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Bob Power, the celebrated engineer and producer who worked on classic albums by A Tribe Called Quest, Erykah Badu, the Roots, and more, has died
These are the albums that have defined hip-hop history — from Run-DMC to Playboi Carti, from G-funk to drill, from the Bronx to Houston, and beyond
Dwele, Lyric Jones, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor also appear on the album, out March 22
New episode of Rolling Stone Music Now goes inside the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s growing pains, as they struggle to catch up with hip-hop — and Eighties and Nineties rock, too
Beck, Pat Benatar, Carly Simon, A Tribe Called Quest, Kate Bush, Devo, and Judas Priest are also on the ballot
Album is set to arrive March 22, 2022, the sixth anniversary of the A Tribe Called Quest rapper’s death
NFT sold for approximately $84,765
In Mama Phife Represents, poet Cheryl Boyce-Taylor pays tribute to son Malik Taylor, the beloved rapper who died in 2016 at 45
“Measuring Kool & the Gang’s influence is like asking what the influence of the Beatles was over pop music,” producer says after the death of group’s co-founder Ronald “Khalis” Bell
Each artist faced the end fearlessly in 2016 with a brave, brilliant final album.
