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Original Content Hip Hop Reacts To The Meek Mill & Drake Controversy After Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill set Twitter ablaze last night, rappers came out of the woodwork to sound off about the various beefs. By Patrick Lyons July 22, 2015
Reviews Review: Vince Staples' "Summertime '06" Vince Staples offers us the haunting truths behind his sunny days in California with "Summertime '06" By Eve Stern July 03, 2015
Original Content 5 Hottest Beats On Young Thug's "Slime Season" The 5 hottest beats on Young Thug's "Slime Season" -- no easy task. By Angus Walker September 17, 2015
Original Content 140 Bars: Tweets Of The Week (June 20 - 26) A batch of the finest tweets from rappers this week. By Patrick Lyons June 26, 2015
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (April 30) Everyone got a Jay Z selfie this week. By Mike De Leon April 30, 2016
Original Content Top Tracks: April 18 - April 24 Six new entries flood our top tracks list this week. By Patrick Lyons April 25, 2016
Original Content #TBT: Young Jeezy We take a look back at Young Jeezy's early Def Jam albums. By Chris Tart October 01, 2015
Original Content The 5 Most Confusing Things Birdman Said In His Angie Martinez Interview Birdman eluded Angie Martinez's most important questions with some pretty confusing answers. By Patrick Lyons July 29, 2015
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip Hop Instagram Recap (Nov 21-26) Looking back at some of the best hip hop Instagram posts of the week. By Danny Schwartz November 28, 2015
Reviews Nas "Nasir" Review It's nice to have Nas back in the fold, but "Nasir" ultimately falls short of lofty expectations. By Mitch Findlay June 21, 2018
Reviews ScHoolboy Q "CrasH Talk" Review ScHoolboy Q's fifth album plays it safe, but never sorry. By Mitch Findlay May 02, 2019
Original Content 15 Most Epic Hip-Hop Grammy Moments From 1989 to 2017, these were the most defining hip-hop Grammy moments. By Karlton Jahmal January 27, 2018