Ready to Die – A Blueprint of East Coast Hip-Hop and a Life on the Edge

Artist: The Notorious B.I.G. · Year: 1994 · Label: Bad Boy Records · Rolling Stone Rank:…

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) – Shaolin Myths and Dusty Loops from Staten Island

Artist: Wu-Tang Clan · Year: 1993 · Label: Loud Records · Rolling Stone Rank: 27 /…

The Score – Refugee Camp Revolution and Hip-Hop in Full Bloom

Artist: Fugees · Year: 1996 · Label: Ruffhouse / Columbia · Rolling Stone Rank: 35 /…

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back – Hip-Hop as Sonic Uprising

Artist: Public Enemy · Year: 1988 · Label: Def Jam · Rolling Stone Rank: 15 /…

To Pimp a Butterfly – A Jazz-Rap Epic About Survival and Self

Artist: Kendrick Lamar · Year: 2015 · Label: Top Dawg / Aftermath / Interscope · Rolling…

When Sound Meets Vision: The Symbiosis of Art and Music

Music has always been more than sound. From the sacred icons accompanying medieval chants to the…

OutKast – Aquemini (1998) Album Review

A Fusion of Funk, Soul, and Cosmic Hip-Hop When Aquemini arrived in 1998, OutKast—André 3000 and…