• 5 'Industry Rappers' for Murda Mook to Challenge

    Murda Mook doesn't seem to be satisfied with the underground life, but don't worry: He's not looking to release an album. He just told BattleRap.com that he wanted to battle "an industry rapper." Music Times has come up with a list of qualified emcees that we'd like to see go toe-to-toe with Mook.

  • 6 Rappers Who Successfully Followed-Up Great Debuts

    Earlier this week, legendary Queens rapper Nas offered some words of encouragement to Kendrick Lamar, concerning Lamar's impending follow-up to his instant classic debut good kid, m.A.A.d city from 2012. As Nas knows all too well, plenty of rappers have failed to deliver a satisfying follow-up to a widely praised debut album. However, these six rappers and rap groups managed to release albums that were just as good, if not better, than their debuts.

  • Nas On Kendrick Lamar's Next Album: 'There's No Way He Can Mess It Up'

    If there's any rapper in the business who has unequivocally faced the challenge of following up a classic debut, it's Nas, whose 1994 debut Illmatic is often considered to be the greatest rap album ever made (and I agree). However, a similar pressure is mounting up against Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar, whose 2012 debut good kid, m.A.A.d city was hailed as the greatest rap debut since -you guessed it- Illmatic. In a recent interview with Complex, Nas offers some words of encouragement to Lamar.

  • Spotify Streams Way Up following Grammys for Daft Punk, more

    Album and download sales are down. Everyone knows this. The number of viewers taking on the Grammys even year continues to rise however, most likely because they're on television, and the populace just can't handle things they can't see. Either way, musicians that are already pretty popular from a musical perspective see huge increases in activity following The Grammys' broadcast, at least according to numbers released by Spotify.

  • Macklemore Apologizes to Kendrick Lamar

    All the hip kids are already lashing out at Macklemore & Ryan Lewis for their four-trophy night at The Grammys. The most popular argument is that Kendrick Lamar didn't win an award, and Macklemore won four, so therefore it's Macklemore's fault that Lamar didn't win a Grammy. Blaming the Seattle rapper for the decisions of the Grammy committee seems unfair, but Macklemore seems to agree with the logic. Or at least he sent a text message to Lamar apologizing for the results.
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