The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Busta Rhymes, Central Cee, and Mac Miller.

By Trevor Anderson Doechii checks off a career milestone in early 2025 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart as her Alligator Bites Never Heal mixtape becomes her first top 10 project.

Vince Staples gets deeply personal on Dark Times, his most introspective album since 2015’s Summertime ’06. With a slower, atmospheric production style influenced by jazz, the album explores past ...

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

If you were around in the 1990s, you’ve probably heard of Kris Kross, the pint-sized rap group that had everyone wearing their clothes backwards and moving to their mega hit “Jump.” With the help of ...

Hip Hop freestyles from the 1990s represent some of the genre's most electrifying and pivotal moments, often serving as launching pads for iconic careers. From Nas's groundbreaking verse alongside ...

2024 will be hard to top. The year included ... 2025 should be an impressive year for hip-hop as well. It's been nearly four years since Ye released a solo album. The drought seems like it ...

Nas' Iconic 'Illmatic' Album Was Certified Gold 31 Years Ago Nas Released His Iconic 'Illmatic' Album 31 Years Ago ...

The album’s lead single, “Born And Raised In Compton,” climbed to Number 6 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs, while tracks like “Tonite,” “Deep” and the album’s title track ...