To read more about the background of this list and my thoughts on making it, check out the introduction to my rankings. Without further ado, here are #80-71 of my top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the ...

Beastie Boys and Run-DMC, Public Enemy and Salt n Pepa (Credit: Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images, Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images, Michael Putland/Getty Images) In August 1973, the ...

2011: After a handful of mixtapes and establishing subtle notoriety as the next potential luminary of hip-hop, Kendrick Lamar released his Section.80, and astonished the unsuspecting masses in the ...

Just when you think you've seen it all, a video comes around and gleefully reminds you that the Internet is a vast and seemingly endless reservoir of absurdity ...

Like any great musical or silent film, if you take your eyes off “Beat Street,” you won't know the whole the story. The groundbreaking 1984 classic is scheduled to screen Friday and Saturday at Athens ...

July 2, 2016 marks the fifth anniversary of Kendrick Lamar’s critically acclaimed mixtape, Section.80. Though he is often referenced as “King Kendrick,” Lamar wasn’t always the primary artist on Top ...

This article has been handpicked from the Okayplayer editorial archives and included in our Hip Hop 50 collection as a noteworthy inclusion to the genre's rich and diverse narrative. The article has ...

While they’ve certainly had their ups and downs, the ladies behind the icon rap group Salt-N-Pepa say they’ve never missed a beat. Now, every step they took on their way to becoming music legends can ...