On this day in 1989, Dana Owens, better known to the world as Queen Latifah, made her groundbreaking debut with All Hail the Queen, released on Tommy Boy Records. The album not only marked the arrival ...

If you’re within a certain age bracket, you’ll remember the news being delivered with grave certainty: The iPod is going to end the album as we know it. Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased ...

The 1980s might be the easiest decade to caricature. But the best ’80s albums prove that the decade wasn't just about big hair, big shoulder pads, and even bigger mobile phones—and that the era's ...

Rick Rubin co-founded Def Jam Recordings in his dorm room at NYU. Together with Def Jam partner and future hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, he is responsible for mainstreaming rap music with artists ...

For rapper Killer Mike, the ’80s was the most impactful decade of sound. Sitting down with SPIN and Bose as part of our Decades of Sound collaboration, Killer Mike shares his thoughts on the eclectic ...

Kid Rock's big hit "Bawitdaba" sounds like a lot of gibberish — successful gibberish — but did you know that he actually took the title and part of the lyric from an '80s rap song? The track is one of ...