Who needs Detox when when DJ Quik is the West Coast incarnate? The Book of David drops April 20. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser...

No two Bink! beats sound alike nowadays. There was the soulful “Devil in a New Dress” which reminded everyone that Bink! still exists, the ice cold “Soo Woo,” the g’d up “Smoke Sumthin” and now the introspective “Train Lights.” Newcomer Gilbere Forte raps like a less nasally Drake. His mixtape..

Mr. Ettelson has a point. Fizzy Womack (aka Lil Fame of M.O.P.) may just be today’s top supplier of grimy rap sounds. I’d say he and Roc Marciano are tied. B.A.M.’s The Overload EP is due this year, produced entirely by Fame. Download: B.A.M. – Hoodness (All-Star remix) (ft. N.O.R.E.,..

Does “I Need a Doctor” make up for nearly a decade of false starts? Does it live up to the endless adulation of Dr. Dre as the ultimate perfectionist? Is it the second single from an album that will revolutionize recorded music? Is it better than “Kush”? I think it’s..