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Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (May 13) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden May 13, 2016 115 Views
Original Content 5 Great Lil Wayne Features From The Last Year Some of Wayne's best verses have flown under the radar recently. By Trevor Smith May 12, 2016 38.1K Views
Original Content Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Diss Tracks? Can you name the rappers behind these iconic diss tracks based on a few bars? By Mike De Leon May 12, 2016 238 Views
Original Content #TBT: Big Tymers Revisit the best from Mannie Fresh and Birdman's late-'90s/early-'00s duo Big Tymers. By Danny Schwartz May 12, 2016 5.6K Views
Original Content 35 Artists To Follow On Snapchat Step your Snapchat game up by following some rap and R&B stars. By Trevor Smith May 11, 2016 349.6K Views
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: May 11 Drake dominates both the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 this week. By Chris Tart May 11, 2016 150 Views
Original Content Every Rap And R&B Album That Sold 1 Million Units In A Week Not many albums can claim this honor. By Trevor Smith May 11, 2016 63.7K Views
Reviews Skepta's "Konnichiwa" (Review) Skepta recognizes his influential position in the grime scene and delivers "Konnichiwa," an album that should appease day-one listeners as well as attract fans across the pond. By Patrick Lyons May 10, 2016 23.1K Views
Original Content Meet Young Greatness, The New Orleans Rapper Turning Hard Work Into "Moolah" Young Greatness on working with Jazze Pha, Juvenile's melodic influence, and the long road to his first hit. By Trevor Smith May 10, 2016 12.0K Views
Original Content 15 Things We Learned From Drake & 40's Nardwuar Interview From their very first collaboration to the story behind Drake's near-arrest in Jamaica. By Trevor Smith May 10, 2016 28.6K Views
Original Content 15 Mixtapes That Deserve Grammys Proof the Grammys really need to start considering free projects. By Trevor Smith May 09, 2016 110 Views
Original Content Top Tracks: May 2 - May 8 A bunch of new entries flood our Top Tracks list this week. By Patrick Lyons May 09, 2016 137 Views