Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like 4Fargo, Bryant Barnes and THEY. 2025 is only three weeks old and the rap world is in full-swing. Outside of the headlines ...

2024 was an insane year for Hip-Hop. The year showed us there are no boundaries to the culture. We found that the old-school artists ... experience ever over 21 songs. Cavalier’s introspective ...

This week in R&B, those intrusive late night thoughts are winning and so is the genre when it comes to the heat it’s bringing. Jagged Edge, Craig David, and Nao are leading the charge with their ...

Busta Rhymes’ video for the 1997 track Dangerous, directed by Hype Williams (who made some of the period’s most well-known hip-hop videos), takes its inspiration from the 1985 classic The Last Dragon.

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Lemonade fresh and full of zing, songs like Shining Diamond and Very Nice are a welcome ... this life that it feels like I'm shrinking away,” sang The 8 over an old-skool hip-hop groove. “When we were ...

"U don’t get blessings having a sour heart, Im graduating from the streets, I outgrew the old ... hip-hop acts have ties to the Muslim faith below. As-salāmu ʿalaykum. The 13 Best New Hip-Hop ...

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Hip-hop’s original storyteller, Slick Rick has carried the narrative torch for over three decades. The best Slick Rick songs reveal how ... it’s because a 15-year old producing genius named ...

But it’s also become a genre of music that’s sort of a mix between hip-hop and jazz ... his sounds are recorded using an old field recorder, mixing in smooth jazz piano and contemporary drum sets. He ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...