Cam'ron

Music nostalgia tends to move in 20-year cycles, so early 2000s rap is unsurprisingly leaving a mark on today's new rap music. Here are 25 albums from that era that hold up especially well today...

Marijuana technology and software company Weedmaps isn't letting coronavirus quarantine get in the way of its 4/20 celebration.

After adding a second date, the festival will go back to a single day.

Not only is strangely controversial Los Angeles festival Lovers & Friends ”100% confirmed,” it's also added a second date, albeit with a few lineup changes.

The lineup, which is heavy on '90s and early '00s rap and R&B, plus some newer artists that fit right in, also features Jhene Aiko, Summer Walker, Megan Thee Stallion, Nelly, Sean Paul, T-Pain, Brandy, Monica, Ja Rule & Fat Joe, and more.

Cam also plays Foxwoods with Lil 'Kim, The LOX, and N.O.R.E. after his 'Purple Haze 2' tour.

It's the Friday before Christmas, and here's a truncated version of Notable Releases featuring Popcaan, Julianna Barwick, a posthumous Sean Price album, Kool Keith, SOB x RBE, and more.

Listen to new songs from Bombay Bicycle Club, Vince Staples, Sondre Lerche (covering Britney Spears), Jarvis Cocker, Wake, Panopticon, and more.

All the new hip hop we posted on BV this week, including Usher, Lil Uzi Vert, Travis Barker/Lil Wayne/Rick Ross, Danny Brown, Denzel Curry, Polo G, MIKE, City Morgue, Atmosphere, and more.

Cam's new album 'Purple Haze 2' comes out this month, and he's playing two Brooklyn shows surrounding its release.