It might seem easier than ever to make a hit rap song these days. The importance of wordplay may have diminished in the minds of some fans (Lil Pump's "Gucci Gang" repeats the titular catchphrase a ...

Looking for a common thread for the best rap songs of 2017, it almost seems more daunting than it really is. There is tremendous diversity there, so much so that it seems almost like they have nothing ...

As we enter the new year, Skillz once again recaps the previous 365 days in the latest installment of his annual series "2017 Rap Up." This year, Skillz grabs 50 Cent’s "Big Rich Town" beat, a.k.a the ...

Another year is almost out the door. As a music fan, I'll remember 2017 as the year hip-hop and R&B finally overtook rock as the dominant form of music, according to Nielson, a company that tracks ...

When writers used to ask if rock was dead, it wasn’t actually a question of life or death. The real issue was power; what was meant by “rock” wasn’t rock music, but the genre’s imperial stature ...

THE HIP HOP LEGEND RETURNS FOR THE EVENT THAT HONORS OUR CULTURE’S HISTORIC FIGURES (AllHipHop News) Hip Hop legend Roxanne Shanté will return to co-host the official 2017 Hip Hop Hall of Fame Awards ...

It's impossible to overstate how golden hip-hop shone in 2017 — the shattered Billboard records, the most-streamed genre recognition from Nielsen. Industry hype aside, rap reflected our collective ...

This story is part of our new Hip-Hop: ’73 Till Infinity series, a celebration of the genre’s 50th anniversary. Producers are just as (if not more) important than MCs on a track. As much as fans care ...

You can probably remember the first time you spotted your favorite producer in the liner notes, or heard their name get shouted out on the track. But the odds are they were putting in work for years, ...