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 ...

Rap group Kris Kross ( aka Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly and Chris “Daddy Mac” Smith) appears in a portrait taken on February 24, ...

If you're snowed in, or just looking for some of the best new rap mixtapes, throw on these new projects from Wizz Havin, Dani Kiyoko, Lil Shine, and Lil 2 Dow.

This smooth, storytelling song from Warren G and Nate Dogg epitomizes the 1990s G-funk sound that emerged from West Coast ...

From Big L to Frank’s Chop Shop, New York's Balaram Stack digs into the New York hip hop scene in this installment of Salt & Sound.

Boston remains a place where strong musicianship and songwriting are greatly valued. WBUR music writer Noah Schaffer shares 14 albums that prove just that, from jazz, Celtic-tinged folk, Sephardic ...

You saw a lot of year-end lists as we said good riddance to 2024. “The Best…”, “The Top…” or “The Most…” among other ...

These 90s film soundtracks were arguably better than the movies they were made for, and we still can't stop listening to them.

When the mainstream popularity of rap music elevated in the late 1980s, it often did so with the help of inventive sampling. While many samples came from the R&B funk world, clever hip-hop artists and ...

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 ...