It had New York City and the tension between selling out and “keeping ... Fla.’s finest again. ... the Hip-Hop Dalmatians are 95 percent of rap groups that existed from the late ’80s ...

Hip-hop culture in New York City is still very much word-of-mouth, hosted in underground DIY spaces, often with last-minute announcements on Instagram or private listservs. Still, it’s not hard ...

By the time Run-D.M.C. stepped onstage at Madison Square Garden in New York City on July 19, ... he delivered what many still consider to be hip-hop’s finest album in “Illmatic.” ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Doechii, Gelo, and Gunna. Although Doechii’s re-released fan favorite, “Anxiety,” isn’t technically a new song, I ...

Rapper NAS at his childhood stomping grounds, the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, in a 1994 photo after he took the hip hop scene by storm with the seminal album “Illmatic.” ...

Most recently, the success of Dre protégé Kendrick Lamar’s “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, one of the finest hip-hop albums of the last few years, is testament to his instinct.

Event details about Hip Hop/Soul/R & B Thursdays @ The Music City - Live Music in San Francisco on March 6, 2025 - watch, listen, photos and tickets ...

(Image credit: A Tribe Called Quest / Jive Records) This should be, and probably is, on pretty much every list of great hip-hop albums. On their second album, A Tribe Called Quest quickly perfected a ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week column returns after a very crowded April 18 ... the loopy digital soul of Detroit’s finest, J ... for being the hottest new rap voice from the city.