Not only did artists crossover more with R&B with hip-hop, but a subgenre like neo-soul continued to rise. Here is a list of some of the best R&B albums from the early 2000s that music fans still ...

His first album, 'Illmatic', dropped in 1994 and quickly became a classic. People still talk about it as gold in rap lyrics and storytelling. Throughout the 2000s ... part of the best artists ...

See all these artists and many more in the Billboard staff’s list of top 20 best rap albums of the year, below. The Detroit spitter dropped three albums this year, each with a different producer.

In March, C-list rapper-turned-podcaster Joe Budden declared that “the girl rapper wave is over,” predicting that the recent period of unprecedented success and visibility for a growing number ...

Nearly two decades after OutKast’s last album, the Atlanta duo’s indomitable legacy remains “so fresh and so clean.” ...