John Morrison
John Morrison is a writer, DJ, and sample-flipper from Philadelphia. As a writer, his work has appeared in NPR Music, Bandcamp Daily, Jazz Tokyo, Grammy.com, and more. He is also the host of Culture Cypher Radio, a hip-hop radio show on NPR member station WXPN.
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For today's Culture Corner, John takes you deep into De La Soul's Buhloone Mindstate. -
The Black Opry Revue show emerged from a simple directory of Black country and Americana artists and blossomed into a full-blown community of artists and fans. -
Like adulthood itself, "Miracles" is bittersweet — a meditation on regrets and the passage of time.
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The famed Jamaican vocalist and Massive Attack collaborator opens Midnight Rocker with near-catastrophic spiritual urgency.
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The California rapper leans into a trim track from the wizard Madlib on a new single that takes a sharp look at institutional racism in the U.S.
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Beauty and tragedy coexist within the Brooklyn rapper's heartbreaking portrait of his uncle.
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With myriad examples of American harm to Black people, Masta Ace sums up an ambient feeling perfectly — flatly concluding that it's like someone took "the welcome mat and put a torch to it."
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Over a bouncy, drum-heavy groove and dreamy keys, Moonchild lead singer Amber Navran tries to put things back in order after a relationship goes sour.
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Inspired by a viral explosion of her lone solo single, Shortie No Mass reintroduces herself to the world.
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Joell Ortiz shows us how environment and circumstance can dramatically change a person's life trajectory.
