Hip-Hop/R&B archive
Read The Tyler Interview: Silly, But With A Purpose
April 26, 2013 – In front of a paying audience, Tyler was flippantly entertaining and surprisingly vulnerable.
Watch Talib Kweli On Mainstream Hip-Hop And Honoring The Old School
April 24, 2013 – The New York rapper says he's learned over the years to be accessible but honest to his craft.
Watch The Ghostface Killah Rises Again
April 22, 2013 – A high-concept album by a veteran rapper and a film composer knits together hip-hop and soul music.
Watch This Was 1993: 20 Years Ago I Heard The Perfect Rap Song
April 17, 2013 – Writer Kiese Laymon swore that hip-hop would never be the same after The Coup's "Not Yet Free."
Read Tall Glass Of Rock Star-Ness: A Q&A With Questlove
April 15, 2013 – Questlove, drummer and co-founder of The Roots, talks about his upcoming memoir.
Watch The Wu-Tang Clan's 20-Year Plan
April 8, 2013 – The group's 1993 debut was the opening shot of a plan to open up the rap music industry.
Read First Listen: Ghostface Killah And Adrian Younge, 'Twelve Reasons To Die'
April 8, 2013 – In the tradition of the Wu-Tang Clan, this collaboration is brash and Technicolor and heartfelt.
Watch The Many Sounds Of 1993 Bay Area Rap
March 28, 2013 – Overlooked by the industry, Bay Area rappers followed two rules: Do it yourself, and be yourself.
Watch Action Bronson: NPR Front Row
March 16, 2013 – Watch the New York rapper get swallowed up by the SXSW crowd during "Strictly 4 My Jeeps."
Watch Chance The Rapper: NPR Front Row
March 16, 2013 – Watch the Chicago native as he prowls the stage, inciting fans to shake off their hangovers.
Watch Gangsta Rap Swap Meet Proprietor Wan Joon Kim Has Died
March 14, 2013 – Kim sold some of the earliest work of DJ Quik and Eazy-E when few stores would sell their music.
Watch Le1f, Live In Concert
March 14, 2013 – The New York rapper whips his glow-in-the-dark hair back and forth during a mesmerizing set.
Watch Adrian Younge: Looking Back To Move Hip-Hop Forward
March 12, 2013 – Spaghetti Westerns, Philadelphia soul, opera and Wu-Tang come together in the producer's music.
Watch D'Angelo And Questlove Bare The Roots Of 'Voodoo'
March 5, 2013 – Monday night was a chance to see an artist defined by distance and mystery up close.
Read First Listen: The Delfonics, 'Adrian Younge Presents The Delfonics'
March 4, 2013 – This cross-generational production has resulted in songs that get under your skin and stay there.