Wale's new album leans into honesty, pressure, healing and the struggles success can’t erase — offering rare reflection.

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The Soulquarians era of the late ‘90s and early 2000s was brief but brilliant. The Roots, Common, and the late great D’Angelo released records that changed Black music, culture, and time itself.

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However, what many fans forget is that Cena also released his own rap album, You Can't See Me, in 2005. 'You Can't See Me' ...

Call him a rapper or a revolutionary, Ye aka Kanye West fits every promising title. While normalcy may not be his pick to reign over the music industry, one thing Mr. West never really fails to do is ...

Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 7, Rolling Stone is breaking down 10 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy ...

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New Orleans and Louisiana have left an indelible mark on rap music as the home state of some of the genre's biggest stars and most iconic record labels. Five albums by Louisiana artists were selected ...

If you’re within a certain age bracket, you’ll remember the news being delivered with grave certainty: The iPod is going to end the album as we know it. Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased ...

Rising UK art-jazz-punks Maruja recently wrapped up their great EP trilogy and now they’re set to release their anticipated debut full-length album Pain to Power this Friday (9/12) via Music For ...