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Original Content 14 Artists Reveal Their 420 Plans From DJ Whoo Kid to Young Scooter, here's how hip hop's stoner class is celebrating 420. By Danny Schwartz April 20, 2017
Original Content 10 Rappers With Their Own Weed Strains These 10 rappers are advancing hip hop's weed culture. By Seymoure April 20, 2017
Profiles Behind The Beat: FARRI FARRI is thinking about skipping prom so he can produce the soundtrack for it instead. By Narsimha Chintaluri April 20, 2017
Original Content #TBT: The Neptunes Celebrating The Neptunes, the greatest production duo in hip hop history. By Danny Schwartz April 20, 2017
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: April 19 The Chainsmokers dethrone Drake. By Chris Tart April 19, 2017
Original Content All Of Mike Will Made-It's Gold & Platinum Tracks So Far A review of Mike WiLL Made-It's reign over the rap game since 2012. By Danny Schwartz April 19, 2017
Original Content A Track-By-Track Analysis Of Kendrick Lamar's "DAMN." We breakdown each one of "DAMN"'s fourteen tracks. By Patrick Lyons April 18, 2017
Original Content Florida Rap Scene According To Wifisfuneral Wifisfuneral: "Kodak Black is the Tupac of Florida." By Danny Schwartz April 18, 2017
Original Content The Pivot Gang Interview: Saba, Joseph Chilliams, Squeak, & Dam Dam Pivot Gang talks "Friends," their late comrade John Walt, life on tour, and more. By Danny Schwartz April 17, 2017
Original Content Top Tracks: April 10 - April 16 Frank Ocean's "Biking" rises to the top in its second week out. By Patrick Lyons April 17, 2017
Original Content 10 Essential Sampha Tracks Re-introducing the world's next colossal vocal phenomenon, Sampha. By Devon Jefferson April 16, 2017
Original Content The Ten Worst XXL Freshman Freestyles We count down the ten worst freestyles by XXL Freshman from 2009 to 2016. By Patrick Lyons April 15, 2017