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Original Content Top 10: Hottest Songs Of 2014 So Far There's been a ton of dope tracks so far in 2k14, and for today's Top 10 we're running through the best of the best! By hnhh August 20, 2014
Original Content Can Hip-Hop Stop The Violence In Chicago? Over Memorial Day weekend Chance The Rapper started the #SaveChicago campaign to curb violence in the "Windy City." With more meaningful new artists coming from that region than ever before, can there be a unified movement for peace in the streets of "Chiraq?" By Jake Rohn July 16, 2014
Original Content 30 NBA-Inspired Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 V2 Concepts Yeezy Boosts for all 30 NBA teams. By Kyle Rooney September 23, 2016
Original Content #TBT: AZ's Early Cuts AZ is one of the main players on Ghostface Killah's upcoming "36 Seasons" records, but he also had a helping hand at making "Illmatic" legendary. Let's revisit some of AZ's early cuts. By Chris Tart December 04, 2014
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: September 28 Mac Miller makes an impressive debut, but can't knock Drake from the top spot. By Chris Tart September 28, 2016
Original Content Crew Love: Awful Records Meet the fifteen members of Atlanta's most idiosyncratic crew, Awful Records. By Patrick Lyons February 09, 2015
Original Content The "Hot Nigga" Freestyles: Vote For Your Favorite Bobby Shmurda's breakout hit, "Hot Nigga," now has attracted freestyles from a number of high-profile artists, making it time to choose your favorite. By Patrick Lyons August 07, 2014
Reviews Drake Talks Sh*t, Kills With Softness At Madison Square Garden (Review) Drake used his pop stardom to declare ownership of (the new) New York at night 1 of the "Summer Sixteen" tour at Madison Square Garden. By Angus Walker August 05, 2016
Original Content VERY HOTTTTT: Music Video Recap A look back at the hottest videos you may have missed in 2015. By Mike De Leon March 20, 2015
Original Content Top Tracks: June 20 - June 26 Some powerful collabs break into our Top Tracks list this week. By Patrick Lyons June 27, 2016
Original Content Samples Of The Week: February 27 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons February 27, 2014
Original Content Analyzing "To Pimp A Butterfly" Against "At.Long.Last.A$AP" Is there more in common with the two top releases of 2015 thus far than meets the eye? We dig deeper to see. By Nicholas DG June 02, 2015