Funk You Up” had a playful chorus that mimicked a game of musical chairs: “Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, ...

Mike Jones a local underground rapper signs autographs while promoting his first CD at the Music Depot store in Greenspoint ...

The ‘Superman’ writer-director took time out from head-honchoing the DC Universe to make us a killer year-end playlist.

Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few R&B groups from the late 1980s and early 1990s managed to blend vocal precision, stage charisma, and emotional depth quite like Troop. Hailing from Pasadena, California, the five ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has selected its 10 best albums of the year, presented in no particular order and with a ...

This week's Notable Releases include redveil, Deniro Farrar & Child Actor, and a new collab from MC dälek and This Heat's ...

In these 100 songs, you’ll hear lusty dubstep, quietly subversive electronic pop, regional rap bangers, alt-country odysseys, ubiquitous chart-toppers, and much more. We were drawn to songs this year ...

Before making headlines as Hollywood’s top actors or dominating the radio airwaves, many of our favorite celebrities first made their mark in the world of hip-hop. That’s right — from actors like Mark ...

Though critics and fans disagree on its exact start and end dates, many have labeled the period stretching from 1987 to 1996 the “Golden Age of Hip-Hop.” With heavy groundwork laid by Run DMC, the ...

For the first time in more than three decades, not a single rap song ranks among the 40 most popular tracks in America. Last week’s Billboard Hot 100 marked the end of a remarkable 35-year streak, ...

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.