Big L’s “M.V.P.” Inspired Biggie’s “One More Chance / Stay with Me (Remix)”
If you were a rap fan back in 1995, particularly in New York, you would have heard the…
The 50 Best Hip Hop Remixes of All Time
While Pete Rock might have a problem with Puffy’s claim of inventing the hip hop remix, it’s not…
15 Rappers With the Most Number 1 Albums on the Billboard 200
Ever since The Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill became the first rap album to top the Billboard 200…
Ranking the 18 Best Drake Guest Verses of All Time
For all the talk from stuck-in-the-90s hip hop heads and rap traditionalists about Drake not being a lyricist,…
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)…
Ranking Drake’s First Week Album Sales
Hip hop has never seen a rapper with the same sustained commercial success as Drake. Not in the…
Ranking the 15 DJ Premier Beats Made for Nas & Jay-Z
The legendary DJ Premier has worked with some of the greatest rappers of all time. Over the past…
Ranking the 10 Best Biggie Guest Verses of All Time
“I love it when you call me Big Poppa / The show stoppa, the rhyme droppa.” The late,…
AZ Appears in the Video for Jay-Z’s “Dead Presidents”
Years before the Nas vs. Jay-Z beef would come to a boiling point, the Queensbridge’s partner-in-rhyme, AZ, would…
Pimp C Was Supposed to Feature on Jay-Z’s “A Week Ago”
Jay-Z has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to spotting rap trends. Owing to the…
The 50 Best Hip Hop Sophomore Albums of All Time
Why do so many rappers fall down when it comes to their sophomore album? Well, like they say,…
Ranking the 25 Best Guest Verses on Westside Gunn Albums
Conway said it best last year when he rapped: “They say West is the brains behind it and…
Ranking the 18 Best Andre 3000 Guest Verses of All Time
Hip hop has its fair share of GOAT feature rappers. Off the top of my head, there’s Busta…
The 50 Best Hip Hop Songs of the 1980s
After being established as a viable art form in the late ’70s via The Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight,”…
15 Rappers with the Most Number 1 Hits on the Billboard Hot 100
There have been plenty of successful rappers throughout history – countless artists have notched up multiplatinum plaques, sold…
Sugar Hill Records Was the First Hip Hop Record Label in History
The Fatback Band’s “King Tim III (Personality Jock)” was the first commercially released hip hop song when it…
Ranking Kendrick Lamar’s First Week Album Sales
Kendrick Lamar is one of those rare cases in hip hop, where an artist comes along every now…
Top Five: The Best Rappers Alive of 2022 (So Far)
For our Best Rappers Alive series, we take a look at the top five best rappers, year by year –…
‘Funky Technician’ Was DJ Premier’s First Production Outside of Gang Starr
Long before Nas made it popular for rappers to feature a line-up of A-list producers their albums, Lord…
The 18 Best J. Cole Guest Verses of All Time
Every rap generation spawns its own feature verse killer. You had Busta Rhymes running rampant in the ’90s…
Ranking Every Song on Pusha T’s ‘It’s Almost Dry’
Yes, it’s been over 3 weeks since Pusha T dropped his latest album and after many repeated listens,…
The Sequence’s “Funk You Up” Was the First Rap Song to Feature a Hook
Hands up if you’re a diehard rap fan and you’ve never heard of The Sequence? I’ll be honest,…
The 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time (And Their Best Song)
I think we’ve all had enough of reading lists about the 50 best rappers of all time. The…
Ranking Future’s First Week Album Sales
The hardest working rapper in the game, bar none. Since his rap debut in the 2010s, Future has…
Kendrick Lamar is the Rapper With the Most Grammy Nominations in a Single Night
Over the past 10 years since his major label debut with good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar has…
The Clipse’s Debut Album ‘Exclusive Audio Footage’ Was Shelved
The legendary Clipse may not have the most expansive catalogue when it comes to hip hip duos (three…