Hip-Hop History
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Original Content While originally written last year for the 20th anniversary of Dr. Dre's "2001," be sure to revisit this piece on the project's 21st birthday.
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Original Content In one of hip-hop's most legendary battles -- that of JAY-Z and Nas -- the incredible second round goes underappreciated all too often.
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Music Kid Cudi speaks about his highly-critiqued album "Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven," calling it a cry for help and saying that he just wanted to be understood.
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Music During an appearance on Talib Kweli's "The People's Party," Questlove reveals the harsh truth that Jay-Z once told him about Black Thought.
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Music The best friend revisited the early days before the Queen of Hip Hop-Soul earned her legendary title.
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Original Content Few have mastered the art of the "Dark Banger" like Dr. Dre.
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Original Content These are hip-hop's most commercially successful singles of all time.
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Original Content A three-way showdown between Kanye West's "Yeezus," J. Cole's "Born Sinner," and Mac Miller's "Watching Movies With The Sound Off" has cemented June 18, 2013 in hip-hop history.
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Original Content In the wake of TikTok's attempts to banish Slim Shady once and for all, we take a look at how Eminem has not only thrived when surrounded by controversy, but continuously escaped "cancelling."
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Robert Blair -
Original Content From DJ Clue's casette tapes to major label involvement, we trace the history of the iconic hip-hop mixtape.
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Original Content After he fired shots at Diddy and Jay-Z, we unpack the legacy of Marcy Project's best-kept-secret and esteemed ghostwriter Sauce Money.
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Robert Blair -
Original Content A complete history of the long-running and tense beef between Rick Ross and Lloyd Banks, a feud that originally began in 2009.
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Mitch Findlay
