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Profiles Meet Reese LaFlare: Atlanta's Most Important Skatin'-Ass Rapper INTERVIEW: Reese LaFlare on life in ATL, the similarities between rapping and skating, and his fire Lil Uzi Vert diss track. By Danny Schwartz June 28, 2016
Original Content Who Was Afeni Shakur? Remembering Tupac's Mother RIP Afeni Shakur (1947-2016). By Danny Schwartz May 03, 2016
Original Content New Music Friday: King Von, NBA YoungBoy, & DaBaby Take Over This Week This week's new music releases include King Von, NBA YoungBoy & DaBaby, Gucci Mane, Joey Bada$$, Morray, Machine Gun Kelly, The Cool Kids, Omeretta, and much more. By Alex Zidel March 04, 2022
Original Content G-Unit: A History Of Internal Beef We take a deep dive into the source of G-Unit's internal conflicts and see why they manifested in the first place. By Robert Blair May 15, 2019
TV "Euphoria" Illuminates Teens Of Social Media Age With Glitter & Grit Do you feel old watching "Euphoria"? Or not old enough? By Michael Kaminsky August 05, 2019
Original Content How Ice Cube's "No Vaseline" Sets The Standard For Diss Tracks Nearly 30 years on since its release, we take a look at why Ice Cube's retort to his former NWA collaborators is still heralded as the greatest diss track of all time. By Robert Blair October 29, 2019
Original Content Surviving R. Kelly: A Brief History Of Abuse & Scandal Outlining the major allegations against the R&B singer from the past to the present. By Jibril Yassin January 11, 2019
Original Content 21 Savage's "I Am > I Was:" The 5 Best Features The Fab Five who made the most of their big shiny moment. By Devin Ch December 21, 2018
Original Content The Best Animated Shows On Netflix Right Now The best cartoons Netflix has to offer. By Karlton Jahmal March 29, 2018
Reviews Rich The Kid Quietly Cements His Seat At The Table On "Boss Man" Offsetting familiarity with calculated risk, Rich The Kid takes stock on his third album "Boss Man" By Robert Blair March 17, 2020
Original Content Top 10 BigQuint First Reactions The entertainment is endless from hip-hop's favorite music reviewer. By Benjamin Salkind July 11, 2017
Original Content A Song-By-Song Guide To Young Thug's "No, My Name Is Jeffery" Highlighting all the essential moments on Young Thug's adventurous new project, "No, My Name Is Jeffery." By Angus Walker August 26, 2016