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Early 2000s Hip-Hop & R&B is Defining Modern Rap

Editor's Note: This post was originally published in March 2020 and has been updated for comprehensiveness. Last weekend, Drake released “When To Say When,” an introspective track that utilized the ...
Yardbarker

Great early '00s hip-hop tracks that have largely been forgotten

Since hip-hop's inception, the genre has exponentially grown with every single decade, and the 2000s era was no different. Hip-hop saw even more commercial success than before; it succeeded in ...
Black Enterprise

Nelly Cites Early 2000s Hip-Hop As The ‘Hardest Era Ever’

Nelly has sparked a debate after crediting the years from 1999 to 2010 as the "hardest era" of hip-hop music. Nelly has sparked a debate after crediting the years from 1999 to 2010 as the “hardest era ...
AllHipHop

Nelly Declares 2000s As Toughest Era In Hip-Hop Ever

The diamond-certified rapper reflects on his generation of artists. Nelly was among the chart-topping, award-winning rap stars who dominated the 2000s decade. The St. Lunatics frontman broke out at ...
Fox 5 San Diego

SeaWorld San Diego’s summer concert series to feature 90s, 2000s R&B and hip hop

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The theme of SeaWorld San Diego’s summer concert series this year is R&B, hip hop and rap hits from the ’90s and early 2000s. Waka Flocka, Fat Joe, Ying Yang Twins, Ginuwine, ...
The Grio

Nelly said that the 2000s was the toughest era in hip-hop. He’s right and wrong.

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Thursday, on the seventh season premiere of “The Shop,” the interview ...