In the 1980s, music and film collided for cross-promotional blockbusters both transcendent (Purple Rain) and transcendently cheesy (Footloose). In the ‘90s, soundtracks continued to sell…
Nasty Nas has just gotten nastier, enlisting one of hip-hop's boldest hitmakers to produce his highly-anticipated Aug. 21 release, King's Disease. And he wasn't going…
It was inevitable—after his game-changing, history-making ride at the top of the charts—that Lil Nas X do "Old Town Road" at the Grammys on January 26. For this…
Earlier this month, Nas announced a new album called The Lost Tapes II. The project is a followup to 2002's The Lost Tapes, which was a compilation of unreleased…
New York's Webster Hall reopened last night after closing for extensive renovation. To celebrate the occasion, Jay-Z hosted a concert at the Bowery Presents venue,…
Nas’s Illmatic was released on April 19, 1994. In honor of its 25th anniversary, we’ve digitized and republished our original review, which ran in the August 1994 issue of Spin.
Former Amy Winehouse collaborator Salaam Remi has unveiled a new posthumous collaboration with the Back to Black vocalist. Titled "Find My Love," the track comes from Remi's…
Last year, Nas released the disappointing Nasir, the rapper's 11th studio album and one of the Wyoming session records produced entirely by Kanye West. Unfortunately…
Beastie Boys Book is a sprawling omnibus of an autobiography featuring essays from Beastie Boys' Mike D and Ad-Rock, as well as contributions from other…
Nas and Kelis were married from 2005 to 2009, when Kelis filed for divorce while pregnant, citing "irreconcilable differences." In an interview with the website…
