ChiefDVB and Syntax Vernac tap into hip-hop teamwork on "The Farsighted," a 14-track LP featuring local emcees and producers and artists from elsewhere.

Hip Hop was alive and well this year, despite rap momentarily dropping out of the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for about two weeks. There were big tours, major collaborations among some of our favorite ...

These rap icons transformed more than just a genre; they shifted the direction of modern music itself. Their innovation and impact continue to shape the sound of today’s biggest artists. Few genres ...

On this date in the year 1985, a young Queens emcee named James Todd Smith, known to the world as LL Cool J, released his first full length album on Def Jam Records. Produced primarily by Rick Rubin, ...

If you take away anything from Star Line, Chance the Rapper's first major project since 2019's polarizing The Big Day, it's that the Chicago hip-hop dignitary's signature "And we back!" has never ...

Rising UK art-jazz-punks Maruja recently wrapped up their great EP trilogy and now they’re set to release their anticipated debut full-length album Pain to Power this Friday (9/12) via Music For ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 2005 was the year for Houston rap. (album artwork) Twenty years ago, Mike Jones helped bring the sound of Houston to the world. He ...

I was made aware of the new 21 Savage album two weekends ago when a midsize Toyota pulled up to a Christmas tree lot pumping “Where You From,” the opening track on “What Happened to the Streets?,” now ...

Because the hip-hop genre has grown over the past three decades into a tremendous force in American and international popular culture, it can be easy to forget how relatively young it is, originating ...

If you’re within a certain age bracket, you’ll remember the news being delivered with grave certainty: The iPod is going to end the album as we know it. Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased ...

Kool G Rap is reportedly back in album mode, and with Cormega already in the mix, the Juice Crew legend may be back! Kool G Rap is quietly working. Hip-Hop heads who value lyrics, legacy, and long ...

Twenty years ago, Mike Jones helped bring the sound of Houston to the world. He can still remember what it felt like. “2005 was a moment in time that will forever be filled with memories that are ...