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Hip-Hop Locked Out of Billboard Top 40: First Time Since 1990

*The week of October 25, 2025, marked an unprecedented setback for hip-hop: according to The AV Club, no rap songs made the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40. The long-running hit “Luther” by SZA and Kendrick ...
HotNewHipHop

Driven By The Beat: 10 Hip-Hop Songs That Were Made To Be Played Loud On The Road

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PopMatters

10 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 1991

The year 1991 was one of astonishing riches in the best hip-hop, landing (depending somewhat on your definition) somewhere in the middle of the genre’s “golden age”. Building on the innovations of ...
VICE

3 Interpolations in 1990s Hip-Hop That Introduced a New Generation to 70s Funk

The difference between interpolation and sampling in music is really simple. Rather than directly sampling a track, interpolation involves recreating the melody, lyrics, or chord progression for a new ...
VICE

6 of the Best Use of Samples in 1990s Hip-Hop

The lauded ‘golden age‘ of hip-hop was rich with amazing samples. The genre and culture were still relatively early in their inception, so the potential for sampling was abundant. Moreover, copyright ...
Rolling Stone

Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Luther’ Departs Hot 100, Leaving No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for First Time in 35 Years

The baton that has passed from one hip-hop hit to another for more than three decades has been dropped. Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s hit single “Luther” departed the Billboard Hot 100 following rule ...