When 2Pac's full-length debut, 2Pacalypse Now, came out in 1991, it didn't have the same
immediate impact, didn't instantly throw him into the upper echelons of rap's elite, as Nas', Jay-Z's, or even his biggest rival, Notorious B.I.G.'s did, but ...
Throw a joint, bong, or bottle of booze in rapper Mac Miller's hands and he'll
mug for the camera while taking the party to another level, and if there's such a thing as slacker hoodie grace, his chalice overflows with ...
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. was doing more than fine as Snoop Dogg, but after a
2012 trip to Jamaica, he became convinced that reggae was his true calling and that the Rastafarian lifestyle would guide the rest of his life ...
For 16 years, the third Dr. Dre album was supposed to be The Detox, but
that once-mythical, canceled LP was replaced by Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre, a supposedly final effort that was inspired by the N.W.A. biopic Straight ...
My Band, the debut single from D12's sophomore album, D12 World, is the group's greatest
moment and a great introduction to the way they work. Very little else on D12 World is as exciting as My Band, the catchy explanation ...
Da End furthers the horrorcore style that Three 6 Mafia had unveiled on their cult
favorite Mystic Stylez debut, except here the overall tone is one of outright violence rather than eerie ominousness. Moreover, the sound quality here is much ...
Hip-hop duo Atmosphere were busy in 2016, having dropped the singles Salma Hayek, Fireflies with
Grieves, and Trying to Fly featuring Eric Mayson, along with the Macklemore-ish sounding Ringo, the only one of the above to land on this 2016 ...
On his third release, I AM, Nas bolsters his reputation as one of hip-hop's leading
wordsmiths. The 25-year-old has acted in a movie (Hype Williams's Belly), but his highly cinematic tales of the street suggest that his real ambition is ...