A young boy asks for the latest from Ludacris. Junior from Stanton wants to hear some classic Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Randy from Anaheim is hankering for political rapper Paris’ decade-old ...

At the impossibly highbrow school of Tobias Wolff's imagination, or recollection, literary elan is as envied as athletic prowess or a ready wit. Titans like Robert Frost come termly to bask in the ...

Thump Records turns 35 this year. This is how the L.A. label has kept oldies alive through pop-up trucks, word-of-mouth and a music roster of up-and-coming artists.

As the hip hop generation of the '80s and '90s ages, new classics are on the rise. Shad checks in on what's making the canon, what isn't, and why?

The Walnut, Calif.-based party label, best known as an early pioneer of "old school" hits compilations, will start the ball rolling July 22 with "Old School Oldies 3." × Skip to main content ...