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Reviews "Atlanta" Season Finale: Earn's Redemption Arc In the season finale of "Atlanta," the storylines wrap up neatly, leaving us rooting for each of the characters. By Dhruva Balram May 11, 2018
Original Content Is G.O.O.D. Music A Good Label? 5 Artists Whose Careers Stalled While Signed Examining five careers that stalled, hit roadblocks or faded out on G.O.O.D. By Patrick Lyons August 05, 2015
Original Content 10 Essential Skepta Tracks North London's grime star gets the essential tracks treatment. By Chris Tart March 22, 2015
Original Content Happy Birthday, T.I.: Revisiting 10 Tracks From His Prime The best of T.I. from 2003 to 2006. By Danny Schwartz September 25, 2017
Original Content We Never Gonna Die: Kanye West & The Celebrities Of The "Famous" Video How did Kanye West pick the celebrities included in his controversial "Famous" video? By Danny Schwartz June 27, 2016
Profiles Meet Jon Bellion, The Co-Writer Of Eminem's "The Monster" HotNewHipHop talks with singer/songwriter Jon Bellion about getting writing credits on Eminem's single with Rihanna "The Monster," as well as the plans he has for his own music. By Rose Lilah November 04, 2013
Original Content 10 Essential Tink Tracks We break down Tink's most essential cuts. By Chris Tart April 06, 2015
Original Content #TBT: Future Revisiting Future's music from his 2010 debut mixtape "1000" to his 2012 debut album "Pluto." By Danny Schwartz October 06, 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 The 5 Best Lil Uzi Vert x Maaly Raw Collaborations Lil Uzi Vert and Maaly Raw are frequent collaborators that have come up together. Here we look at five of their dopest collabs. By Rose Lilah April 18, 2016
Profiles Meet Saba: Gifted Rapper/Producer From Chicago's West Side INTERVIEW: Saba discusses performing with Chance the Rapper on Colbert and growing up in Chicago in a musical family. By Danny Schwartz March 22, 2016
Original Content Classic Rotation: Jay Z's "The Blueprint" We re-visit Jay Z's classic album, The Blueprint, on the day it was released 14 years ago. By Chris Tart September 11, 2015