Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From the street swagger of Oasis to the epic alienation of Radiohead, the spaced-out futurism of Massive Attack to the ...

Hip-hop might have been born in the '70s, but it was in the '90s when the genre truly started to see commercial success. It was an era in which artistic creativity expanded, rivalries emerged, pop ...

In terms of artistic advancement, many rap fans would probably not consider Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” a genre-shifting single. However, regarding popular appeal, they probably would, as it was the ...

The man behind one of the biggest hip-hop hits of the late 1990s — Tone Capone — has died. He was 59. If Capone’s name doesn’t ring a bell, there’s a good chance that his late-1990s hit, “I Got 5 On ...

The year 1991 was one of astonishing riches in the best hip-hop, landing (depending somewhat on your definition) somewhere in the middle of the genre’s “golden age”. Building on the innovations of ...

The following three songs from the 1990s were big hits when they were released, but many would likely agree that if they had been released today, they would have flopped. The music world is just too ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nothing about Biz Markie's unapologetically wacky, is-this-guy-for-real? 1989 hip-hop love song "Just A Friend" screamed POP HIT!

The difference between interpolation and sampling in music is really simple. Rather than directly sampling a track, interpolation involves recreating the melody, lyrics, or chord progression for a new ...

Discover how the typography, color palettes, sound design, and visual identity of 1990s hip-hop continue to influence modern video games, social gaming, and digital entertainment. The visual and audio ...