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Reviews Summer Jam 2016 Recap Summer Jam 2016: a disappointment and a spectacle. By Danny Schwartz June 06, 2016
Society The Best Mannequin Challenge Videos The #MannequinChallenge is the newest viral sensation to sweep the internet. By Danny Schwartz November 07, 2016
Original Content 5 Things We Want From Action Bronson's "Blue Chips 7000" It's finally time for "Blue Chips 7000." By Danny Schwartz June 15, 2017
Original Content Top Tracks: Offset's Early Leak "Red Room" Debuts At #1 The first single from Offset's upcoming solo album wins out in a week otherwise dominated by Tekashi 6ix9ine By Patrick Lyons December 03, 2018
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: October 28th A look at the week in rap and R&B sales. By Trevor Smith October 28, 2015
Original Content Album Number Seven: Examining The "Lucky Number" An honor reserved for the veteran, album seven often goes uncelebrated. By Mitch Findlay October 08, 2019
Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (April 15) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden April 15, 2017
Original Content 50 Cent's Targets Of The Week: Fif Goes On The "Crooked Cop" Crusades This week, Kanye West, Jussie Smollett, and Emanuel Gonzalez all took a walloping at the hands of 50 Cent. By Devin Ch February 24, 2019
Reviews Big Boi's "Boomiverse" (Review) Big Boi gets back to hip hop on "Boomiverse," but his approach still remains scattered. By Patrick Lyons June 22, 2017
Original Content Top Tracks: June 12 - June 18 Post Malone tops a week otherwise dominated by ASAP Ferg. By Patrick Lyons June 19, 2017
Original Content Classic Rotation: MF Doom & Madlib's "Madvillainy" 10 Years Later Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. Today we take a look at MF Doom & Madlib's classic album, "Madvillainy", which dropped ten years ago, on March 23rd 2004. By TWL March 23, 2014
Original Content Breakout Producers Of 2018 These eight producers took the big step in 2018. By Devin Ch December 18, 2018