From its opening, "Imagine What We Started", with its filthily phosphorescent plume of industrial noise, Faust lay down for NY hip hop trio Dalek an assault course of rusted, twisted metal.

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Nav, Will Smith, and Lil Durk.

The series, hosted by DSolo, has been flying under the radar of mainstream music fans but is essential for fans of the local ...

From Eminem to Drake, Elliott Wilson names the artists, producers, songs, verses, beats, and albums that have defined the ...

Women only really emerged in Tunisia’s male-dominated rap scene with the revolution in 2011. And they’re rapping about much ...

Japan boasts the second-largest music market in the world, valued at more than $2 billion. Even in a booming industry crowded ...

With the loss of multi-talented instrumentalist Roy Ayers, who died on Wednesday at the age of 84, the hip-hop world is honoring one of its greatest inspirations and sample sources. Hip-hop ...

In “Straight Loops, Light & Soul,” a project evoking Roy DeCarava’s Harlem jazz pictures and the music of J Dilla, Williams ...

With songs like “Sucker MCs,” “It’s Like That,” “Hard Times” and “Rock Box,” the record was an accurate reflection of the ...

Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur talks about Angie Stone’s profound impact on music talking to legends of Hip-Hop Culture. In 1981, after she had a hit song, Angie B was backstage at Disco Fever in ...

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 ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED ...