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Hip-Hop Matters: The Best Hip-Hop of September 2022

Hip-Hop Matters: The Best Hip-Hop of September 2022

This month’s best hip-hop features album-of-the-year contenders, a long-awaited team-up, singular experimentalism, and surprise new releases from a cult veteran.

The Best Hip-Hop Albums/Mixtapes of 2010

The Best Hip-Hop Albums/Mixtapes of 2010

Epic, sleek, weed rap, emo, sociopolitical, gangsta, or house party? In which direction will hip-hop go? 2010 was a year for all of the above.

The 20 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2019

The 20 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2019

Following Stormzy's run up the charts, 2019 proved to be a banner year for British hip-hop with a trio of masterpieces. America's myriad hip-hop scenes delivered the goods, and African rap gave us many stellar releases.

Freddie Gibbs – “Fuckin’ Up the Count” (Singles Going Steady)

Freddie Gibbs – “Fuckin’ Up the Count” (Singles Going Steady)

Hearing Freddie rap is the closest anyone has come to sounding like Tupac without explicitly trying to sound like Tupac.
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib: Piñata

Freddie Gibbs and Madlib: Piñata

Madlib and Freddie Gibbs drop one of the best hip-hop albums in recent memory.

J. Cole: Friday Night Lights