Best Rappers by Decade

From gritty street tales and block parties to million dollar video budgets and opulent luxury rhymes, hip hop culture’s transformative journey over the past four decades has left us with a rich, diverse palette of sonic and lyrical…

When the calendar flipped to 2010, rap music was gearing up to swerve into new lanes and embrace a plethora of emerging voices. It was a defining decade that further cemented the rap game’s place as a cultural…

The 2000s was a tumultuous time for the rap game. The new decade started with the kings like DMX, Eminem and Jay-Z all staking their claim to the crown. The underground vs. commercial divide, which began in the…

The 1990s, hip-hop’s golden age, exploded with talent. The West Coast had G-funk, the East Coast its boom-bap, and the South found its voice. Lauryn Hill fused rap with soul, Jay-Z hustled his way to lyrical legend, and…

Yo, pickin’ the greatest rappers from the ’80s is like building the foundation of hip hop itself. Forget the ’70s block parties – the ’80s was where the game blew up, where hip hop carved out its own…