So, on this slow January release day, NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and WRTI's Nate Chinen catch you up on the best albums we heard in December in between "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and ...

Music leaks can disrupt creative processes, tarnish reputations, and violate an artist’s rights to control their own work. What’s Next? Although the songs were not intended for release, the leak ...

Since launching in 2000, All Songs Considered ... friends and fellow music lovers about the really big questions, like what was the best decade for music, are there albums everyone can agree ...

These are the best songs in the history of rap music. The history of rap music, all things considered ... violent. The album went to No. 1 on the Billboard U.S. R&B Chart and charted two singles with ...

Marshall Mathers, aka Eminem, aka the Real Slim Shady, is undoubtedly one of the most influential rappers of all ... of albums worldwide, earned multiple Grammy Awards, and broken music barriers ...

The famed longtime industry exec shaped the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti and was pivotal in Def Jam’s late-Nineties revival ...

Eminem’s fans were caught off guard when a series of his unreleased songs ... killed. The FBI also investigated whether he had a hand in Biggie’s death, though Suge has denied his involvement.

Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” won both record and song of the year, Chappell Roan was named best new artist and Doechii, ...

Dre. By Michael Saponara Eminem’s longtime spokesperson has spoken out against the collection of leaked songs from Slim Shady’s vault in recent weeks. While the Detroit legend hasn’t ...