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.
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,…
Today is Hip-Hop’s 50th birthday…or is it? Facts disputing when the genre was actually “born”
(August 11, 2023). Today (finally) marks the long-awaited 50th birthday of Hip-Hop. Nearly eight months of celebration, including trade publication feature stories, awards show extravaganzas, curated playlists, commentary from the…