A trio of records that display both what rap music can be and some of the best to perform it. Indeed, these are three classic ’90s rap albums that will make music fans pine for the golden era of ...

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Shangri-La Records' "Lo-Fi in Hi-Fi" series returns for a second season, celebrating 1990s Memphis hip-hop. The series will be held at the B-Side venue in Minglewood Hall and livestreamed. Each month ...

Over the years, plenty of rap albums have been recognized as landmark achievements and classic albums. But rap nerds are a nit-picky bunch. Never satisfied with an album just being a great piece of ...

When the mainstream popularity of rap music elevated in the late 1980s, it often did so with the help of inventive sampling. While many samples came from the R&B funk world, clever hip-hop artists and ...

While 2025 has offered up plenty of new releases from Memphis and Mid-South artists, it also provided a remarkable trove of reissues for fans of the city’s rich musical history. From Sun Records ...

Twenty-five years ago this summer, the hip-hop group Cypress Hill was on the bill for the Smokin’ Grooves Tour, a memorably groundbreaking ’90s concert tour that had hip-hop acts and reggae acts ...

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From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the ...