Paul Thompson

You Would Think I Was Lying: On UGK's Ridin' Dirty On its 30th anniversary, Paul Thompson revisits the Texas duo's masterpiece. You’re supposed to understand that something bad is about to happen. The cover of Ridin’ Dirty, UGK’s third, breathtakingly exp... See more

Still from UNBROKEN: The Untold Story of Shen Yun. © 2026 Sincere Films, courtesy of Paulio Shakespeare and NTD. There’s this old joke from the Cold War. An American is on a flight next to someone from the USSR; they strike up a friendly conversation. The... See more

The Real Me: The Ten Best Future Songs of the Last Ten Years On the occasion of his new album, we wade through the codeine and dig through the archives. Future’s latest album, The Real Me, is bizarre: almost entirely forgettable on the front half, almost ... See more

The New Album You Need to Hear This Week Customer Service is a weekly feature to help you cut through the digital weeds and find the music you want. DoggyStyleeee, Reawakened In the summer of 1992, Dr. Dre was shopping The Chronic, and by extension the in... See more

When does local inference pay for itself? Run your numbers in our new TCO calculator Two years ago you could hide your team's AI coding spend in the snack budget. Today, Anthropic's own enterprise figures put typical costs at $150–$250 per developer per m... See more