While the singles marked the album’s stand-out moments, The Chronic is remarkable for its hard-hitting deep cuts. “Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat” is a classic gangsta rap anthem that encapsulates the West ...

Snoop releases “Missionary,” a much-anticipated spiritual successor to his 1993 debut “Doggystyle,” and a ...

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Black publications in the ’90s didn’t just showcase Black talent; they did it with a style and substance that was blunt, bold and unapologetically real. Magazines like VIBE, The Source, Essence and ...

On “Sticcy Situation,” off Snoop Dogg’s ambitious new album, Missionary ... Doggystyle didn’t invent gangsta rap. But, notably, rapturously, it damn sure dissolved it.

From the emerging grunge scene to punk taking over to rap and R&B finding their place ... Check out these absolutely major 90s album covers. From grit to grunge, the 1990s music scene was all ...

Or SahBabii, whose new album Saaheem firmly placed him among the leaders of the current generation of young rap talent. Throughout the year, it seemed like we saw glimpses of where the genre is ...

and Bad Azz bring a little bit of West Coast gangsta rap to the Christmas staple. Though Snoop and the late Nate Dogg are best known for summertime smashes, on “Santa Claus,” they conjure up ...

“Gorgeous” helped the iconic West Coast hip-hop duo ... Fat Money (“Gangsta Pose”). “We have Sting on the song. Man, it’s an amazing roster of artists that’s on this album.