Back in Action Big album rollouts may seem outdated, but rappers are still embracing the concept, just in different ways.

Clipse’s reunion album, Let God Sort Em Out, earned recognition for its emotional depth and lyrical precision. Cardi B’s AM I THE DRAMA? marked a fierce return, blending sharp delivery with personal ...

Back in the day, when buying records, CDs, and tapes was one of the most important things a young person could do, the keen-eyed music consumer often kept their peepers peeled for new live albums.

After being spoiled by a monstrous three-peat from Future, a lyrical face-off between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, and scintillating releases from Doechii and Tyler, the Creator, the rap world feasted in ...

This year’s Best Rap Album race should come down to lyrical titans Kendrick Lamar and Clipse, even if the other three nominees are all worthy in their own right. According to Genius VP of Music and ...

On this day in Hip Hop history, Strong Island rap duo EPMD released their third studio album, Business as Usual on the Def Jam imprint. Although it wasn’t as commercially popular as its two ...

Take a walk down memory lane — and try to quell your disbelief — with the following list of 40 classic rock and metal albums turning 40 in 2026. Nineteen eighty-six was a great time to be an ...

21 Savage continues his chart dominance as his fourth solo studio album, What Happened to the Streets?, debuts at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with more than 70,000 units earned in its first week. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Drake's Views hits 500 weeks on the Billboard 200, becoming the ...

Public Enemy sampled David Bowie’s classic “Fame” from the 1975 album Young Americans in the song “Night Of The Living Baseheads”. This standout track from the 1988 album It Takes A Nation OF Millions ...

Lil Baby links his fifth consecutive No. 1 on Billboard's Top Rap Albums chart as The Leaks leaps from No. 25 to crown the list dated Dec. 20. As the project was released on Wednesday, Dec. 3, for the ...

Album art clockwise from top left: Jen Kearney's "Gas Station Poet" (Photo by Lisa Dragani, cover art by Nicole Anguish); DAV's "Everything I Didn't Say" (Courtesy Davin Smith); Dot Dev's "There Was a ...