To kick-off Valentine’s Day, check out the Best Hip-Hop Love Songs of All Time below. Editor’s Note: A lot of these songs come from some of the greatest to ever pick up a mic.

Love has always been a topic across music genres, including hip-hop. Since the birth of hip-hop, MCs have had no problem showing off a little romantic side — and even their toxic side — when ...

Luther Vandross didn’t just sing love songs. He invented the kind of vocals that make you want to text your ex, light a candle, and dramatically stare out a window all at once. While Vandross is ...

To celebrate hip-hop's 50th anniversary, rappers, producers, DJs and industry figures share 50 songs that helped define the culture.

The history of rap music, all things considered, doesn't go back too far. The genre came out of New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and it was about a decade before it got its footing ...

Is early summer too early to start rounding up the best songs of 2025 so far? Given how many bangers we’ve already been ...

The hip-hop track is all about showing love to moms for keeping their kids in their prayers and standing by them through thick and thin. The song featured the legendary Houston rapper Scarface ...

Rap and hip-hop and R&B were more often focused on sexuality, and pop was more often focused on love. MARTIN: So as part of our MORNING EDITION series we're calling The Summer of Love, let's take ...

Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. This week, Alphonse runs ...

Chambers had worked with Ms. Browne in 2022 on a Modern Love collaboration about Black love and knew immediately that she would be the perfect person to capture pieces of hip-hop’s essence.

21 Best Hip-Hop Love Songs of All Time. Rappers who can balance vulnerability with machismo are undeniable chart-toppers.