The Rhyme was the name of XM Satellite Radio

XM Satellite Radio

XM Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional...

's uncensored Classic Hip-Hop

Old school hip hop

Old school hip hop describes the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music , and the music in the period preceding it from which it was directly descended . Old school hip hop is said to end around 1983 or 1984 with the emergence of Run–D.M.C., the first new school hip hop group...

 channel. The executive producer of the channel was Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg

Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...

. This was one of five channels to have an xL marking, which indicates frequent language.

The format was scrapped on November 12, 2008 as part of the Sirius/XM merger, and this paved for Sirius XM to launch its temporary Christmas music

Christmas music

Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...

 channels. The format was brought back with Sirius's

Sirius Satellite Radio

Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...

 BackSpin

BackSpin

BackSpin is a classic Hip-Hop radio station on Sirius XM Radio. On 2008-11-12 this channel went on hiatus, however, on 2008-12-16, due to subscriber demand, Sirius XM Radio announced that this channel and The Strobe would return to the service on 2009-01-15.The channel features the best of old...

 on January 15, 2009.

Featured Shows

• Spitkicker Radio
• DJ D-Sharp : Mo' Knock Radio
• DJ Kam's Rap Attack
• DJ Shame: Vinyl Reanimations
• DJ Woody Wood: Rap Explosion!
• Dennis Blaze: BACKYARD BOOGIE
• Dig A Little Deeper
• Funkregulata Celo/Dj Bee
• The Rhymeline with KB
• Prince Paul
  Prince Paul
  Paul Huston, better known by the stage name Prince Paul, is an American disc jockey and hip-hop record producer. He was also a founding member of the Gravediggaz where he used the name The Undertaker.- Biography :...
  
  's The Ill Out Show
• Subsoniq Classix

Featured artists on this channel: Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Run DMC, Boogie Down Productions, Public Enemy, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest.