Jackin' old beats and makin' the dash..." Luke much of the underground rap being made around this time, the moral message of “Children’s Story” was clear: underground hip-hop was inherently virtuous ...

Antoine Harris: “Back then, you wanted a great single [from an artist] but you also wanted the album to be poppin’. You wanted it to tell a story, you wanted it to have a theme, an objective. I think ...

Despite The Notorious B.I.G. rapping “you never thought that hip-hop would take it his far” on his 1994 breakout single “Juicy,” even he might have been shocked to see just how far the genre has come ...

A truly iconic hit single from an emblem of ‘90s angst, with a music video that’s been seared into the mind’s eye of anyone who lived through the decade. Coolio sampled Stevie Wonder’s “Pastime ...

Kendrick Lamar has consistently been known as one of the world’s most prominent storytellers and a rooted artist in hip-hop’s fertile history. GNX is an immersion into 90s hip-hop and R&B-the golden ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Between rap, rock, R&B and pop music, the ‘90s saw a number of ...

Just like every decade before it — and since — the ‘90s sounded completely different from all other musical eras. It was an incredibly raw time in the music industry, with new genres popping up and ...

"P.O.V." is the fifth video Clipse has dropped from their Grammy-nominated comeback, 'Let God Sort Em Out.' While some artists fell exclusively on either end of the spectrum, there’s no denying how ...

So many wonderful things were a part of the '90s. Blockbuster Video, Aqua Net hairspray, Total Request Live, and yes, of course, all the great music. When I treat a person for phobias or OCD, I ...

The 90s and 00s birthed today's Hip Hop style icons. Although it’s always fun to take a trip down memory lane and get nostalgic about the 90s, we can’t forget that the early 2000s gave us some looks ...

After a whirlwind rise, Dallas singer 4batz has released his debut mixtape, u made me a st4r. At some point this century, all of the R&B heartthrobs had to make an adjustment. There's no pinpointing ...