Now, hip-hop songs both old and new are taking over. Words: Kathy Iandoli Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Fall 2020 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now.

It’s incredible to think that’s hip hop is that old. In many ways, it still feels like a child that’s still growing up. Much of what rap sounds like today isn’t what it sounded like, say ...

The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time ... I was eight years old when “Rapper’s Delight” made its world premiere on Philadelphia radio. It happened at 8:24 p.m. on a Thursday, ...

The pairing of Puerto Rican 15-piece bomba and plena big band El Laberinto del Coco and Miami-born and raised rapper Marti at ...

The Award Winning Hustle N' Flow Soundtrack Turns 20 Years Old! The Hustle N' Flow Soundtrack Turns 20 Years Old ...

Hip-Hop is always ready to champion the next. Though the foundation of sampling old records and shout-outs to forefathers forever keeps one eye towards the past, young fans of the genre crave ...

The term “old school”, as used by casual fans and media, doesn’t just refer to the “yes, yes y’all” energy of early hip-hop — nowadays it just as often means Golden Age hip-hop that ...

“I prefer old-school hip-hop,” Hetep said. “I like Rakim because of his flow and the clean message he was putting into the world. He rapped about positivity, and that’s also what my music ...

Hip-hop and I were getting along just fine until one summer, when I returned home for a visit and discovered that one of our beloved house music clubs had a new theme. Its name had changed to The ...

A young boy asks for the latest from Ludacris. Junior from Stanton wants to hear some classic Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Randy from Anaheim is hankering for political rapper Paris’ decade-old ...

Ice-T's mind was blown when he rolled up on Trill in Phoenix. Hip Hop's Flagship Store has owner/b-boy Chuck Huus feeling ...