The '80s was hip-hop's Wild West. These 10 essential Golden Era albums defined the genre and still hit like a brick today.

Jeff Cornell is a veteran music and entertainment writer, who has contributed to Variety, Billboard, Loudwire, The Hollywood Reporter, and MTV. The 80s marked a decade of incredible growth and ...

The '80s proved to be a tricky decade for rock stars who rose to fame in the '60s or '70s. From drum machines and synthesizers to the rise of music television, their whole world pretty much flipped on ...

Sustaining momentum from album to album was no easy feat in the 80s. New acts and artists popped out of the woodwork from all angles to compete. Many were the acts that struggled to follow up on ...

Original Pantera singer Terry Glaze shared what was "amazing" about the band's '80s albums during a new interview. Although the band's later releases with Philip Anselmo are generally regarded as ...

From The Number of the Beast to Killers to Powerslave to Somewhere in Time, the definitive ranking of Iron Maiden's studio ...

In the 80s, U2went from a local post-punk band in Dublin, Ireland to a global sensation, becoming one of the biggest bands in the world. The quartet formed in 1976, comprised of Paul Hewson, aka Bono, ...