On this day in Hip-Hop history, veteran MC Rakim released his debut solo LP, The 18th Letter. Coming off of the infamous split of Eric B. and Rakim and a five-year hiatus, this album was surprisingly ...

Songs by The Soul Stirrers and Bertha "Chippie" Hill were included, as well as a Funkadelic album. The Recording Academy has announced the albums and songs been inducted into this year’s Grammy Hall ...

“I start to think and then I sink/ Into the paper like I was ink/ When I’m writing, I’m trapped in between/ The lines/ I escape when I finish the rhyme.” The first time I heard these lines from Eric B ...