In the spirit of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, XXL highlights 40 of the best hip-hop album covers from the 1990s. Check them out below.

8 Hip-Hop Album Covers That Go Down In Black History Hip-hop culture has made it to 50 years, but that doesn’t mean the celebration stops.

Album art in itself often tells a story and sets the tone for the auditory journey, and especially when it comes to Hip-Hop album covers.

Yeah, I know we already listed the hip-hop songs that dominated 1998, so it’s only right we look back at the albums that were being spun throughout the year. While the list of albums isn’t ...

Hosts Jahliel Thurman and Dozie Ezemma name some of their favorite hip-hop albums from the 1990s. Below is a transcript of their conversation. Dozie Ezemma: What are the top three ’90s hip-hop ...

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More 90s Hip-Hop-Inspired Fashion Brands That Really Never Went Away Don't Call it a Comeback: Go find your boots with the fur! Rapper Nelly just announced a reboot of his Apple Bottom brand of jeans.

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers),' released in 1993, is a rite of passage for anyone taking a deep dive into hip-hop's past.

If you ask any hip-hop fan, most will tell you that the 1990s was the Golden Age of the genre. (Though the 1980s weren’t half-bad either.) Videos by American Songwriter But for anyone who grew ...

All are staples of the Northwest jazz scene. But the Provisions gig is a unique riff on the genre: transforming rap classics — particularly those from the ‘90s — into improvised jams.

Hip-hop, you don't stop! Listen up as Dozie Ezemma and Jahliel Thurman discuss the top rap LPs to hit the scene in the 1990s.