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Music What Is Nicki Minaj's Best-Selling Album? Ahead of “Pink Friday 2,” let’s take a look at Nicki’s most commercially successful album. By Demi Phillips October 30, 2023
Music Just Blaze Unearths Kanye's Sampler Used On "Blueprint" & "Black Album" Just Blaze recently unearthed an old ASR-10 sampler that Kanye West used to create beats on "Blueprint," "Black Album," and more. By Mitch Findlay July 23, 2021
Music Bobby Shmurda Explains Why He Thinks DMX Is The GOAT Bobby Shmurda says that DMX is the GOAT. By Alex Zidel December 08, 2021
Music Ashanti Reveals Ja Rule Avoids Discussing Her Murder Inc. Masters While on “The Breakfast Club,” Ashanti also added that Ja “knows what’s right.” By Hayley Hynes December 11, 2021
Music Black Music Month: Revisiting 2 Live Crew's Controversies 2 Live Crew's inability to have their wild verbal lyricism quelled signified a new era of creative expression in hip-hop and music as a whole. By Caleb Hardy June 12, 2023
Music N.W.A.'s "Efil4Zaggin" Turns 32 While "Efil4Zaggin" is the less well-known of the N.W.A.'s two albums, its long-standing influence is crucial. By Caleb Hardy June 02, 2023
Music Eminem Praises LL Cool J On "Mama Said Knock You Out" Anniversary On the thirtieth anniversary of LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out," Eminem takes a moment to pay homage. By Mitch Findlay September 11, 2020
Original Content Dr. Dre's "Detox" & Other Mythical Albums Like Dr. Dre's "Detox," these are albums that will never be. By Robert Blair February 28, 2020
Music Juelz Santana's "From Me To U" Turns 17 Juelz Santana took a moment to celebrate the seventeenth anniversary of his debut album "From Me To U." By Mitch Findlay August 19, 2020
Hip-Hop History The Barbz Come For Missy Elliott: "You've Never Topped A Single Chart" The 51-year-old asked a seemingly innocent question on social media and was viciously verbally attacked as a result. By Hayley Hynes August 26, 2022
Music Loon Reveals OG Harlem World Lineup On The Breakfast Club Officially having returned home after a lengthy prison stint, Loon took a moment to talk Bad Boy Records, the original Harlem World lineup, and more. By Mitch Findlay August 10, 2020
Pop Culture DJ Drama Reflects On His 2007 Mixtape Raid: "I Really Got Hit Wit The RICO (And Won)" At the time of Drama and Don Cannon's arrest, law enforcement confiscated over 80K CDs. By Hayley Hynes July 13, 2022