For researchers and historians of hip-hop culture, the below resources are aimed to help you in your work. From institutional archives and museums, to interview collections, research blogs, and the like.
Hip-Hop Archives, Museums and Historical Societies:
HipHop Archive and Research Institute: Harvard University. Direct Link.
Cornell Hip-Hop Collection. Direct Link.
North Side Hip-Hop Archive. Direct Link.
Massachusetts Hip-Hop Archive. Direct Link.
The Universal Hip-Hop Museum. Direct Link.
Hip-Hop Radio Archive. Direct Link.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Direct Link.
Hip-Hop and Rap Across the Smithsonian. Direct Link.
Atlanta Hip-Hop Archives: Georgia State University. Direct Link.
Seattle Hip-Hop Archive: University of Washington. Direct Link.
Hip Hop Archaeology: Archives and Collections: Bennington College. Direct Link.
NOLA HipHop and Bounce Archive. Direct Link.
East of East: Atlantic Canadian Hip Hop Archive. Direct Link.
Bay Area Hip-Hop Archives. Direct Link.
Hip-Hop Research Blogs and Text-Based Interview Collections:
Werner's Humble Little Hip-Hop Blog. Direct Link.
Hip-Hop Nostalgia. Direct Link.
Living Underwater Blog. Direct Link.
Unkut. Direct Link.
Passion of the Weiss. Direct Link.
UG Rap. Direct Link.
Hip-Hop Infinity. Direct Link. [Archived]
Record Recollection. Direct Link.
Kulture Vulturez. Direct Link.
Riot Sound. Direct Link.
The Unity Era. Direct Link.
Bomb Hip-Hop. Direct Link.
Davey D's Hip-Hop Corner. Direct Link.
Hip-Hop and Politics. Direct Link.
Hip-Hop Core. Direct Link.
MV Remix. Direct Link.
Podcasts and Online Multi-Media Resources:
Third Verse Extra Podcast. Direct Link.
The G-Funk Junkie Podcast. Direct Link.
Boogie Down Productions History with DJ Kenny Parker. Direct Link.
Views B4 The 6. Direct Link.
Beat Junkies: Building Better DJs. Direct Link.
Unique Access Entertainment. Direct Link.
History of the Bay Area Podcast. Direct Link.
My Expert Opinion with Math Hoffa. Direct Link.
Rap Music Plug Podcast. Direct Link.
Drink Champs. Direct Link.
What Had Happened Was with Open Mike Eagle. Direct Link.
Secret Skin. Direct Link.
Redifine Hip-Hop (Fifth Element). Direct Link.
UGSMAG Podcast. Direct Link.
Geto Boys Reloaded. Direct Link.
Funky Fresh in tha Flesh Podcast. Direct Link.
The Abyss Podcast. Direct Link.
Juan Ep is Life. Direct Link.
From the Desk of Lo. Direct Link.
Chambermusik Radio. Direct Link.
The Bee Shine. Direct Link.
Crook's Corner. Direct Link.
People's Party with Talib Kweli. Direct Link.
The Honor Show. Direct Link.
Art to Empire. Direct Link.
The Culture Since 71. Direct Link.
VLADTV. Direct Link.
Murder Master Music Show. Direct Link.
The Killah Priest Podcraft. Direct Link.
The Travelers Podcast. Direct Link.
Carrying the Culture. Direct Link.
Media and Editorial Sites:
HipHopDX. Direct Link.
Vibe. Direct Link.
XXL. Direct Link.
The Source. Direct Link.
2 Dope Boyz. Direct Link.
UHB Magazine. Direct Link. [Archived]
Dead End Hip Hop. Direct Link.
Online Forums:
Hip-Hop Infinity. Direct Link. [Archived]
Necro Hip-Hop Forums. Direct Link. [Archived]
UndergroundHipHop.com (UGHH) Forums. Direct Link. [Archived]
Underground Hip Hop Forums. Direct Link.
Futility Forums. Direct Link. [Archived.]
Broke-Ass. Direct Link. [Archived]
Other Helpful Tools:
Discogs. Direct Link.
Rate Your Music. Direct Link.
Rap Genius. Direct Link.
The Internet Archive. Direct Link.
Wikipedia. Direct Link.