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Original Content Kanye West's "Yeezus:" Unpacking A Truly Divisive Album Following "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" was no easy task. By Mitch Findlay September 19, 2018
Original Content The Singles Era Is Upon Us (And What It Means For Music Consumption) Another facet of our current streaming-verse explored. By Luke Hinz September 26, 2019
Original Content 10 Beats By Nav That Bang Here are ten beats by Nav worth banging. By Anders Marshall November 15, 2017
Original Content The Phenomenal Rise Of Migos' Offset: A Timeline Since his release from jail in December of 2015, Offset of Migos has absolutely dominated the rap game. By Narsimha Chintaluri November 24, 2017
Original Content 10 Single-Producer Albums You Need To Revisit Albums that keep it low-key with just one producer and one rapper. By Vince Rick November 13, 2017
Profiles Behind The Beat: FARRI FARRI is thinking about skipping prom so he can produce the soundtrack for it instead. By Narsimha Chintaluri April 20, 2017
Original Content Why Ice Cube Is One Of The Greatest Of All Time A case for Ice Cube as one of hip hop's GOATs. By Patrick Lyons October 14, 2017
Original Content Artists To Watch In 2014 A selection of some of the artists you may want to keep an eye on in 2014. By Trevor Smith January 15, 2014
Original Content 15 People, Places & Things Tyler, The Creator Disses On "Cherry Bomb" Who got thrown under the bus on "Cherry Bomb"? By Patrick Lyons April 13, 2015
Original Content The Evolution Of Wale Tracing Wale's career progression from hipster favorite to MMG signee to "The Album About Nothing." By Patrick Lyons March 05, 2015
Original Content 5 Underrated Big Boi Tracks Salute to one of the most underrated rappers in the game. By Mitch Findlay June 20, 2017
Reviews Drake's "More Life" (Review) Drake's eclectic "More Life" is too scattered to be a classic, but it's just what he needed after "Views." By Patrick Lyons March 23, 2017