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In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 5 ...

We live in the Dot era. After demolishing rap rival Drake last year, Kendrick Lamar’s victory lap has dominated 2025 and the current hip-hop landscape. Super Bowl performance. More Grammy wins. “Not ...

Part II of The Seven Wonders of the Hip-Hop World highlights seven groundbreaking albums that reshaped rap from the 1990s through the 2010s. Shad Reed goes back down the rabbit hole with seven more ...

Yet another year has passed in the world of music, and per usual, it came a big helping of worthwhile rap. Although hip-hop is no longer dominating the music landscape in terms of sheer popularity, ...

Last week, Rap Caviar released a list of the 50 Most Streamed Hip-Hop Albums on Spotify. Other names that frequent the list are all superstars. Drake has three albums in the Top 10, and eight in the ...

Rappers have always turned pain into poetry. Explore 16 of the saddest rap songs ever made, raw stories of grief, heartbreak, ...

Hip Hop was alive and well this year, despite rap momentarily dropping out of the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for about two weeks. There were big tours, major collaborations among some of our favorite ...

As the year comes to an end, we are wading deep into list season. Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay tribute to a ...