The history of rap music, all things considered, doesn't go back too far. The genre came out of New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and it was about a decade before it got its footing.

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT RAP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED ...

Cash Money joints and Tha Carter III leaks to irresistible beat-jacks, we went through over a thousand Lil Wayne songs—these are the very best.

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But it’s not even like the biggest songs, the ‘Hip Hop Hoorays’ and all that. I’m talking about ‘Guard Your Grill’ and all of his deep songs,” Scorpio notes. “As a hip-hop head ...

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we spoke with 17 great artists from inside and outside of hip-hop about their all-time favorite rap songs. Some chose golden-age classics, others more contemporary hits; some gravitated toward ...

Today, nearly anyone can make a song in 15 minutes ... There are always outliers. But all rap is local, if not literally, then philosophically. Even Freddie Gibbs, from the rap wasteland of ...

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Of course, that got me wondering: what are the most vulgar rap songs in existence? After all, there are still degrees to the filth that can make us bob our heads and shake our butts. Not to mentio ...