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2014 marks the 20th anniversary of Nas' debut album Illmatic and the hip-hop world is understandably excited about it. Many a record has been proposed as the best in the genre's history, but Illmatic is one of the few that never falls out of the discussion. The emcee announced this week that he'll mark the occasion on April 15 with the special edition release Illmatic XX, a deluxe version of the original album. -
Back of The Billboards: 'Black Nativity: Music From The Motion Picture'
Society always celebrates the records that top the Billboard 200 album chart. Back of The Billboards is a Music Times weekly segment that looks at the opposite end: the new record that finished closest to the back of the Billboard 200 for the previous week. We hope to give a fighting chance to the bands you haven't heard of. -
Music Times' Wishes for New Hip-Hop in 2014
Pepsi Pulse, a sub-site within pepsi.com dedicated to music, has listed five hip-hop albums that it wants to hear during 2014 (which is odd...based on what Pusha T tells us, hip hope is more of a Coke genre...sorry, bad joke). The list includes fairly stellar choices, but Music Times had a few others in mind we're more interested in. Our suggestions for three replacements: -
Kendrick Lamar, Big Sean’s 'Control' Verse Disses Jay Z, Drake, Nas, And Hip Hop: Rapper's Twitter Rants About Best Rap Diss Ever! [LISTEN]
Rapper Kendrick Lamar has claimed himself as the King of New York (despite being from California) taking the title of being the best overall rapper away from Jay-Z, Mac Miller, Pusha T, ASAP Rocky, and Nas -to name a few- in his -
LeBron James NBA 2K14 Soundtrack Trailer [VIDEO] Miami Heat Champion Musical Director of 2K14 Soundtrack, Daft Punk, Pharell, JayZ, Kanye West, and More
LeBron James gave us a sample of his rapping skills with his viral freestyle of Kanye West's and Jay Z's "N*ggas In Paris," earlier this year, but it was no surprise that he is a fan of rap. Now Bron Bron is putting his rap expertise... -
Big Sean 'Halll Of Fame' Album Covers [PHOTOS]: Sean The Don Readies For Sophmore Album, Single 'Beware' Featuring Jhene Aiko and Lil Wayne Climbs Charts
Big Sean's sophomore album, Hall Of Fame is hitting shelves soon, and Sean the Don is ready for his close-up. Sean revealed the album covers for the deluxe and regular editions of the albums... -
Eminem New Album 2013: Tech N9ne Talks Slim Shady and Nas Collaboration RUMORS on 'Something Else,' 'Always Wanted to Rap with One of World's Rawest MCs' [VIDEO]
Eminem will embark on a mini-tour of Europe this coming August, but details surrounding his highly-anticipated new album still remain nonexistent. Hopefully, fresh beats will drop sometime this fall. Slim Shady has yet enlighten... -
Nas 2013: 'Illmatic' Rapper Has Harvard Fellowship Established in His Name
A lot of rappers have brought home Grammys, but how many can say that an Ivy League University has endowed a fellowship in their name? Nas may have not won his first Grammy yet (although he's had 13 nominations), but at least he's the namesake for the new Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellowship at Harvard University.
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