Hip-hop entered the new millennium carrying heavy losses. The murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. left the genre reeling, while Y2K anxieties cast uncertainty over everything. But when ...

The first six months of 2026 delivered blockbuster releases, underground gems, and some of the strongest hip-hop albums in recent years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Hip Hop, a hit single can put an artist on the radar. But a debut album reveals whether they’re built to last. It’s the first ...

Everyone calls the ’90s the Golden Age Hip-Hop. That’s cute—but it still feels like a lazy summary of a decade that completely rewrote the rules. Rap albums of the ’80s gave us the blueprint—Slick ...

Writer Shad Reed gets past the trends and into the immortal albums that have shaped Hip-Hop. An onslaught of Hip-Hop “Mount Rushmores ” has recently flooded social media and various internet spaces to ...

The 20-track project is dedicated to late Kali Tribe MC Twan Mack, who died unexpectedly in November 2024. Grammy Award-winning Hip-Hop group Arrested Development released its sixteenth studio album, ...

The self-titled LP by the Sugarhill Gang, released in 1980, is widely regarded as the genre’s first full-length record. Three rappers select the albums that have captured the spirit of the medium in ...

On this day in 1999, Marshall Mathers introduced the world to The Slim Shady LP and in doing so, shifted the entire trajectory of Hip Hop heading into the new millennium. Released on Aftermath ...

On May 1, 2001, legendary producer Pete Rock delivered his second solo album, PeteStrumentals — a project that not only cemented his place among hip hop’s elite beatmakers but also served as a love ...