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Original Content Coi Leray, Nicki Minaj, Fivio Foreign, & Juice WRLD Hold Us Down For New Music Friday Our New Music Friday round-up. This week's new releases include Coi Leray & Nicki Minaj, Fivio Foreign & Quavo, Juice WRLD, Lil Durk, NBA YoungBoy, Rosalía, Doechii, SSGKobe, T-Shyne, Smiley, and much more. By Alex Zidel March 18, 2022
Pop Culture Best Movies Directed by Black Women Which is your best movie directed by a black woman? By Victor Omega April 14, 2023
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: Future, Drake, Lil Baby & Mac Miller Bolster This Week's Playlist The latest edition of the TIDAL Wave playlist includes Quando Rondo, Moneybagg Yo, Stormzy, Dreamville, and more. By Alex Zidel January 17, 2020
Sports A Case For Why Zion Williamson Shouldn't Play This Season Williamson's career is too precious to rush him back. By Alexander Cole December 28, 2019
Sports Nick Diaz & The Return Of The UFC's Biggest Anti-Hero As a bout against the surging Jorge Masvidal becomes more and more plausible, we take a look at what Stockton's own Nick Diaz represents to the world of MMA. By Robert Blair December 01, 2019
Original Content Ticket Giveaway: Tory Lanez's "Lost Cause" Tour Win one pair of tickets to Tory Lanez's remaining shows on his "Lost Cause" tour. By Rose Lilah October 10, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: June 29 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah June 29, 2014
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: March 18-24 Staff picks for the week of March 18th-24th By Trevor Smith March 25, 2013
Original Content Samples Of The Week: January 1 (Fabolous Edition) We highlight some choice samples from Fabolous' "Young OG Project." By Patrick Lyons January 01, 2015
Viral What Does SoundCloud Fame Mean In The Long Run? Virality seems to go hand-in-hand with the emergence of "SoundCloud rap." How do we determine who will fizzle out overnight and who will become a rap game fixture? By Luke Hinz March 21, 2018
Original Content What Will The Next Generation Of Rappers Sound Like? What will hip-hop's next-generation sound like? We unpack some of hip-hop's evolution to better understand where it's headed. By Karlton Jahmal March 19, 2018
Original Content #TBT: Lloyd Banks' Early Singles Following the release of "Halloween Havoc 2," we re-visit some of Lloyd Banks' earlier releases. By Chris Tart November 05, 2015