Best Hip-Hop Love Songs: 25 Tracks For 808s And Soulmates

Before hip-hop and R&B got together, the rap ballad showed the softer side of hip-hop. The best hip-hop love songs prove that MCs need love too.

A History Of Hip-Hop In 20 Essential Songs

It's impossible to tell the history of any genre in a single article, but these 20 songs provide a roadmap for listening... and further exploration.

Diggin’ Dilla: J Dilla’s Best Productions

J Dilla’s death robbed the world of a talent it was only just beginning to comprehend. Here are just a few of his greatest productions.

Fight The Power: The Politics Of Hip-Hop

Reflecting and commenting on the world around them, the most gifted and charismatic MCs have taken the politics of hip-hop into the mainstream.

Michael Jordan Doc ‘The Last Dance’ Offers A Much-Needed Musical Throwback

The Chicago Bulls docuseries scores big when it comes to nostalgia, thanks to an effective dose of old-school hip-hop.

The Chemical Brothers’ ‘Galvanize’ (Remixes) Set For Digital Release

The ever-popular 'Galvanize' won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in February 2006.

A Brief History Of Sampling

Through sampling, hip-hop has the power to bring old music to new years, helping music to evolve while paying respects to the artists that came before.

Watch The Black Eyed Peas & CL’s New ‘Dopeness’ Video

The hip-hop legends have also dropped a brand new album 'Masters Of The Sun Vol.1' through Interscope.

The Pharcyde’s ‘Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde’ Gets Deluxe 25th Anniversary Reissue

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde, the influential hip-hop album from The Pharcyde is receiving a 25th anniversary deluxe reissue with a host of extras

Legendary Mastering Engineer Tom Coyne Dies Aged 62

Legendary Grammy-Winning Mastering Engineer Tom Coyne, credited for cutting albums for Adele, Sam Smith, Keith Urban and Mark Ronson has died Aged 62.

Blue Note’s Most Sampled Recordings

5 Hip Hop Albums From 1990

Smack bang in the "Golden Age" 1990 was a good year for hip hop, so here's five hip hop albums that showcase the diverse paths that the genre was taking.

Hip-Hop Heroes: The Takeover

Hip-Hop opened a can of concrete honesty and emotional turmoil with gritty soundscapes that at times felt like a Martin Scorcese movie filmed in the ghetto.