Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter won Album of the Year at the 2025 Grammys, ...

From 'Reasonable Doubt' to 'The Blueprint', which Jay-Z album is his best? We settle the debate in our ranking of his ...

Kanye West worked as a producer for Jay-Z before releasing his own music. The Chicago rapper produced songs for the successful album Blueprint, but Jay-Z wasn’t sure West was ready to be a star in his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saweetie has been working tirelessly on her debut album and has resorted to studying one of the greats to get the job done. “I get ...

On Thursday (Feb. 13), The Recording Academy announced that eight albums and five singles will be inducted into this year's Grammy Hall of Fame class, including Hov's classic debut Reasonable Doubt.

Remember that Lemonade response album Jay Z was supposedly working on? Probably not, but now you do. Because cooler heads usually prevail, it seems the response album has possibly been traded in for ...

Memphis Bleek Reveals Jay-Z Called Him After His Drink Champs Interview to Shut The Rumors of A New Album Down For over two decades, Jay-Z has maintained an unusual grip on hip-hop: he can disappear ...

As Jay-Z declared on his 1996 classic with Mary J. Blige, you can’t knock the hustle. Dame Dash’s attempted sell of his stake in Jay’s debut studio album, Reasonable Doubt, will reportedly move ...

Find out why Juvenile believes classics like ‘400 Degreez’ outshine albums released by JAY-Z and Nas. Juvenile is raising eyebrows with his latest career hot take comparing his album sales to those of ...