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Reviews Review: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "This Unruly Mess I've Made" Almost overnight, Macklemore became a pop star and internet pariah. Now he tries to tear it all down. By Danny Schwartz March 04, 2016
Reviews Review: The Weeknd's "Beauty Behind The Madness" The Weeknd balances his two selves, one aiming for pop stardom and one who is content in the shadows, on "Beauty Behind the Madness." By Scott Glaysher August 31, 2015
Original Content The Best Super Bowl Commercials Starring Rappers When rappers appear in Super Bowl ads... By Patrick Lyons February 06, 2016
Original Content How To Make A Double Disc Rap Album That Doesn't Suck We look at the formulas behind the best hip hop double albums of all time. By Patrick Lyons September 23, 2015
Original Content 10 Essential SBTRKT Tracks An introduction to SBTRKT. By Chris Tart August 02, 2015
Original Content #TBT: Chris Brown's Smash Singles Looking back at some of Chris Brown's biggest singles. By Chris Tart November 26, 2015
Original Content #TBT: Fabolous' 2001-2005 Era Loso's old school cuts for #TBT. By Chris Tart July 30, 2015
Original Content Young Thug's Most Entertaining Lyrics Hate him or love him, Young Thug drops some pretty entertaining bars. By Nicholas DG October 25, 2015
Original Content 12 Self-Produced Hip Hop Albums to Hear A look at the very best albums from rapper-producers. By Chris Tart October 24, 2015
Original Content The Internet Celebrates Drake's Dance Moves With #DrakeAlwaysOnBeat Drake's dance moves in "Hotline Bling" were... interesting. By Danny Schwartz October 20, 2015
Original Content Drake & Future's "What A Time To Be Alive": The Complete Name-Drop Guide Drake and Future's many name drops on "WATTBA," broken down. By Trevor Smith September 22, 2015
Original Content Vote: Drake's "Summer Sixteen" Vs. Meek Mill's "War Pain" Drake & Meek Mill took shots at each other on new songs that dropped over the weekend. Which track were you feeling more? By Danny Schwartz February 01, 2016