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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The dynamic duo that still has a spot on many hip-hop lovers’ Top Five list has a fascinating backstory that is just as much business as it is personal. If you listened to hip-hop in the late 1980s ...

The loud clanking of martini shakers and pulsing music fills Bed Stuy bar and music venue C’mon Everybody on Tuesday nights, its mix of chachkies, records and books recalling a ’70s living room, with ...

DJ Drama, a hip-hop mixtape artist, was arrested and charged last week with selling unlicensed CD collections and remixes. But many hip-hop artists and record labels cooperate with mixtape artists as ...