More than 500 reviews from the '70s to '90s.... By Wade Tatangelo.All Music Guide: Old School Rap and Hip-Hop VARIOUS EDITORS (AMG) With every All Music Guide entry easily found online, it's tempting to wonder why they continue publishing paperbacks. For me, at least, there's still something charming about stuffing a book in your back pocket and going to the beach, one place I refuse to bring my ...

By Brandi Hopper The Essence Music Festival will be bringing some of hip-hop and R&B???s biggest acts to to New Orleans this Independence Day weekend.

This upcoming Saturday night -- grab your girls for a night of stimulating conversation as BET News gives the ladies the final word with HIP HOP VS. AMERICA II: WHERE DID THE LOVE GO?.

Save the hamburgers and hotdogs for July 4. Thursday is all about gumbo. Detroit neo soul- and hip-hop-artist Monica Blaire is bringing more than 15 of the area?s up-and-coming music performance artists together for a celebration of Detroit musical diversity as part of the Monica Blaire Detroit Groove Gumbo on the Pure Detroit Stage during the 2008 Comerica Cityfest at the New Center Area.

B-Boys, Krump kings, and pop lock princesses will battle tonight. They are going to dance their way to gold in the Hip-Hop Olympics at the WOW Hall.