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Reviews Review: Young Thug's "Slime Season 3" Young Thug returns with "Slime Season 3," a tighter, more focused tape than "I'm Up." By Patrick Lyons March 29, 2016
Reviews Review: Lil Herb's "Welcome To Fazoland" Lil Herb's debut effort, "Welcome To Fazoland", is a strong mix of drill and soul-inspired production, all connected with Herbo's hard-hitting flow. By Patrick Lyons February 21, 2014
Profiles Behind The Beat: Kirk Knight Kirk Knight, Pro Era's go-to beatman, discusses the rise of his Brooklyn crew, balancing rapping and producing, and his decision to make an instrumental album after last year's "Late Knight Special." By Angus Walker October 07, 2016
Original Content The 5 Best Storytelling Rap Songs From The '90s From Biggie's "I Got A Story To Tell" to Ice Cube's "Today Was a Good Day". By Danny Schwartz May 17, 2016
Original Content 5 Artists Who Used Anonymity To Blow Up Here are 5 artists who blew up out of anonymity. By Angus Walker March 01, 2016
Reviews Review: Smoke DZA's "Dream.ZONE.Achieve" Finally dropping the long-awaited "Dream.ZONE.Achieve", Smoke DZA proves that he can do anything he sets his mind to. By Iva Anthony April 04, 2014
Reviews Wale's "SHiNE" (Review) Wale succumbs to the lowest common denominator on his new album. By Perry Simpson May 03, 2017
Sports WWE Survivor Series: Top-10 Biggest Matches In PPV History 10 of the greatest matches in Survivor Series history. By Kyle Rooney November 18, 2018
Reviews Teyana Taylor "K.T.S.E." Review After a much anticipated return to music, Teyana Taylor’s electrifying sophomore experiment with Kanye West only proves that the best is yet to come. By Narsimha Chintaluri June 27, 2018
Original Content Every Travis Scott Feature So Far Revisit Travis' many guest appearances from 2012 to 2017. By Trevor Smith March 29, 2017
Original Content Top Tracks: DJ Kay Slay's Kendrick Lamar-Featured Posse Cut Hits #1 DJ Kay Slay's "Cold Summer" tops a week otherwise dominated by PartyNextDoor. By Patrick Lyons September 06, 2017
Original Content #TBT: Logic's "Young Sinatra" Mixtape Series Logic 2011-2013. By Danny Schwartz August 03, 2017