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Reviews Noname "Room 25" Review "Room 25" firmly establishes Noname as one of the best rappers alive. By Patrick Lyons September 19, 2018
Original Content Top Five Reasons Common Should Be In Your Top Five We give you five reasons you should add Common to your top five. By Bruce Smith February 03, 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
Reviews Review: Beyoncé's "Lemonade" "Lemonade" is Beyoncé's most adventurous and personal album yet. By Patrick Lyons April 30, 2016
Original Content Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Diss Tracks? Can you name the rappers behind these iconic diss tracks based on a few bars? By Mike De Leon May 12, 2016
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: July 17 An overview of r'n'b and hip-hop albums on the Billboard 200 this week. By Chris Tart July 19, 2017
Original Content What Would A Joe Budden Rap Comeback Sound Like In 2020? The time has come for some "new Joe Budden." By Mitch Findlay November 29, 2019
Original Content Top Tracks: DJ Mustard's Mega Posse Cut "100 Bands" Debuts At #1 "100 Bands," DJ Mustard's star-studded new single featuring YG, 21 Savage, Quavo, and Meek Mill, hits #1 on our weekly chart. By Patrick Lyons May 13, 2019
Original Content 4 New Artists You Should Hear Here are our top picks from this week's batch of user and staff-submitted music. By Rose Lilah May 04, 2018
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: March 15 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah March 15, 2015
Original Content The Year Of Drake Although he didn't even release "Views From The 6," Drake had the game in a chokehold this year. By Patrick Lyons December 09, 2015
Original Content #TBT: Early R. Kelly Revisit 10 of the best R. Kelly songs from the '90s. By Danny Schwartz May 26, 2016