Mobb Deep

The lineup for ”It’s Time for Hip Hop in NYC,” a series of four free shows leading up to the Central Park ”mega concert” happening in August, is here.

New York rapper Flee Lord released an album a month in 2020, and it resulted in so much good output that we included the whole series in our list of the best rap albums of the year. Our list went up before his final album of the year, In the Name of Prodigy, which just […]

Three of this year’s best rap albums have come from artists who make dusty, psychedelic, vintage-sounding rap, and who have turned this sound from a niche into a movement.

Today’s picks for live videos to watch while you’re home and every show is cancelled include Rush in 1980/81, The Wedding Present in 1989, Mobb Deep in ’96, and more.

The lineup is also set to include Mobb Deep (which Havoc has kept alive after Prodigy’s passing), Fat Joe, Tha Links, Dead Prez, Beatnuts, Pete Rock, and special guests.

Storied hip hop label Loud Records celebrates its 25th anniversary with a huge concert in the NYC-area this fall…

Plus: Strand of Oaks, Lucinda Williams, Matt & Kim, Jay Som, Injury Reserve, City and Colour, Fastball, and more tickets on sale.

Coroners ruled on the official cause of Prodigy of Mobb Deep’s death, after he was hospitalized for complications with his sickle cell anemia.

The free Rock Steady Crew 40th Anniversary show at Central Park SummerStage on Sunday, July 20 is now being headlined by what’s being billed as Mobb Deep (Tribute to Prodigy)…