When you think about love in rap, Common's "The Light" is an essential example. From his album "Like Water for Chocolate", Common raps heartfelt lines of devotion over a mesmerizing J Dilla beat, ...

When one thinks of sensual music for that romantic get away, rap songs are usually the last thing that comes to mind. Throughout the years rap music has been labeled misogynistic and unfriendly ...

“Rapper’s Delight” will always be considered the song that introduced hip-hop to the masses. The Sugarhill Gang classic with its tongue-twisting opening – “I said a-hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie to ...

“The Message” is often credited with stretching what hip-hop could be — not just party music but also social commentary. Big Daddy Kane, Daddy-O of Stetsasonic and longtime hip-hop promoter Charlie ...

What type of music provides the perfect soundtrack for love and romance? If anyone thinks there’s a definitive answer to that question, they are surely mistaken. Why should sweeping classical music or ...

Like all mutating scenes, the lo-fi movement in hip-hop began as something far different from what it has become. In the beginning, it was purely an aesthetic choice. Beatmakers like J Dilla, Nujabes, ...

Portland Trail Blazers star guard Damian Lillard dropped a new music video for his song "Gimme Some Love" on Saturday.