The Top 50 Best Southern Rappers of All Time
If you were to determine which rap mecca was the epicenter of hip-hop during the genre’s rise, there’s…
The Top 250 Best Hip Hop Albums of All Time
Hip hop is a rich, supremely talented culture that has consistently evolved since the 1970s, so selecting the…
The King of Atlanta Rap, Every Year Since 1994
The 1995 Source Awards are remembered as the night hip-hop’s East Coast-West Coast rivalry exploded. What was once…
The Top 50 Best Rappers Right Now: 2020s
The question of who are the best rappers right now is a hard one to answer. Ask 10…
The Top 20 Most Streamed Hip Hop Songs of All Time
Over the past decade, hip hop has continued to evolve and grow in popularity, becoming one of the…
The Top 50 Best Hip Hop Debut Albums of the 2010s
Coming out of the 2000s – an era which saw hip hop at its most divided between commercial…
The Top 15 Best Brooklyn Rappers of All Time
Brooklyn. The hometown of Biggie, Big Daddy Kane and Jay-Z. The birthplace of Mos Def, AZ and Lil’…
The Best Guest Rapper Alive, Every Year Since 1991
A while back, we published a list of the best rapper guest verse, every year since 1991. This…
The Best Rapper Guest Verse, Every Year Since 1991
A perfect guest verse can be a magical thing. Think about how many rappers’ careers have been launched…
The Top 50 Best West Coast Rappers of All Time
The West Coast has long been a hub for innovative and influential hip hop, with a rich history…
Interview with JoeJas: Discovering the Boundary-Pushing Sounds and Vision of the Rapper-Producer
JoeJas is a UK-based rapper and producer, also known by the alias “HairyMuffinMan” when producing.
The Top 50 Best Pop Songs with Rap Features of All Time
Hip hop has come a long way since the early ’70s when the artform was still bubbling up…
Every Single No. 1 Hip Hop Song On the Billboard Hot 100
While hip hop had its origins in the 1970s on the New York block parties and park jams,…
Interview with Mr Pigeons: Exploring the Experimental and Ancestral Sounds of a Multi-Talented Artist
As a producer, performer, and poet, Mr Pigeons is a multi-talented artist based between Rotterdam and Berlin.
Interview with Singer-Rapper Von Tae: From Social Media Viral Sensation to Industry Praise
DeVante Eugene Jones, better known as Von Tae, is a singer, songwriter, and rapper hailing from Calvert County,…
The 50 Best Hip Hop Songs that Sample Soul Music
Over the past few decades, hip hop and soul music have always had a close relationship, with some…
Boldy James Recorded ‘Fair Exchange No Robbery’ in 96 Hours
Over the past couple of years, Boldy James has cemented himself as one of the best rappers in…
De La Soul Made ‘3 Feet High and Rising’ for $13,000
One of the greatest hip hop groups of all time, De La Soul established themselves as a cultural…
The Top 25 Best UK Rappers of All Time
Over the years, the UK rap scene has risen exponentially in profile, producing some of the most talented…
Ranking Every J. Cole Album, From Worst to Best
With 6 albums, 4 group projects, 3 EPs and 3 mixtapes to his name, J. Cole has solidified…
Ranking the Top 10 Best AZ Guest Verses of All Time
There have been very few rappers in history who have managed to catapult themselves into a 30 plus…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2022
After a spectacular 2021, which saw a blend of releases from high-profile artists (Drake, Kanye, J. Cole, Tyler)…
The Top 10 Best Florida Rappers Right Now
Putting together a list of the best Florida rappers right now means shining a spotlight on one of…
The Top 25 Best Rap Groups Of All Time
Hip hop music has a rich history, with countless talented rap groups contributing to the genre’s evolution and…
MF DOOM Made his Recording Debut on 3rd Bass’ “The Gas Face”
Before Daniel Dumile was MF DOOM, the masked hip hop supervillain and one of the most celebrated underground…
The Best Rapper Alive, Every Year Since 1987
Crowning the best rapper alive each year has always been a contentious task. It’s been like that ever…
Blondie’s “Rapture” Was the First Billboard Hot 100 Number-One Single to Feature Rap Vocals
Decades before hip hop became a dominant commercial force that took over pop culture around the world, it…
Ranking YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s First Week Album Sales
Over the past few years, Baton Rouge rapper YoungBoy NBA has steadily grown into a commercial force in…
The Top 30 Best-Selling Rappers of All Time
Let’s be real, commercial success and selling records matter in hip hop culture. You can be anti-mainstream all…
The Top 10 Best Bay Area Rappers of All Time
The San Francisco Bay Area, made up of cities like San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland, has long…
The Top 25 Best White Rappers of All Time
White MCs haven’t had the easiest time in hip hop. For every step forward that white rappers were…
Top Five: The Best Rappers Alive of 2022
For our Best Rappers Alive series, we take a look at the top five best rappers, year by year –…
The Top 25 Best Underground Rappers of All Time
Let’s give praise to Roc Marciano and Westside Gunn for leading the charge for the revival of underground…
Ranking Every Jay-Z Album, From Worst to Best
The greatest rapper of all time, Jay-Z has one of the most impressive catalogue of any hip hop…
The Top 25 Best Metro Boomin Beats of All Time
St. Louis, Missouri-born producer Metro Boomin has had one of the biggest influences on the Atlanta rap scene,…
Ranking the Top 10 Best Rome Streetz Guest Verses of All Time
Griselda rapper Rome Streetz is one of the best rappers in the game right now, there’s no doubt…
Ranking Every Nas Album, From Worst to Best
Fifteen solo albums, three compilation projects, two collaboration albums; seven of which have gone platinum, five number one…
Ranking the Top 10 Hardest Nicki Minaj Songs of All Time
A proud New York rap representative, with all the swag, skills and attitude, Nicki Minaj has been dominating…
Ranking Nas’ First Week Album Sales
There’s no reason for Nas to be as commercially successful as he is. When you look at other…
The Top 50 Best New York Rappers of All Time
When we’re talking about ranking the best New York rappers of all time, we’re talking about the MCs…