The genre’s peak, which I dub hip-hop’s “Renaissance Era,” started 30 years ago. It’s probably impossible to be completely objective when judging art; often, the stuff we love is because of how it ...

The golden age of hip-hop is infiltrating some of TV’s most revered series of the modern era. From Nas to Wu-Tang Clan, classic rap tracks of the 1990s are soundtracking scene-stealing moments. Words: ...

In the 1990s, music fans were treated to so much music. Diverse offerings from electronic bands, rap artists, rockers, grunge and alternative bands, bubblegum pop, jam bands, and much more. It was ...

You can often learn just as much—if not more—by examining the downtrodden periods of a genre as opposed to only looking at the highs. So, after we ranked the best years in rap history earlier this ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

What came first, the chicken or the egg? I often ask myself similar questions but with words or rap music. Do I love words because of rap music or rap music because of the words? I’m 44 and no closer ...

Shangri-La Records' "Lo-Fi in Hi-Fi" series returns for a second season, celebrating 1990s Memphis hip-hop. The series will be held at the B-Side venue in Minglewood Hall and livestreamed. Each month ...

A new era is born.