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Original Content Instagram Gallery: An Introduction To Polo G Polo G's just getting started. By E Gadsby September 14, 2019
Original Content Kendrick Lamar Track Bracket: Only 4 Songs Remain In Semi-Finals Vote for your favorite Kendrick Lamar song of all time! By Alex Zidel December 05, 2019
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: May 3 Kendrick Lamar tops the charts for the second consecutive week. By Chris Tart May 03, 2017
Original Content Stream Trolling: The Problem With Excessively Long Tracklists Lengthy tracklists are more than just a way to offer fans a lot of music by an artist they love; they're a tool to help achieve success as regulated by the RIAA. By Luke Hinz March 12, 2018
Original Content Tory Lanez Clarifies "Hate To Say" Lyrics, Almost-Beef With Travis Scott Tory Lanez explains the whole Travis Scott beef and how they're good now. By Chantilly Post March 03, 2018
Original Content Top 10 Up And Coming Female Rappers A comprehensive preview of the next generation of female Rap superstars. By Devon Jefferson May 20, 2018
Original Content Top Tracks: Lil Wayne, A$AP Rocky & Drake Score Big Wayne, Drizzy, Rocky, and Migos all score multiple appearances this week. By Patrick Lyons January 29, 2018
Original Content The Year of Gucci Mane This year, we witnessed Gucci Mane reinvent himself in previously-unthinkable ways. By Patrick Lyons December 06, 2017
Reviews "Atlanta" Season 2 Episode 8: Paper Boi Wakes Up Paper Boi falls down the rabbit hole, coming out the other side with a realisation we've been waiting for him to have. By Dhruva Balram April 20, 2018
Original Content #TBT: Bad Boy Records' Early Hits Bad Boy Records has had an insane run of success over the past 21 years. Nowadays they put out releases from the likes of French Montana and Janelle Monáe, but before that they put out some of the most influential hip-hop records ever made. By Chris Tart October 16, 2014
Original Content 10 Detroit Players From The Underground HotNewHipHop breaks down 10 different Detroit artists on the come-up that you should know. By Rose Lilah December 11, 2013
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week Oct. Nov. 02 to Nov. 08 Dissecting the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in rap who are on Twitter. Twitter is intriguing to fans because it offers an un-buffered forum into the minds of some of your favorite artists. The material is often raw and unfiltered, and lucky for us, most of these guys have no filter. By Rose Lilah November 08, 2012