Let's talk about the greatest old school rap songs to ever be recorded. When it comes to the roots of rap music, old school tracks remain unrivaled in their impact and timeless appeal. These classic ...

During a recent interview with ALIBI Music founder/executive producer Jonathan Parks, he told me that one of the coolest parts of running his production music library is getting the opportunity to ...

Hip-hop was first created in 1973 in the Bronx, but it wasn't until the '90s that West Coast rappers truly showcased their unique sound on another level. The cool thing about West Coast rap, it's not ...

Anchored in R&B tradition yet unafraid of its evolution, Khamari is carving space for vulnerability, storytelling, and independence — reminding a data-driven industry that soul can’t die as long as ...

The catch about Golden Eras is that we don't always know when we're living in one -- we only know when it's already over. The hip-hop Golden Era is generally recognized to have started in the late ...

In the early 1990s, as hip-hop mutated and expanded, most ears were focused on the East and West Coasts. After giving birth to the genre two decades earlier, New York entered the ’90s with an emphasis ...

For the first time, Billboard's Hot 100 Top 40 doesn't feature a single rap song. Is this due to changing listener preferences or recent rule changes?