An artist’s album cover is arguably the most critical piece when rolling out a new project. Whether it’s a debut album or a performer’s swan song or anywhere in between, there’s always a special ...

It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

Eight years removed from Prodigy’s untimely death, Mobb Deep is heavily in the air right now. The NYC hip hop duo’s classic 1995 album The Infamous just topped Pitchfork’s The 100 Best Rap Albums of ...

On August 11, 1973, an 18-year-old, Jamaican-American DJ who went by the name of Kool Herc threw a back-to-school jam. During his set, he decided to do something different. Instead of playing the ...

From Clipse to Tyler, the Creator to billy woods to Ovrkast to Bruiser Wolf, here are our favorite rap albums of 2025.

We live in the Dot era. After demolishing rap rival Drake last year, Kendrick Lamar’s victory lap has dominated 2025 and the current hip-hop landscape. Super Bowl performance. More Grammy wins. “Not ...

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

At the end of the 20th century, hip-hop was booming, but the mood was dour. Two of the greatest rappers of all time—2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.—had recently been violently killed. Artists were ...

AllHipHop has put together a list of the best HIp-Hop album covers ever created! All Eyez on Me was 2Pac’s first album with Death Row Records. While the record was iconic, it was something about this ...

Was it a good year for hip-hop? If you look at the Billboard charts—where very few rap songs released this year cracked the top 40—the answer would seem to be no. But if you focus on albums, the story ...

AllHipHop has put together a list of the best HIp-Hop album covers ever created! This album cover has a humanoid crouching as if ready to spring into its future, and the colors that she carries in her ...