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Reviews Review: Ghostface Killah's "36 Seasons" Ghostface Killah's '36 Seasons' quickly follows up Wu-Tang Clan's 'A Better Tomorrow,' an album he was relatively quiet on. By Chris Tart December 09, 2014
Original Content Over The Hill: Rappers Turning 40 In 2016 A quick look at several rappers who are nearing their forties. By Chris Tart December 02, 2015
Original Content 6 Things We Learned From Kendrick Lamar's Interview With Flying Lotus FlyLo talks with Kendrick Lamar, giving us insight on his album, among other things. By Chris Tart April 10, 2015
Original Content Gucci Mane's "Trap House" Essentials The best songs from Gucci Mane's "Trap House" series. By Patrick Lyons April 07, 2015
Original Content #TBT: Talib Kweli Talib gets the TBT treatment this week. By Chris Tart February 19, 2015
Reviews Review: Beyonce's "Beyonce" Beyonce dropped an earthquake of an album last week. By Nikita Rathod December 20, 2013
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: August 29 A look at this week's rap and R&B sales and chart placements. By Trevor Smith August 30, 2015
Original Content Classic Rotation: Outkast's "ATLiens" We take a look back at OutKast's "ATLiens" on the day of its release, 19 years ago. By Chris Tart August 27, 2015
Society Internet Rap Sensations Is going viral always great? By Matt Aceto August 28, 2014
Original Content 5 Christian Hip-Hop Artists Infiltrating The Mainstream You’ve seen Christian rapper headlines in increasing numbers over the past five years, and much more so in the past 12 months. Turns out Christian Hip-Hop has a large enough fan base to land rappers on the Billboard charts next to Rick Ross, Drake, and Kendrick Lamar. By Chad Horton June 04, 2014
Original Content It's Yo Birthday: Common's Top 21 Tracks We celebrate Common's birthday by giving you 21 dope tracks from his discography. By Nikita Rathod March 13, 2014
Original Content 12 Things We Learned From Kanye West's "Surface" Interview Highlights from Kanye West's 35-minute interview with 'Surface,' in which he offers insight into his unorthodox thought processes. By Danny Schwartz November 21, 2016