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Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (April 4 - April 10) The best tweets of the week. By Patrick Lyons April 10, 2015
Original Content 11 Festivals For A Hip-Hop Head Want to hit up a festival this summer? Here's a guide to hip-hop-enthusiastic events. By Chris Tart June 04, 2015
Reviews Review: Tech N9ne's "Special Effects" Inside the robotic nightmare: "Special Effects." By Nicholas DG May 07, 2015
Original Content Exclusive: Meek Mill Talks On Album Vs. Mixtape, Rick Ross & Dreamchasers Records With Meek Mill's debut album out now, find out how Meek approached the album versus his past mixtapes. By Rose Lilah October 31, 2012
Original Content It's Yo Birthday: Top 10 Trey Songz Tracks R&B star Trey Songz turns 28 today and in another edition of "It's Yo Birthday", we broke down ten of his most popular tracks. By Dhruva Balram deleted November 28, 2012
Original Content Trunk Bangers We bringing you 13 essential trunk banging records. By Newton Stern August 27, 2014
Original Content Top 30 DJs In Hip-Hop Right Now All DJs are not created equal. We gladly present the definitive list to the tastemakers and cultural influencers that excel on the 1s and 2s, rage up audiences around the globe, and are shaping the sound of music and contemporary hip-hop. Given the power of radio, many of these DJs have platforms at leading radio stations in addition to constant touring and lifestyle ventures. Do you see your favorite DJ on the list? Let the debate begin... By Mike Philson November 03, 2014
Original Content Top 10: Rap Interludes Continuing our Top 10 series, we countdown the best interludes... By hnhh July 28, 2014
Original Content Fight Night: 10 Songs To Make You Rowdy "This kind of music, use it, and you get amped to do shit." -Eminem By Shirley Ju December 05, 2014
Original Content Top 10: Meanest Funk Flex Freestyles In this week's Top 10, we countdown the best Funk Flex freestyle sessions ever, because our list game is kinda serious outchea. Who you mad at? Us or yourself? By hnhh August 25, 2014
Reviews Review: Common "Nobody's Smiling" Common's latest project "Nobody's Smiling" is his most personal, while he brings out the best in the guest rappers. By Brian Josephs July 25, 2014
Original Content 10 Reasons You Should Stop Sleeping On Logic With the October 21 release of his debut album "Under Pressure", consider ten reasons why you should stop underestimating Young Sinatra. By Corvaya Jefrries October 09, 2014