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Reviews Review: Nispey Hussle's "Crenshaw" Does Nipsey prove he’s worth the buzz with this new mixtape, "Crenshaw"? By Perry Simpson October 15, 2013
Original Content Hottest Albums Of 2014 HotNewHipHop counts down the Hottest Albums of 2014. By Trevor Smith December 30, 2014
Reviews Review: 2 Chainz's "Freebase" EP Bangers, bangers and more bangers on 2 Chainz's "Freebase" EP. By Lloyd Jaffe May 11, 2014
Reviews Review: ScHoolboy Q's "Oxymoron" "Oxymoron", the third studio album by ScHoolboy Q, makes you want to blast it, driving around in your whip with the windows down, blunt in hand, chilling with the boys. It's the kind of album that you rarely get; the no-holds-barred rap where ScHoolboy goes wild on rhymes that come straight, unfiltered from his mind into the mic. By Dhruva Balram deleted February 26, 2014
Original Content Instagram Gallery: Ashanti Looking Thick We take a quick look at the thickness of Ashanti. By E Gadsby June 02, 2019
Original Content Drake, E-40 & Lil Nas X Dominate This Week's "FIRE EMOJI" Playlist Tune in to our weekly mix of the biggest rap and R&B tracks. By Devin Ch June 22, 2019
Original Content From Lil Wayne To Meek Mill: 7 TIDAL X Benefit Concert Highlights A night in the heart of Brooklyn yielded plenty of unforgettable moments. By Luke Hinz October 25, 2018
Original Content Top Tracks: Future, Chance The Rapper & King Louie's "My Peak" Debuts At #1 As is only right for a song called "My Peak," Future, Chance, and King Louie's new song debuts at #1. By Patrick Lyons May 14, 2018
Reviews Young Thug "On The Rvn" Review “On The Rvn,” Young Thug’s latest in a string of relatively minor releases, is his best solo offering of 2018. By Narsimha Chintaluri September 26, 2018
Tech What Is Shadow Banning? How The Instagram Practice Can Affect An Artist In an era where social media is one of an artist's most pivotal tools, we look at how Instagram's penchant for "shadow banning" rappers may have a detrimental effect on their livelihoods. By Robert Blair October 02, 2019
Original Content Who Will Be Soundcloud's Next Star? Here Are 10 Contenders We take a look at the artists who have a chance to become Soundcloud's next star. By Alphonse Pierre June 04, 2018
Sports WWE Needs To Take John Cena's Advice As his career winds down, John Cena may have given out the the key to WWE's prosperity for decades to come. By Robert Blair July 26, 2019