STOP THE BREAKS HIP-HOP • MUSIC • CULTURE

Why Sampling Became Hip-Hop’s Most Important Creative Tool—and Its Hardest Business Problem

How Mobb Deep’s The Infamous Became the Blueprint for Queensbridge Hardcore Rap

Drake Finally Sets a Date for His Cryptic ‘FOMO’ Rollout

Hip-Hop History

How “Walk This Way” Broke Hip-Hop Through MTV’s Wall

T-Pain and the Long Afterlife of Auto-Tune

Hip-Hop History

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Hip-Hop History

How No Limit Records Built a Southern Hip-Hop Empire

Hip-Hop History

How Public Enemy and the Bomb Squad Turned Hip-Hop Into a Sonic and Political Force

Hip-Hop History

The Night Atlanta Hip-Hop Announced Itself at the 1995 Source Awards

Hip-Hop History

The Night Southern Hip-Hop Stopped Asking Permission

Rankings & Lists

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Rankings & Lists

10 Essential G-Funk Albums That Defined West Coast Rap

Rankings & Lists

Female Rap Albums That Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200: A Chart-Milestone Ranking

Rankings & Lists

10 Debut Rap Albums That Still Set the Standard

Artists

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Three 6 Mafia and the Memphis Blueprint for Trap

How Rick Ross Turned Luxury Rap Into a Business Model

Missy Elliott and the Blueprint of Futurism in Rap

How J. Cole Turned Quiet Consistency Into Hip-Hop Power

Albums

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OutKast’s ATLiens and the Beautiful Loneliness of Southern Hip-Hop

How Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Built the Wu-Tang Solo Empire

Why The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Still Defines Hip-Hop’s Crossover Moment

Why Nas’s Illmatic Still Defines the New York Rap Album Template

Culture

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How Breaking Became Hip-Hop’s Most Global Culture Carrier

Why the Mixtape Became Hip-Hop’s Ultimate Proving Ground

How Run-D.M.C. Turned Sneakers Into Hip-Hop’s First Major Fashion-Business Crossover

News

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Guilty: Keefe D Murdered Tupac

Tyler, The Creator Brings Out A$AP Rocky During All Points East London Headline Set

Ken Carson kicks off his U.S. “xperimenting tour” with Chicago launch at Northerly Island

Jurors Hear Keffe D’s Own 2008 Interview in Tupac Shakur Murder Trial