On this day in hip-hop history, albums by Prince, Freddie Foxxx and Jurassic 5 were released, while “Changes” becomes a hit for 2Pac more than…
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A Tribe Called Quest is one of the most revered groups of all-time, and with good cause. We’ve ranked their fantastic discography from worst to best.…
On this day, Ice-T battles the censorship police, Biz Markie is a scientist with his second album and Ja Rule gets spiritual on Rule 3:36.…
In our Dirty South edition, we salute Atlanta rhymers T.I. and Bubba Sparxxx who released their under-appreciated debut albums on this day. In addition, Flo Rida put…
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been slow to acknowledge the contributions made by hip-hop acts. We’re taking a look at the 10…
Music icons LL Cool J, Janet Jackson and Rufus & Chaka Khan have been nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. This will be…
Rap legends Salt-N-Pepa and Naughty By Nature have joined New Kids on the Block for a special tour that celebrates the pop grandeur of the…
Since 1986, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been honoring artists in the rock, blues, soul and even country music genres. Since 2007,…
Prince released his third studio album, Dirty Mind, in 1980, almost exactly a year after his self-titled sophomore album of 1979. Though Dirty Mind charted…
On this day in hip-hop and R&B history, uber-producer Teddy Riley was born, Prince released the best album of his early career, Vanilla Ice geared…
On this day, Janet Jackson freed herself from The Velvet Rope and Ludacris released the delectable Chicken-n-Beer. We also give birthday shoutouts to hip-hop icon MC…
On this day in hip-hop history, Common makes his rap debut, Kurupt shows respect to his East and West Coast roots, Pras and Bizzy Bone make…
This year’s A3C Festival & Conference is already well underway in Atlanta and, per usual, it’s packed with performances and panels featuring industry heavyweights, including…
On this day, remixer Jason Nevins turned Run-DMC’s classic song “It’s Like That” into worldwide EDM hit, De La Soul released their stellar album Grind…
As TLC, Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas earned the title of the best-selling American female group of all time with…