“The smooth criminal on beat breaks / Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes,” rapped Nas on his 1994 classic “N.Y. State of Mind.” Like other underground genres that hit their stride in the ...

The past two decades of hip-hop music have been well-documented, thanks to social media and streaming platforms. Today, anyone with internet access can essentially tap into a database of their ...

Before the Internet took over the music game and streaming platforms became king, the street mixtape reigned supreme and all of your favorite rappers knew that was the best way to get their name out ...

Egyptian Lover's Roland TR-808 drum machine is customized with hieroglyphics and themed patterns Credit: Jay Godwin / LBJ Presidential Library Hip-hop is officially middle-aged, but its mortality is ...

The post 15 Best Hip-Hop Mixtapes of All Time appeared first on Consequence. So much of hip-hop history was recorded on humble mixtapes, from early concerts captured on cassettes to the digital ...

Song sharing is one of the most—if not the most—vital parts of music fandom. A hundred years ago, the medium was the phonograph record. Today, whether on Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube, the playlist ...

My book, Being Dope: Hip Hop & Theory through Mixtape Memoir, published in December 2025 by Oxford University Press, details ...

At first many dismissed it as a fad when it exploded out of the Bronx after a dance party in the summer of 1973 where Dj Kool Herc used two turntables to switch back and forth between two records to ...

Artist: D-BlockTitle: D-Block: The CD/DVD MixtapeRating: 4 StarsReviewed by: Martin A. Berrios It takes a lot of heart to make it in the Rap game and the Lox are a testament to that fact. Throughout ...

During a video shoot for Harlem hip-hoppers the Diplomats’ single “Get Down/The Best Out,” staged recently at a sprawling, abandoned lot in Bed-Stuy, more than a dozen cameras circled around the ...