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 ...

Common emerged on the hip-hop scene in the early 1990s in Chicago ... There, he showed greater lyrical depth and a sharper social consciousness. Songs like "I Used to Love H.E.R." highlighted ...

This smooth, storytelling song from Warren G and Nate Dogg epitomizes the 1990s G-funk sound that emerged from West Coast ...