The year 1992 not only brought a cornucopia of thrills, it also marked the beginning of the second half of what’s now known as the “golden era,” when the genre’s greatest peaks and worst tragedies were just beyond the horizon.
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Notable Hip-Hop Albums of 2021
Hip-hop in year two of the pandemic felt deeply unsettled and chaotic, with a dearth of aesthetically vital artists who dictated the culture and served as targets to rebel against. Despite it all, good rap music still exists.
View More Notable Hip-Hop Albums of 2021The 100 Best Rap Singles of 1991
Of all the years when rap music grew from a fledgling sidebar for funk and disco into a global movement – or, to put it more succinctly, the golden age years – 1991 may be the most difficult to summarize. It was a prelude for what was to come.
View More The 100 Best Rap Singles of 1991The 100 Best Rap Singles of 1990: Chubb Rock
Chubb Rock “Treat ‘Em Right” (Select Records) Billboard chart positions: Hot 100 Singles (#95), Hot R&B Singles (#33), Hot Rap Singles (#1) Chubb Rock’s reputation…
View More The 100 Best Rap Singles of 1990: Chubb RockThe Best Rap Singles of 1990: Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.
Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. “Psyko Funk (Remix)” (4th & Broadway) Billboard chart position: Hot Black Singles (#93) Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. were a Samoan family band from Los Angeles…
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Critical Minded presents its annual, unranked list of the best rap albums of the year.
View More Notable Hip-Hop Albums of 2020The 100 Best Rap Singles of 1990: Jungle Brothers
Jungle Brothers “What U Waitin’ 4” (Warner Bros. Records) Billboard chart position: Hot Rap Singles (#19) Jungle Brothers “Doin’ Our Own Dang (Do It to…
View More The 100 Best Rap Singles of 1990: Jungle BrothersThe 100 Best Rap Singles of 1990: Eric B. & Rakim
Eric B. & Rakim “Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em” (MCA Records) Billboard chart positions: Hot Black Singles (#23), Hot Rap Singles (#2) Such was the…
View More The 100 Best Rap Singles of 1990: Eric B. & RakimThe 100 Best Rap Singles of 1990: BWP
BWP “Two Minute Brother” (No Face) Billboard chart position: Hot Rap Singles (#6) Bytches With Problems briefly emerged when Queens musician Mark Sexx tried to…
View More The 100 Best Rap Singles of 1990: BWPThe 50 Best Rap Singles of 1980
In a year that marked the first full year of recorded rap music, a song that debuted several months before continued to shadow it all.…
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