The words, ubiquitous in rap and hip-hop, have become cultural daggers, with calls from inside and outside the music industry to curb their use. The casual use of the words bitch and ho has long been ...

Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song. Follow our playlists on Apple Music and Spotify. Characterizing Raq Baby's’s music as tender might be a step too far. But as with peers like ...

Last month, we launched the Pitchfork Rap Readers’ Poll, in which we asked you to rank your favorite rap albums of all time. Thousands of you did. Below, find those results, and compare them to our ...

In 2014, Noisey compiled “Rap Monument,” perhaps the most notable posse cut in hip-hop history (at least when using length as a measure). The 42-minute record, produced by Nick Hook, S-Type, and ...

Earl Sweatshirt and A$AP Rocky want to rap with him. On his sharp new album, “Dirty Harry 2,” the stylish D.C. native shows why. Never seen a unicorn, but I have ...

A favorite of A$AP Rocky and Earl Sweatshirt, El Cousteau is a product of the District in every way. On Dirty Harry 2, he unpacks his upbringing with a nuance absent from national debate.

When it comes to writing and recording songs for an album, singer-songwriter ZZ Ward, who’ll release her latest LP, Dirty Shine, next week, takes what some might consider an old school approach. Ward ...