Plus, Fredro Starr’s cold-blooded star turn in a 1993 HBO drama and Chy Cartier’s standout verse on Victory Lap’s new cypher.

We’ve been in the 2000s for a quarter century now. That’s a long time, and over these past 25 years, the world has changed a lot. So, too, has the music that helps give it color. With the speed of the ...