Hop
+3+3
🎵 Rosalía’s Brilliantly Fresh Take on Latin Music
Mar 21, 2022

🎵 Rosalía’s Brilliantly Fresh Take on Latin Music

Plus, a reminder that Juice Wrld revolutionized music in just 18 months. Let’s pretend Arcade Fire’s disco phase never existed.

Hip-HopHip-Hop
+3+3
🎵 Dua Lipa & Megan Thee Stallion Create WAP 2.0
Mar 14, 2022

🎵 Dua Lipa & Megan Thee Stallion Create WAP 2.0

Plus, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s colossal 18-minute track. Benny the Butcher proves Griselda Records is a force to be reckoned with.

PopPop
+1+1
🎵 Camila Cabello Is Handling Her Breakup Very Differently Than Shawn Mendes
Mar 07, 2022

🎵 Camila Cabello Is Handling Her Breakup Very Differently Than Shawn Mendes

Plus, Nilüfer Yanya has finally picked a genre. Bartess Strange bears his heavy heart.

Hip-HopHip-Hop
+1+1
🎵 A Post-Despacito World
Feb 28, 2022

🎵 A Post-Despacito World

Plus, hip-hops’ love of Japanese samurai culture. Conway the Machine has become mortal.

Hip-HopHip-Hop
+1+1
🎵 The Story of Jack Harlow
Feb 21, 2022

🎵 The Story of Jack Harlow

Plus, are Beach House the most consistent band this century? Tomberlin shows off her versatility.

Hip-HopHip-Hop
+2+2
🎵 Once Again, Kanye West Said Something Controversial
Feb 14, 2022

🎵 Once Again, Kanye West Said Something Controversial

Plus, Big Thief's colossal 81-minute double album. Caroline Polachek's distinctive brand of pop.

RockRock
+1+1
🎵 John Frusciante Rejoins the Red Hot Chili Peppers 16 Years Later
Feb 07, 2022

🎵 John Frusciante Rejoins the Red Hot Chili Peppers 16 Years Later

Plus, Kamasi Washington, the modern-day John Coltrane. The end of the Black Country, New Road era.

R&BR&B
+2+2
🎵 Charlie Puth and the Power Of TikTok
Jan 31, 2022

🎵 Charlie Puth and the Power Of TikTok

Plus, Black Country, New Road's nine-minute epic. Japnese legend Hikaru Utada's ode to '90s disco-pop.

R&BR&B
+2+2
🎵 Fontaines D.C. Sound Like Oasis, The Cure & The Smiths Rolled Into One
Jan 17, 2022

🎵 Fontaines D.C. Sound Like Oasis, The Cure & The Smiths Rolled Into One

Plus, Chris Brown's lack of evolution. Earl Sweatshirt has no time for hooks.

PopPop
+1+1
🎵 The Weeknd’s Nihilistic Concept Album
Jan 10, 2022

🎵 The Weeknd’s Nihilistic Concept Album

Plus, Father John Misty ushers in the new roaring ’20s. Wilderun showcase the lighter side of metal.

Hip-HopHip-Hop
+2+2
🎵 Does Anyone Actually Enjoy Ed Sheeran?
Jan 03, 2022

🎵 Does Anyone Actually Enjoy Ed Sheeran?

Plus, Nas and Hit-Boy go for the three-peat. Sea Power distance themselves from Britain.

🎵 2021 in Review
Dec 27, 2021

🎵 2021 in Review

From Silk Sonic’s ode to 70s’ slow jams to Kanye West’s love letter to his late mother to Taylor Swift’s ten minute heartbreak.

FirstBack
56789101112
Next Last
Never miss a beat. Expert reviews of the music that matters, delivered every Monday.

Mic-Check

Never miss a beat. Expert reviews of the music that matters, delivered every Monday.

Home

Posts

Our Writers

ALL WRITERS

Andy Miller

Ethan Lambert

Kat Anderson

Kofi Mframa

Nick Eustis

Josh Herring

© 2025 Mic-Check.

Privacy Policy

Terms of Use

Powered by beehiiv