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André 3000’s Flute Era and the Art of Reinvention

Macklemore’s Palestine Comments at MetLife Show Trigger Backlash and Tour Petition

Rankings & Lists

The 10 Hip-Hop Albums That Earned Diamond Status—and Why They Still Matter

Why Sampling Became Hip-Hop’s Most Important Creative Tool—and Its Hardest Business Problem

How Mobb Deep’s The Infamous Became the Blueprint for Queensbridge Hardcore Rap

Hip-Hop History

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Hip-Hop History

How “Walk This Way” Broke Hip-Hop Through MTV’s Wall

Hip-Hop History

How No Limit Records Built a Southern Hip-Hop Empire

Hip-Hop History

How Public Enemy and the Bomb Squad Turned Hip-Hop Into a Sonic and Political Force

Hip-Hop History

The Night Atlanta Hip-Hop Announced Itself at the 1995 Source Awards

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Rankings & Lists

10 Essential G-Funk Albums That Defined West Coast Rap

Rankings & Lists

Female Rap Albums That Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200: A Chart-Milestone Ranking

Rankings & Lists

10 Debut Rap Albums That Still Set the Standard

Artists

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T-Pain and the Long Afterlife of Auto-Tune

Three 6 Mafia and the Memphis Blueprint for Trap

How Rick Ross Turned Luxury Rap Into a Business Model

Missy Elliott and the Blueprint of Futurism in Rap

Albums

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OutKast’s ATLiens and the Beautiful Loneliness of Southern Hip-Hop

How Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Built the Wu-Tang Solo Empire

Why The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Still Defines Hip-Hop’s Crossover Moment

Why Nas’s Illmatic Still Defines the New York Rap Album Template

Culture

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How Breaking Became Hip-Hop’s Most Global Culture Carrier

Why the Mixtape Became Hip-Hop’s Ultimate Proving Ground

How Run-D.M.C. Turned Sneakers Into Hip-Hop’s First Major Fashion-Business Crossover

News

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Drake Finally Sets a Date for His Cryptic ‘FOMO’ Rollout

Guilty: Keefe D Murdered Tupac

Tyler, The Creator Brings Out A$AP Rocky During All Points East London Headline Set

Ken Carson kicks off his U.S. “xperimenting tour” with Chicago launch at Northerly Island