American Songwriter

3 One-Hit Wonder Rap Songs That Personify the 1990s

Music boasts many powers, many special abilities. One of those is its chance to transport the listener back to a different time. Want to feel the vibrant 1960s? Put on early Bob Dylan. The strange ...
Cleveland Scene

Concert Photos: Slum Village Brought 1990s Hip-Hop to the Grog Shop

Slum Village, along with Vice Souletric, Will Cherry, Eman Jones, MyNameIsBrave and DJ Walk, stopped by the Grog Shop for a night of ’90s rap. Here’s all the action we caught. Subscribe now to get the ...
American Songwriter

No Skips: 3 Perfect Rap Albums From the Golden Age of the 1990s

Let’s take a vote. For everyone who believes that the 1990s were the best years for rap music, raise your hand. Okay, that’s one… two… three… all of you ...
KQED

Unsigned and Hella Broke: The East Bay’s Dirt-Hustling 1990s Hip-Hop Subculture

Editor’s note: This story is part of That’s My Word, an ongoing KQED series about Bay Area hip-hop history. “I’ll never lose that spirit, but I don’t miss being on the street from morning to night,” ...
Rolling Out

Rap icons bring ‘Kings of the West’ tour to the Midwest

A lineup of legendary West Coast hip-hop artists will perform at the Iowa Event Center for the “Kings of the West” concert on Friday, July 11. Bobby Dee & Wynn ...