In an essay originally written for Maura magazine, the 1996 renaissance of female rappers resonates as a time of missed opportunity.
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Notable Hip-Hop Albums of 2020
Critical Minded presents its annual, unranked list of the best rap albums of the year.
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Daniel “DOOM” Dumile: 1971-2020
A remembrance of the work of DOOM, the greatest rapper/producer of his era.
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The 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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The 100 Best Rap Singles of 1990
Most stories on 1990 treat it as a series of triumphs: Ice Cube’s first solo classic, Public Enemy’s landmark third album, A Tribe Called Quest’s…
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