Spinning Nicki Minaj’s Return to No. 1 as a Win for Hip-Hop Is Dubious… but Doable (for her)
Nicki Minaj’s latest No. 1 triumph (Pink Friday 2) highlights the good, the bad and the ugly of hip-hop, particularly for its women.
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Permanent Check-In? How Taylor Swift and Drake Turned This Billboard Chart into Their Hotel California
The longevity and ubiquity of Taylor Swift and Drake on the Billboard 200 charts is unrivaled, even by fellow contemporaries like Beyoncé, Adele, Kendrick Lamar and others. Their sheer volume…
Drake’s New Album May Be ‘For All The Dogs,’ but This Dog Doesn’t Hunt
(October 7, 2023). Okay, perhaps this article’s title uses a lame metaphor to make its point, but it’s no lamer than the new subject album by Drake—released Friday (Oct. 6)—one…
#HipHop50: The first 50 rap songs to reach the Billboard Hot 100…a humble beginning for music’s most boastful genre
(August 18, 2023). It took a whole decade to get there, but hip-hop achieved its 50th Hot 100 entry in September 1989, nearly ten years after its first in November…
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#HipHop50: The records that started hip-hop were NOT ‘Rapper’s Delight’ or ‘King Tim III’; they weren’t even rap…check ‘em out
(August 17, 2023). While many people credit Sugar Hill Gang’s groundbreaking 1979 smash “Rapper’s Delight” with being the song that changed the game for rap music and, by extension, hip-hop,…