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The 50 Best Hip-Hop Debut Albums

A chronicle of landmark firsts through 50 years of hip-hop

The 150 Best Songs of the 2000s

We revisit the 2000s to once again survey its greatest musical moments

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Hear Missy Elliott’s new EP, Iconology

Plus watch the video for “Throw It Back.”

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The 60 Best Hip-Hop Albums of the 21st Century

The best rap records of the past 20 years.

Something in the Water Festival

Pharrell’s Something In the Water festival lineup includes Pusha T, Janelle Monáe

Plus SZA, Missy Elliott, Mac DeMarco and Dave Matthews Band.

10 Rap Songs That Sample Other Rap Songs

One good beat break deserves another.

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10 Essential Hip House tracks

A simple genre hybrid with outstanding results.

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10 Essential Rain Songs

A musical ode to April showers in 10 parts.

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Top 100 Hip-Hop Albums of the ’90s: 1995-1999

The second half of our epic breakdown of the best rap music of the 1990s.