Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...

Gangstarr Dropped Their Debut LP 'No More Mr. Nice Guy' 36 Years Ago Gangstarr 'No More Mr. Nice Guy' 36 Years Ago ...

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Dorough’s colourful imagination, friendly, hippyish voice and way with a melody made him perfect for children’s music. “Three ...

The FADER picks the best new albums to stream on New Music Friday, including Miley Cyrus' 'Something Beautiful,' Obongjayer's ...

In 2005, two Chicago titans made a generational classic and then sprinted in opposite directions, each daring the rest of hip ...

Yet hip-hop pioneers, now in their 60s, fight for recognition. Ice-T, Kurtis Blow, DJ Kool Herc, and Grandmaster Flash deserve more credit for their art. "Daddy-O, to me, did the best album of 2024 ...

ATLANTA — Hip-hop pioneer Darryl “DMC” McDaniels ... “I have an upcoming album called America,” he said. “The reason why I called it America is the last couple of years have been ...

The album, which the Public Enemy frontman describes ... Unlike rock ‘n roll, which embraces its elders, Hip-Hop often shuns its pioneers or dismisses them as washed up and “too old.” ...

“The church and politics are way too violent, I’ll stick to gangster ... to start the album off with that. So at this moment, how are you feeling about the state of hip-hop right now?

The rap veteran caught up with Billboard ahead of his new album Kingmaker. By Mackenzie Cummings-Grady It’s been 13 years since Xzibit dropped his last album Napalm, and a whole lot has changed ...

Partnering with Idris Elba, Slick Rick is slated to release his visual album Victory this summer via Elba’s 7Wallace label and Nas‘ Mass Appeal Records. Slick Rick, long considered Hip-Hop’s ...