If you were around in the 1990s, you’ve probably heard of Kris Kross, the pint-sized rap group that had everyone wearing their clothes backwards and moving to their mega hit “Jump.” With the help of ...

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Lil Baby is kicking off the new year on top, as his monumental new album WHAM has debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 albums ...

Pete Rock sampled the classic hip-hop track for a song on his and Common’s joint album, ‘The Auditorium Vol. 1.’ ...

If you were born in 1985, you are going to turn 40 years old this year. That’s a fun thought. For many of us, though, it was ...

When the mainstream popularity of rap music elevated in the late 1980s, it often did so with the help of inventive sampling. While many samples came from the R&B funk world, clever hip-hop artists and ...

Review: Two iconic tracks, each remixed with finesse by the DNA crew. On Side-1, 'Got Til It's Gone' receives a fresh edit that enhances its laid-back groove and lush, genre-blending aesthetic. The ...

The late 1980s offered a burgeoning hip-hop scene, the bombast of hair metal, and heavily produced R&B. Old-fashioned pop songwriting was largely pushed to the margins in favor of these in-your-face ...

Vince Staples gets deeply personal on Dark Times, his most introspective album since 2015’s Summertime ’06. With a slower, atmospheric production style influenced by jazz, the album explores past ...