LL Cool J would like to remind the world that he's a rap legend, not just a network-procedural star and occasional awards-show host. Next week, LL will release The FORCE, his first new album in 11 ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: Photo of EMINEM. Eminem's new single ...

In the lyrics, Em muses about his station in life and how he deals in fame, while RiRi comes in during the majorly hooky choruses, singing about befriending the monster under the bed. That monster is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Eminem’s Curtain Call: The Hits becomes the first hip-hop album to ...

To celebrate the massive year that he’s having, Abel Tesfaye–AKA The Weeknd–released two remixes of the breakthrough single “The Hills” earlier this month, both featuring two of the biggest rappers in ...

It’s been 26 years since Dr. Dre and Eminem unleashed “Forgot About Dre,” a blistering response to critics and a defining moment in Hip-Hop history. Released on January 29, 2000, as the second single ...

While the song does address mental health issues -- essentially, the rapper and the topless wonder of the world admit to being bonkers -- it isn't melancholic. Em and Ri sing about OCD, the voices in ...