In between came the 1980s, the decade which saw hip-hop move from the undercard to the main event in pop music. Here are five ...

In the 1980s, hip-hop was mostly party music ... It does, however, feature a great soundtrack that includes some fantastic hip-hop songs like "Errtime" by Nelly. Friday is one of the all-time ...

Like any genre, some hip-hop songs are timeless hits, while other songs only get heard on a random streaming shuffle or when a DJ plays them at a hip-hop-themed day party. From Camp Lo to Coolio ...

When the mainstream popularity of rap music elevated in the late 1980s, it often did so with the help of inventive sampling. While many samples came from the R&B funk world, clever hip-hop artists and ...

Since the mid-1980s when hip-hop fully entered the popular culture, filmmakers have been including dope beats and great rhymes in the soundtracks of their movies, creating some of the best soundtracks ...