Thomas Hobbs
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The 10 best film soundtracks of 2021
From Mica Levi’s crashing, trap-infused Zola score to Emile Mosseri’s delicate piano work on Minari. → Read More
Last Man Standing review – A largely recycled documentary
Nick Broomfield rakes over the coals of the Biggie vs 2Pac saga but doesn’t find anything particularly new. → Read More
How Ace in the Hole foreshadowed the post-truth era
Billy Wilder’s 1951 noir has obvious parallels with our current age of fake news and alternative facts. → Read More
Behind the Beat: Cool & Dre on How “Hate It Or Love It” was the Beginning & End for Game & 50 Cent
We spoke with Cool and Dre about producing "Hate It Or Love It" the song that capsulizes the beginning and end of The Game and 50 Cent era. → Read More
Please, Pop Stars and Rappers, Stop Making Really Long Albums
Kanye, Drake and anyone else – all we want is a record with ten songs. → Read More
First Look Friday: Lord Apex is the West London Rapper With New York City Flows
For this month's First Look Friday, we talk with London rapper Lord Apex about being a student of American hip-hop and staying independent. → Read More
F*ck Your Expectations: AG Club Is Redefining the Boy Band
Fresh from a new album drop, we caught up with San Francisco's AG Club, a collective who are casually reinventing the wheel. → Read More
Behind the Beat: How Jahlil Beats & Bobby Shmurda Made a Hood Anthem For All Ages With “Hot N*gga”
In the latest installment of Behind The Beat, Thomas Hobbs spoke with Jahlil Beats about how he and Bobby Shmurda made the immortal hood anthem “Hot N*gga.” You might expect a song by Barney the dinosaur to get the most love at a small child’s birthday party — not a gutter rap. Yet producer Jahlil → Read More
Behind the Beat: How Jahlil Beats & Bobby Shmurda Made a Hood Anthem For All Ages With “Hot N*gga”
In the latest installment of Behind The Beat, Thomas Hobbs spoke with Jahlil Beats about how he and Bobby Shmurda made the immortal hood anthem “Hot N*gga.” You might expect a song by Barney the dinosaur to get the most love at a small child’s birthday party — not a gutter rap. Yet producer Jahlil → Read More
Remembering Pop Smoke: How the late rapper is still redefining hip-hop
Brooklyn’s boy king was killed before he could release his debut album – but a year on from his death, his music is bigger than ever. Thomas Hobbs pays tribute → Read More
Behind the Beat: Buckwild on How “Put it On” Became the Defining Big L Anthem
Buckwild recalls crafting the classic Big L single "Put It On" and explains how the rapper combined profundity with depraved punchlines. → Read More
Why Alien’s gender politics run a lot deeper than Ellen Ripley
The revelation that Lambert is a transwoman transforms what we know about Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror. → Read More
John Carpenter: ‘Come on guys, there are no lizard people! These theories are just foolishness’
The horror legend reinvented the slasher flick and its soundtrack but at 73, he’s been reborn as an art-pop rocker. He talks to Thomas Hobbs about conspiracies, the power of Michael Myers and why gaming is ruining Hollywood → Read More
The 10 best film soundtracks of 2020
From Birds of Prey’s intoxicating mix of rap and pop music to Tamar-kali’s atmospheric Shirley score. → Read More
Hollywood's Masked Killers Want You to Know How Hard Their Job Is
The actors who played Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers and Leatherface discuss the misconceptions around playing Hollywood’s masked bogeymen. → Read More
Ty Dolla $ign Breaks Down Every Track on His Instant Classic
The hilariously titled 'Featuring Ty Dollar $ign' is one of the highlights of the R&B superstar’s career. Here, he talks us through all of its 25 tracks. → Read More
The sobering prescience of Kathryn Bigelow’s Strange Days
The director’s 1995 tech noir isn’t her most critically or commercially successful film, but it might just be her most important. → Read More
Investigating THC Syrup: Cannabis with the Consistency of Cough Medicine
Weed in liquid form has hit the UK, but is it a sweet dream or a damp squib? We explored the who, the how and the high. → Read More
Max Richter’s Sleep review – Unique film about the healing nature of song
Max Richter’s pioneering eight-hour concept album is brought to life via Natalie Johns’s immersive concert film. → Read More
Horror effects icon Tom Savini: ‘My work looks so authentic because I’ve seen the real thing’
The 73-year-old master of prosthetics and gore in films such as Dawn of the Dead and Friday the 13th tells Thomas Hobbs some of his secrets and how being a photographer in the Vietnam War shaped his life → Read More