The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - We watched a small part of our childhood die this week, as Naughty By Nature finally (and viciously) split up...
Talib Kweli's 'Prisoner Of Conscious' is solid but not his best
REVIEW - First and foremost, though,Talib Kweli is an artist. He’s a good rapper—great even. His latest effort, however, is not...
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - This week saw the release of Chance the Rapper's superb 'Acid Rap' collection, easily one of the year's highlights...
Talib Kweli takes on Rick Ross lyric
theGRIO REPORT - The backlash over Rick Ross' controversial "U.O.E.N.O." lyric referencing date rape continues to build and now one of hip hop’s more conscious rappers is calling out the Miami rapper...
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - The announcement of XXL's 2013 Freshmen list this week (thankfully not actually all men this time) set the hip-hop blogosphere alight...
Soul stars perform at Prince tribute
NEW YORK (AP) — They partied like it was 1999 — the audience and the musicians — at a Prince tribute concert at Carnegie Hall.
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - We at Rap Genius spent most of this week waiting with baited breath for Pusha T's new mixtape (no, really, we had an office-wide countdown!), and were not at all disappointed...
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - Kweli's upcoming mixtape Attack the Block (named after one of our favorite movies of last year) is sure to be great, if this song 'Fly Away' is any indication...
The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
RAP GENIUS - In a week that saw real chaos and tragedy, it's good to know that there are still some things we can count on...
Talib Kweli ranks his 25 most essential songs
Complex Music recently interviewed rapper Talib Kweli and he brke down the 25 songs that to him are most essential to his career as a musician...
