Yesterday was the big day. Several hip-hop releases dropped a day earlier than the standard Tuesday release date for albums. With the likes of Kanye ...

It’s a sad truth. Nowadays most rap artists are either lucked in the studio crafting hits or literally locked up. The long list of rappers ...

Lil Wayne continued his triumphant return to hip-hop from jail this week with the release of his first post-incarceration verse. The Young Money boss man ...

FEATURES 36 U-N-I-T-Y Over their nearly 20-year career, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have gone through a gauntlet of legal troubles and inner turmoil, which makes their new reunion ...

FEATURES 58 Strength in Numbers U-N-I-T-Y in rap ain’t dead. Just ask these duos/groups: Pac Div, Paper Route Gangstaz, Embassy Music Board, Mullage and Hollyweerd. 62 Sing for the Moment R&B’s ...

FEATURES 44 Return of the Real A lot can happen in a decade—just ask Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek. Ten years after cleansing ears with their insightful debut, Train ...

FEATURES 44 REAL TALK For Plies, success in the rap game has bred some contempt. The Florida spitter’s credibility continues to elicit skepticism, no thanks to accusations of ...

FEATURES 44 Me, Myself & I It’s taken Big Boi 16 years to go solo, yet the more-active half of Atlanta’s legendary duo OutKast wouldn’t have it any ...

FEATURES 76 Hate Me Now All anyone knows about Kat Stacks is ...