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The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Flo Milli, Megan Thee Stallion, and Young Thug.
By Mackenzie Cummings-Grady It’s impossible to overstate just how influential Too Short is to hip-hop culture. He is the only ...
Mass Appeal is a record label co-founded by rapper Nasir Olu Dara Jones, who goes by the moniker Nas. Over a decade, the ...
THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.
The influential hip-hop trio Deltron 3030 is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its self-titled debut album with a 16-date ...
The label’s ’Legend Has It...’ project will feature new albums from Big L, Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep, and more.
There is always a lot of talk about who had the best Hip-hop debut album. There are plenty of examples, and there have been ...
Kanye West admitted he didn't write a single lyric on his upcoming album "Cuck," crediting every word to songwriter Dave Blunts.
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 ...
Additionally, some Hip-Hop YouTube series entertain and educate new and old fans alike (e.g., DJ Premier’s So Wassup and ...
1 (Freaky Tales), his new records carry a youthful urgency ... “And out of all rappers since the beginning of hip-hop/ Who got more platinum albums than me?” he raps on “Check the Stats.” ...
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 ...