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Original Content Nas Vs. Big L: Who Had The Better Debut Album? Two East Coast legends square off in the latest installment of our Debut Album Versus series. By Matt F November 27, 2017
Original Content Nelly Vs. T.I.: Who Had The Better Debut Album? This week, Nelly's "Country Grammar" squares off against T.I.'s "I'm Serious." By Mitch Findlay October 25, 2017
Reviews A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie's "The Bigger Artist" Review A Boogie establishes himself as a New York rap star on "The Bigger Artist." By Alphonse Pierre October 04, 2017
Reviews A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie "Hoodie SZN" Review On his sophomore effort, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie attests to all that makes him out as a unique force in hip-hop with the ambitious "Hoodie SZN." By Robert Blair December 28, 2018
Original Content The A$AP Rocky Generation: How Flacko Influenced Modern Hip-Hop Far from just remolding The Dirty South's sound or serving as a fashion icon, A$AP Rocky's influence over current culture runs deep. By Robert Blair January 18, 2019
Profiles Behind The Beat: Reazy Renegade Meet the man behind Ace Hood's "Starvation" series: We the Best producer Reazy Renegade. By Angus Walker October 21, 2015
Profiles Behind The Beat: Sonny Digital Sonny Digital is trying to escape the Matrix. By hnhh June 15, 2016
Original Content #TBT: Early ScHoolboy Q 10 great tracks from ScHoolboy Q's career up until 2011. By Danny Schwartz July 14, 2016
Original Content 10 Producer Remixes That Were Better Than The Original Just when you thought the song was perfect... By Chris Tart April 12, 2015
Original Content Notorious B.I.G.: Master Storyteller On the 18th anniversary of The Notorious B.I.G.'s tragic death, we revisit his most riveting stories. By Angus Walker March 09, 2015
Original Content #TBT: Geto Boys Looking back at 10 of the Geto Boys' best songs from 1990 to 2005. By Danny Schwartz May 04, 2017
Original Content Top 10: Drake Deep Cuts For this week's Top 10 we take a cue from Drake and count down some of his best throwaways. By hnhh October 28, 2014