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Original Content Classic Rotation: Future's "Pluto" Five years ago, Future emerged with an album that initially confused the masses but was quickly absorbed into the fabric of rap music. By Patrick Lyons April 13, 2017
Original Content #TBT: '90s Jay Z Looking back at the music of young Jay Z. By Danny Schwartz January 19, 2017
Original Content #TBT: Just Blaze Revisiting Just Blaze's incredible production run from 2001 to 2005. By Danny Schwartz March 16, 2017
Original Content How To Roll A Backwoods With Nef The Pharaoh Nef shares his blunt-rolling secrets. By Danny Schwartz March 14, 2017
Original Content Top 15 Ridiculous Rapper Chains A retrospective on some of the most absurd pieces in rap. By Harrison Tenpas November 09, 2017
Original Content 10 Anti-Authority Rap Songs For Inauguration Day We dig back into 25+ years of political hip hop to bring you ten tracks that question America's authority on the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration. By Patrick Lyons January 19, 2017
Reviews Jay-Z's "4:44" (Review) Jay-Z digs deep and delivers his best album in years. By Patrick Lyons July 06, 2017
Original Content 10 Essential Stormzy Tracks It's Stormzy season. Check out these 10 essential tracks from the UK star. By Devon Jefferson April 09, 2017
Reviews Syd's "Fin" (Review) Syd plays "Fin" off as a shallow stopgap release between Internet albums, but her confidence is also responsible for a strong set of songs. By Patrick Lyons February 10, 2017
Reviews The Weeknd's "Starboy" (Review) The Weeknd finally sheds his "mysterious" image and makes his best project in five years. By Patrick Lyons December 01, 2016
Original Content 8 Ways Pepsi Could Have Avoided The Kendall Jenner Disaster All Pepsi had to do to avoid their latest marketing failure was air one of these old ads. By Danny Schwartz April 06, 2017
Original Content Every Kendrick Lamar Feature From 2016 So Far Have you heard all of Kendrick's 15 features from this year? By Trevor Smith October 12, 2016