It continues to speak for a generation, never deviating far from its roots. Scroll down for the top ten hip-hop tracks of the 21st Century, as voted by 1Xtra listeners. Listen to the top 20 hip ...

Widely used by discerning crate-diggers and hip-hop heads, the best Blue Note samples have become part of the cultural fabric. Emerging in the mid-70s and blooming spectacularly in the 80s ...

Our full list of picks for the best full-length hip-hop projects ever made is out now. Hip-Hop has spoiled us. In the 50 years since a group of kids decided to throw a party in the Bronx ...

Hip-hop is 50 years old, and over the last few decades the genre's created a long list of icons who've changed the face of music. It started in the Bronx, in New York, in August 1973, when funk ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Ab-Soul, Ferg, and Cordae. The past few weeks have featured a glut of new hip-hop, so even though this week slows things down ...

Here are some of the best hip-hop soundtracks that brought these emerging ... Who is the rock equivalent of Sir Mix-A-Lot? Mudhoney! Hey, they’re both from Seattle. From this comes “Freak ...

Hip-hop dance was her escape and she has since become ... a single answer right on a maths test," says Yami. She would mix up numbers. "For me a two would become a five, and a six would be a ...

(Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage) It is not unusual for hip-hop works to secure nominations in primary Grammy categories. Since the late 1980s, when the “Best Rap Performance” category made its ...