There was no way to know it at the time, but mainstream hip-hop reached its creative peak in the ’90s. Lyrical dexterity and thematic ambition were still widely valued. Complex beats could still be ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Light-Years comes from a hip-hop galaxy far, far away, where the stuttering sound of records being scratched is ...

When the bombshell dropped Monday morning that Florida second-year quarterback DJ Lagway intended to enter the transfer portal, a source close to Lagway expressed an almost melancholy sentiment. "He ...

On this date in 1997, Queens mixtape king DJ Clue released his debut studio album The Professional on the Desert Storm imprint in partnership with Roc A Fella and Def Jam. Already one of the most ...

Big news for Stereogum readers who enjoy having a good time: The new DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ album is finally here. The beloved London-based electronic producer revealed in July that the followup to ...

All-time rap greats Nas and DJ Premier have been working together for more than three decades. Premier produced three of the 10 tracks on Nas' almighty 1994 debut Illmatic, and the two have made a lot ...

It’s the time of year when people are putting up decorations and running around town picking up gifts—and for music fans, there are some very interesting releases as we enter the final stretch of 2025 ...

Today marks a moment Hip Hop fans have waited decades to witness. Nas and DJ Premier, two of the most important architects in rap history, have finally delivered their long-discussed collaborative ...

It took decades of pestering, but golden-era hip-hop heads finally got their wish. The duo’s synergy has been obvious since the Queensbridge rapper’s 1994 debut, Illmatic, which features three ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. On Friday (Dec. 12), hip-hop fans were gifted with an album 30 years in ...

Nas and DJ Premier have released an album rap fans have anticipated for more than 30 years. Light-Years hit streaming services last night, and in all honesty, there was no way this project could fully ...

Any objective rap fan of a certain age approaches legacy albums like Nas and DJ Premier’s Light-Years with learned skepticism. For 30-odd years, rap was exclusively a young person’s game, defined by ...