Ranking Jhené Aiko’s First Week Album Sales
Over the past few years Jhené Aiko has slowly emerged a powerful commercial force in the music world, with strong selling albums and more Grammy nominations coming her way.
Ranking G-Eazy’s First Week Album Sales
G-Eazy’s major label debut album, These Things Happen , dropped in 2014, but the rapper had been grinding for a minute to break into the rap game.
Ranking Joey Badass’ First Week Album Sales
The time that Joey Badass allows himself to take in between albums is the ultimate testament to his patience as an artist, as well as confidence in his fanbase.
The 40 Best Rappers of the 1990s
The 1990s was the peak golden age of hip hop music. Don’t get it twisted, each rap decade since the ’80s has been special in its own way, and I’m certainly not one of those hip hop heads…
The Best Lil Wayne Guest Verses of All Time
Lil Wayne ain’t your average MC. He started with the Hot Boys, puttin’ Cash Money on the map. Back in ’99, he dropped “Tha Block Is Hot,” showin’ he had the skills. But it was in the mid-2000s…
The 25 Best Rap Duos Of All Time
In recent years, there’s been a ongoing trend for big-name hip hop artists putting out a one-off collaborative album. Think Jay-Z and Kanye, Drake and Future, Offset and 21 Savage, Lil Baby and Gunna, Future and Juice Wrld,…
The Best Hip Hop Songs of the 2010s
Never has hip hop music been as varied and divergent as it was in the 2010s. Coming into the new decade, the kings reigning over the Billboard charts were, predictably so, Eminem, Hov, Kanye, and Lil Wayne.
Ranking the 18 Most Lyrical Drake Songs of All Time
Drake’s the man, a chart-toppin’ machine, but with all the pop hits and dance crazes, some forget he can spit serious bars. Yeah, he ain’t droppin’ crazy flows like Kendrick or Cole, but that don’t mean his rhymes…
Ranking Roddy Ricch’s First Week Album Sales
Coming into the game off the strength of his debut commercial mixtape, Feed tha Streets , Compton rapper Roddy Ricch struck fire when he dropped “Die Young” off the sequel half a year later.
Ranking the 15 Best Lil Baby Guest Verses of All Time
Over the past few years Lil Baby has evolved from an up-and-coming Atlanta rapper into one of the biggest hip hop artists in the game today. A lot of that success has had to do with his ability…
Ranking Rihanna’s First Week Album Sales
Rihanna’s superstardom in the music world was pretty much instantaneous. Her debut album, Music of the Sun , was a major hit, featuring massive singles like “Pon de Replay” and “If It’s Lovin’ that You Want”, both which…
Ranking Moneybagg Yo’s First Week Album Sales
Moneybagg Yo has been grinding for a minute. It’s been over a decade since the Memphis rapper dropped his mixtapes From Da Block 2 Da Booth and October 20th and since then he’s just been putting in the…
The 50 Best Storytelling Rap Songs of All Time
It’s been an impressive journey from block parties and corner rap battles to mainstream multi-platinum hits, but hip-hop has always had a strong storytelling tradition at its core.
Ranking The Weeknd’s First Week Album Sales
Very few music fans could have predicted The Weeknd’s transformation into one of the world’s biggest pop stars when they first heard him in the early 2010s.
The 50 Best Hip Hop Songs of the 1990s
The 1990s was a golden era for hip hop, with the genre flourishing and diversifying, giving birth to an array of unforgettable tracks and albums.
Ranking Chris Brown’s First Week Album Sales
People tend to forget how long Chris Brown has been in the music game for. He was just 16-years old when he scored a chart topper with his debut single, “Run It!”, and he’s never left.
35 Hip Hop Albums with the Most Stacked Guest Features
One of the most unique things about hip hop music is that emphasis that is put on feature appearances. Very rarely do you get artists in other genres cross collaborate as frequently as you do in hip hop.
Ranking Kevin Gates’ First Week Album Sales
While J. Cole has been getting all the praise for going platinum with no features this past decade, Kevin Gates has been doing it on the low with little to no fanfare.
Ranking Logic’s First Week Album Sales
Hip hop seems to have a love-him-or-hate-him relationship with Logic. But despite what you might think of his music, you have to respect his grind.
The Best Hip Hop Remixes of All Time
Remix culture is in hip hop’s DNA. MCs spittin’ new verses, producers flippin’ beats – it’s about makin’ a track even hotter. Some remixes go down in history as straight-up better than the original. Now, Pete Rock might…
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 chart , there have been countless hip hop artists who have dropped number one albums.
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 Toronto superstar has become one of the preeminent scene-stealers of his generation.
Ranking Post Malone’s First Week Album Sales
Who knew Post Malone would become as big as he did? I know I didn’t. After gaining mainstream attention with his 2015 debut single “White Iverson” which was independently uploaded to his SoundCloud, Post Malone has emerged as…
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 three decades, he’s blessed artists from all different eras with some of their best beats ever.
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, great Notorious B.I.G. was only around for a few years and yet the impact he left was so enormous, we’re…
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, you have your whole life to write your first album and only a year or two to create your second.
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 Benny is the star, but let’s not act like Machine ain’t the silliest with the bars.”
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 Rhymes, the OG guest verse murderer, Nas, DMX, Jadakiss, Biggie, Method Man, just to name a few.
The 50 Best Hip Hop Songs of the 1980s
As the late ’70s gave birth to the iconic “Rapper’s Delight,” the 1980s transformed hip hop into a thriving genre that would forever alter the course of music history. This vibrant era laid the foundation for rap’s ongoing…
The Rappers with the Most #1 Hits on the Billboard Hot 100
There have been plenty of successful rappers throughout history – countless artists have notched up multiplatinum plaques, sold out worldwide tours and put out smash hits. But when it comes to the number one spot on the Billboard…
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 and then, and achieves huge commercial success without compromising their lyricism or vision.
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 after bodying “Scenario”, you had Lil Wayne’s transformation into a certified superstar off of features alone, and of course, you…
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, we can now safely say It’s Almost Dry is his best solo album to date.
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 steadily been grinding, putting out music non-stop for feed his hungry fanbase.
Ranking Pusha T’s First Week Album Sales
While Pusha T isn’t necessarily known for his commercial success, he’s one of the few rappers who have managed to sustain a 20 year plus career of consistent music.
Ranking the 22 Best Kendrick Lamar Guest Verses of All Time
Following a four-year hiatus since his last album, DAMN. dropped in 2017, Kendrick Lamar is officially on the comeback trail with his upcoming Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers scheduled for release on May 13.
Ranking Jay-Z’s First Week Album Sales
It’s crazy to think that Jay-Z’s first album sold under 50,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number 23 on the Billboard.
Ranking the 10 Greatest Future Intro Tracks of All Time
When it comes to hard work and artistic output, few rappers can match the sheer productivity of Future.
The Best Rap Album Covers of All Time
Yo, album covers might be small on your phone, but that don’t mean they ain’t important. A dope cover is part of the whole vibe, the same as the beats and the lyrics. It can capture the energy…
Ranking Ice Cube’s First Week Album Sales
Since he kicked down the door in the late ’80s with N.W.A., Ice Cube has cemented his reputation as one of the finest rapper and iconic figures in hip hop culture.
Ranking Every Pusha T Album, From Worst to Best
We’re big fans of Pusha T here at Beats, Rhymes & lists, just in case you haven’t noticed that. Not only is he one of the greatest rappers of all time , he also happens to be our…
Ranking J. Cole’s First Week Album Sales
J. Cole has entered that rare space that only Drake and Kendrick are currently occupying. He’s at a point in his career where he has an established fanbase who will go out and support his music whenever he…
Top Five: The Best Rappers Alive of 2018
For our Best Rappers Alive series, we take a look at the top five best rappers, year by year – ranking them on projects dropped, guest verses and overall impact.
Ranking Gunna’s First Week Album Sales
Under the tutelage of his OG, Young Thug, and with his longtime-collaborator, Lil Baby, Gunna has transformed into one of the hottest rappers in the game right now.
The 15 Best 50 Cent Hooks of All Time
50 Cent is straight up one of the greatest hook writers in hip hop history. It’s the main reason why his debut album (and subsequent releases) were such commercial successes.
Ranking Playboi Carti’s First Week Album Sales
Ever since he broke through into the mainstream in 2017, Playboi Carti’s star continues to shine brighter and brighter with each passing year.
Top Five: The Best Rappers Alive of 1995
For our Best Rappers Alive series, we take a look at the top five best rappers, year by year – ranking them on projects dropped, guest verses and overall impact.
Ranking Rae Sremmurd’s First Week Album Sales
Hailing from Tupelo, Mississippi, and signed to Mike Will Made It’s EarDrummers Entertainment, rap duo Rae Sremmurd have released a total of three studio albums, three mixtapes, thirteen singles.
Ranking the Top 10 Best Young Thug & Travis Scott Collaborations
When we think about some of the best unofficial duos in hip hop history, names like Nas and AZ, Raekwon and Ghost, Jay-Z and Kanye, and Drake and Lil Wayne usually pop up.
Ranking Lil Tjay’s First Week Album Sales
Born and raised in the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx, Tione Jayden Merritt, known professionally as Lil Tjay, has rapidly ascended the ranks of the hip-hop world since his first release on SoundCloud in 2016.
