Vince Staples gets deeply personal on Dark Times, his most introspective album since 2015’s Summertime ’06. With a slower, ...

After a quiet 2024, the Watts-raised rapper-singer reworks that sound with “Fvcked Up,” a sunkissed pop instrumental that ...

14), 2021’s Certified Lover Boy (No. 20) and 2018’s Scorpion (No. 22) leading the pack. Drake adds to his year-end haul with prizes including No. 1 Top Rap Artist, Top Male R&B/Hip-Hop Artist ...

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I usually don’t cover instrumental hip-hop in the column (because each week would take a month to write in that case), but it’s always nice to hear from the veteran producer, whose credits ...

DJ Jazzy Jeff simultaneously lamented the number of friends/Hip-Hop legends who’ve died in recent years ... Gary O was a ...

Widely used by discerning crate-diggers and hip-hop heads, the best Blue Note samples have become part of the cultural fabric. Emerging in the mid-70s and blooming spectacularly in the 80s ...

The year in hip-hop was defined by an epic battle between two of the genre’s biggest stars, Kendrick Lamar and Drake. Kendrick’s decisive victory over Drizzy culminated in one of the year’s ...

Los Angeles is entirely produced by fellow West Coast icon Evidence, as the producer’s hazy instrumentals act as a vibrant canvas for Blu’s face-melting songwriting. These 13 songs do more than salute ...

2024 has been filled with hip-hop highlights. While the culture experiences celebratory moments, the rap world has also been shaken multiple times due to the deaths of members of the hip-hop ...

Hip-hop may be associated more with brags and bling than goodwill and giving, but the best Christmas hip-hop and R&B songs are gifts that keep on giving. “Let it snow” might mean something ...

Hip-hop's inception came from house parties hosted in the Bronx in the1970s. As hip-hop has evolved with several sub-genres like gangsta rap, conscious rap, trap, and many more, there's no ...