Most artists try to make something timeless when they create a set of songs, but these albums had a lot of their mojo secondhand from decades past.

fans all seem to agree that these album covers are pretty dreadful. It's a wonder how some of these ever managed to be in the conversation, much less adorn music that a band worked hard to write ...

Hip-hop has a rich history of album artwork ... Malcolm X photo for the cover of By All Means Necessary; Lil Kim straddling the luckiest bearskin rug ever on Hard Core. These are unimpeachable ...

The history of rap music ... on his solo albums of mixing in a few songs for mass consumption. On this one, "Bop Gun" and ...

Nirvana die-hards would no doubt argue Nevermind isn’t even Nirvana’s best album of the ’90s, let alone one of the best ...

Cast your mind back to the year of The Black Crowes, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Bon Jovi and not one but two albums from Bruce ...

Years before accusations cast his lavishly produced parties in a criminal light, the Diddy bash was a cultural phenomenon, ...

Sean Combs exemplified a hyper-masculine resolve, but it brought with it a legacy of intimidation and aggression.

Hugh McIntyre covers music ... best on Billboard’s hip-hop-centric charts. Curtain Call: The Hits swings upward from No. 17 to No. 14 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ranking.

It’s been one week actually far too long since we’ve done a music preview here at The A.V. Club, and we’re setting out to ...

Day two of Austin City Limits Music Festival has arrived! Saturday is traditionally the biggest day of the fest. To beat the ...