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Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre's 'Missionary' caps off a strong year for OG figures in hip-hop. So where does it rank amongst those ...

There was a lot of wonderful music released Down Under in the ‘80s, and it’s hard to say why some of it didn’t break through. Many of the songs that were hits, both major and minor ...

Music history is full of legends appearing on the records of others. Sometimes credited, sometimes not. (Listen closely and ...