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So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 5 rap albums from March 2025 that stood out to us most. We also probably still missed or haven’t spent enough time with ...
THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.
By Mackenzie Cummings-Grady It’s impossible to overstate just how influential Too Short is to hip-hop culture ... perhaps the only MC to have released albums across five different decades ...
Because of the founders that came before her, Doechii accepted a Grammy for Best Rap Album for a mixtape with explicitly queer themes weaving in and out of each song. The history of Hip-Hop is ...
If Shawn Fuller has not lived it, he won't rap about it. "He's never said something ... and James spoke to the News Journal ahead of an album listening party for "Legacy" at the Mothership.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of The Infamous, the landmark album that solidified Mobb Deep’s place in Hip Hop history and reshaped the sound of New York Hip Hop in the mid-1990s.
“And out of all rappers since the beginning of hip-hop/ Who got more platinum albums than me?” he raps on “Check the Stats.” “And don’t count greatest hits, let’s go/ Jay-Z ...
Niontay recently released “Mr.HaveMyWay,” an ethereal track that, he says, represents “how he’s coming” on his debut album ... and I’ll worry about rap when it come back.… ...
Each month will feature a listening party and discussion of a classic Memphis rap album. Shangri-La Records has announced the second season of its “Lo-Fi in Hi-Fi” series, a monthly listen ...
Cardi B says despite there being zero female features on the album, she’s bringing something ... yet to add any collaborations with her female rap counterparts to the project, she was very ...
She’d just been announced as the third woman in history to win the Grammy for Best Rap Album and she had not one bit of a speech prepared. Not because she didn’t believe she would win but ...
The fact of the matter is that Ken Carson has the No. 1 album in America with a style of rap that’s far more niche ... on the festival circuit, playing lively sets at Coachella (2024), Rolling ...