Today sees the release of the sprawling Orlando’s Own Hip-Hop Compilation, a locals-only digital mixtape conceptualized and curated by restless local DJ and musician Dizzlephunk. The timing is ...

Tommy Boy Music, the renowned independent hip-hop and electronic label, is gearing up to release a special compilation album titled …And You Don’t Stop: A Celebration of 50 Years of Hip Hop on Aug. 11 ...

Hip-hop label Upset Records is celebrating the state’s new unofficial pastime with the release of Colorado Smoke. The compilation is due out April 15th with an in store at Angelo’s downtown. Recorded ...

AEW officially announced the release of their upcoming Hip Hop compilation album, Who We Are: A Celebration of Excellence, Vol. 1. The album will be released on February 18th, sold exclusively through ...

A couple weeks ago Playboy became the latest national media outlet to cover Chicago hip-hop with an in-depth story, though like the recent “docs” from World Star and Noisey the feature is mostly ...

Sampler albums have been a hip-hop staple since the genre's inception, and their diversity is illustrated nicely by three recent albums: Hip Hop 101, No More Prisons, and World Wrestling Federation: ...

Released in February, “Classic City Wax Vol. 1” was so named because it was intended to be the first of a proposed yearly compilation series showcasing Athens hip-hop artists past and present.

You need look no further than Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Watch the Throne or Let God Sort ’Em Out to realize great rap albums aren’t always created in silos. Hip-hop collectives unite under a ...

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Rap Essentials 2001, one of several volumes released from the landmark series of Canadian rap compilations. To mark the occasion, Canadian music industry ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. A snapshot of Athens’ hip-hop community now lives within the grooves of ...

Music legends MC Lyte, Chuck D and Questlove of The Roots are among celebrities who’ve teamed with the Smithsonian on a forthcoming rap and hip-hop anthology that’s being touted as a “powerful ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) has announced that it has partnered with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to produce the Smithsonian Anthology of ...