The Library of Congress has acquired a gold mine of resources that document the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles. The cultural institution in Washington, D.C., now has a collection from activist ...

“People took ideas through the hip-hop movies and videos in the 90s, or from the 60s, from Pachuco to the Chicano soul,” he says, “so sometimes it’s different here, the cumbia market with the Chicano ...

This week, we tackled the very best K-pop songs of 2024, and today we’ve assembled a comprehensive list of, what we believe to be, the strongest rap albums from 2024. Whether it was the surprise ...

JOE COSCARELLI Last year, rap was dead, at least according to the Billboard charts and the health-of-the-genre hand-wringers obsessed with them. This year, thanks to big singles and albums from ...

I thought of that moment recently as I looked back on my favorite rap albums and mixtapes of the year. Since I’ve worked at Pitchfork, my taste has become more interior. I’ve grown less ...

“LOS ANGELES ALBUMS” aren’t just about the locale ... Ice Cube and Eazy-E shine on this gangsta rap tour de force, but Dr. Dre’s beats and production are what made the record — the ...

There’s going to be hip-hop. There’s going to be rock ... Las Calakas has released two albums, with a third one soon to be released, and have performed all over the Southwest.

Here are the best hip-hop albums of 2024 so far, presented in alphabetical order and including the entries from the best albums of 2024 so far list.

Depending on where you looked, the past twelve months have brought some of the most exciting releases of many rappers’ careers. Here are the rap albums we loved in 2023.

a record that claimed the No. 1 spot on both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts in 1973. One of the band’s charting singles, “The Cisco Kid,” climbed to No. 2 on the Hot 100.

Some albums are angry. Others are sweet. There’s rap for all reasons and all seasons. Nevertheless, hip hop turned 50 this month – yep, it’s middle-aged – we’re looking back at some of ...