Most of these songs are from the first 2016 playlist ... “This is an example of how hip hop can be uplifting, no matter what you’re singing about. This has a late 90s, early 00s flavour ...

Listen to the top 20 hip-hop songs - as voted by the 1Xtra audience ... Staying in the West Coast, Kendrick Lamar's 'Alright' is an uplifting ode to the Black/African-American struggle to keep ...

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 ...

Like any genre, some hip-hop songs are timeless hits, while other songs only get heard on a random streaming shuffle or when a DJ plays them at a hip-hop-themed day party. From Camp Lo to Coolio ...

Having only been around for half a century hasn't stopped hip-hop from giving us some of the biggest and best "one-hit wonders" in mainstream music. From songs that managed to capture a moment in ...

When hip-hop music was first created in the parks of ... DJs played breaks from funk and soul songs and repeated them over and over so people could dance and rap over them. But as time passed ...

Here’s a list of some of the best rap verses on pop songs. Justin Timberlake’s "My Love," featuring T.I., is from his ...

In 2020, researchers conducted a content analysis of more than a hundred popular hip-hop songs and found that there was a ...

When GloRilla dropped “F.N.F.,” plenty of people thought they had her all figured out, quick to label her a one-hit wonder.

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Megan Thee Stallion ... sorta cartoony rap that secretly has some uplifting messaging, this is one for you.