Hip hop found a home on Boxing Day, December 26, as the second edition of Icyumba cya Rap transformed Zaria Court Kigali into a packed celebration of Rwanda’s rap culture, drawing hundreds of revelers ...

Lossless normalization is a good idea in theory, but it can result in songs sounding different than what the artist or ...

These three products delivered big surprises without big prices. And we’ll look at them in descending price order. Yes, this is a smartphone on an audio website. At €1300 (US$1400), the Galaxy Z Fold ...

Recently, in casual conversations, I’ve been asked for my opinion about the October report that “No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990” more so than my ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

With an experimental and maxed-out sound, bold new MCs are emerging from all corners of the UK – and with US rap in the doldrums, the time is ripe for another British Invasion It’s early November and ...

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 ...

Roughly six years ago, Playback.tv was formed as an interactive sports community, centered around giving users the opportunity to stream a game and interact with their fellow fans as the action ...

In 2017, hip-hop became the most consumed genre in the US, and it hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Now that we're just over the halfway mark into the 2020s, hip-hop continues to dominate with ...

What does good rapping sound like in 2025? It depends on who you ask. It’s no secret that hip-hop is more splintered than ever, with different pockets and intersections thriving in their own ...

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 ...

Dallas-Fort Worth hip-hop has become a hotspot for discovering the next superstar. With New Dallas being the talk of the city, the drill scene’s undeniable popularity and boogie music making a ...