The weed-fueled 90s rap song that became a huge hit after it was adopted by metal fans

That was until the arrival of Cypress Hill, and their game-changing 1993 hit Insane In The Brain - a song that bridged the ...
Slate

Pop Quiz: Can You Name These Classic Hip-Hop Hits by Just Their First Second?

A few of old-school hip-hop's finest. Photo illustration by Ellie Skrzat for Slate. Photos by Vince Bucci/Getty Images, Stringer PN/Reuters, Blake Sell/Reuters, and Mario Anzuoni/Reuters. This summer ...
Spin

The Top 50 Hip-Hop Singles Of The 1980s

Beastie Boys and Run-DMC, Public Enemy and Salt n Pepa (Credit: Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images, Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images, Michael Putland/Getty Images) In August 1973, the ...
xxlmag

Six Legendary Rap Battles From The 1980s & 1990s

Earlier this week, Tony Touch blessed the Internet with a previously unreleased clip of Busta Rhymes and Ol' Dirty Bastard rapping together. Although the clip wasn't a rap battle, it got XXL thinking ...
CNN

Which hip-hop era are you: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s or present?

On August 11, 1973, hip-hop was born, changing music and popular culture forever. But in each decade since, the genre has been distinct, with its own style, stars and sounds. In honor of hip-hop’s ...
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This Is What the Hot 100 Would Look Like If Hip-Hop Had Never Gone Mainstream

In the late '80s and throughout the '90s, hip-hop was the most disrespected genre in America. Foundational artists like A Tribe Called Quest struggled to get its most vital albums to chart.
Vogue

The Rise of Vintage Rap Tees: One Collector on His ’90s Obsession

T-shirts printed the gorgeous scowl of Tupac Shakur were ubiquitous when I was in middle school, but the only one I’ve ever wanted popped up about a decade and a half after his passing. It features a ...
American Songwriter

7 Innovative Music Videos of the ’80s and ’90s

Artists still make music videos to promote their work, but it’s a much different world out there from when every new clip premiered with Ballyhoo on a channel called MTV (which still exists but is a ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

What You Are Doing About It? ’80s and ’90s Hip Hop Night, Doomsday 5K, Kwanzaa at Afro World

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – Time to see what your neighbors ...