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As Record Store Day debuted in April 2008, indie retailers appeared to be on the brink of extinction.

Nas also gives praise to Drake, Public Enemy, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Jay Electronica, Rick Ross, ScHoolboy Q, YG, Fashawn and Bishop Nehru, among others.

From New York's Queensbridge Houses, a teenager scripted a work of art so raw and compelling that twenty years later its stories still ring true, full of yet-to-be-mined jewels of wisdom, studied religiously, and revered by the Hip-Hop community.

"I always gravitated towards up north music," Gates says in an interview with Rolling Stone .

After releasing a Kanye West-inspired mixtape weeks ago, Flint rapper Jon Connor is continuing his #ConnorSeason onslaught with another mixtape inspired by a rap legend.

In this steamy new video, some of the stars of popular gay porn website Randy Blue strip down to one of our favorite tracks, "Blow," off of the new Beyonce album.

"I think he would have matured at this point to be the leader that I think this generation could use in a lot of ways," Marlon Wayans says of Tupac.

Four months before Brooklyn's Notorious B.I.G. famously declared, "You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far," Queens native, Nas released his landmark debut, Illmatic , which would take hip-hop further into the stratosphere.

Whereas Blige's debut was a mix of R&B and New Jack Swing, the sound du jour at the time, gave us the vintage soul that would help solidify her title as the queen of hip-hop soul.

With 2013 finding Public Enemy inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , Rolling Stone recently included a group of rappers among a list of artists slated to become eligible for the honors in the coming years.

In just a few short years,the Notorious B.I.G.went from a Brooklyn street hustler to the savior of East Coast hip-hop to a tragic victim of the culture of violence he depicted so realistically on his records.

Mo Money, Mo Problems -- Notorious B.I.G. Moscow and momentum left Mr. Market with a mountain to climb, despite the best efforts of Moore's Law .

The 8 Ball 04.04.14: Top 8 1990s Rap Albums Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 04.05.2014 From Dr. Dre's The Chronic and Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die to OutKast's Aquemini , Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas counts down the top 8 1990s rap albums! Welcome, one and all, to the 8 Ball in the Music Zone! I'm your host Jeremy ... (more)

A couple days ago, the Library of Congress announced the 25 newest additions to their ever-growing vault of American music.

Former Impressions frontman Lee Hutson has hit Diddy, Bad Boy Entertainment and estate of Notorious B.I.G. in copyright infringement lawsuit.

That Iggy Azalea reign just won't let up! The Aussie femcee is currently racing up the Billboard Hot 100 with Charli XCX-assisted jam "Fancy" and prepping the release of her much-anticipated debut LP The New Classic .

List-making, as any honest music writer will tell you, is an inexact science, at best.

Some people have way too much time on their hands, and sometimes that works to our benefit.

Following various poses on a boat and a video to Jhene Aiko's "Stay Ready ", Kim posted yet another video.

With various musicians being sued left and right over decades-old sampling sins, one could hardly expect a recording artist who has been dead for 17 years to be given a pass.