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Original Content 30 Years Of Cypress Hill: Sen Dog Talks DJ Muggs, Young Alchemist, & Making A Classic Debut On the 30th anniversary of "Cypress Hill," we caught up with Sen Dog to discuss the group's origin story, the vision of DJ Muggs, and his long history with The Alchemist. By Mitch Findlay August 13, 2021
Original Content Lil Dicky's "Earth" Bucks Internet Trend Of Sarcasm With Much-Needed Dose Of Sincerity Why Lil Dicky's "Earth" is important. By Sanibel Chai April 26, 2019
Original Content Nelly's "Country Grammar" Turns 19: A Timeless Classic From The Lou Nelly's "Country Grammar" remains an essential album in the hip-hop canon. By Mitch Findlay June 27, 2019
Original Content Instagram Gallery: An Introduction To Lil Tecca Lil Tecca's on his way up. By E Gadsby August 24, 2019
Original Content What Lil Uzi Vert’s "Sanguine Paradise" & "That’s A Rack" Tell Us About "Eternal Atake" We analyze the two new singles from Lil Uzi Vert to hypothesize on what "Eternal Atake" holds. By Taylor Rubright April 10, 2019
Original Content Drake Vs. Kendrick Lamar: Who Had The Better Debut Album? This time around, Drake and Kendrick Lamar go head-to-head to see who has the better debut. By Mitch Findlay September 14, 2017
Original Content Nardwuar's 5 Most Memorable Interviews Five times the Human Serviette achieved YouTube gold with rappers. By Patrick Lyons March 24, 2015
Original Content Analyzing The Hidden Influences On Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly" Looking at the less obvious influences on Kendrick Lamar's new album. By Nicholas DG March 19, 2015
Original Content #TBT: Immortal Technique Revisiting the work of Immortal Technique, who hasn't released an album in nine years. By Danny Schwartz June 01, 2017
Reviews Future's "HNDRXX" (Review) "HNDRXX" totally upends my theory about "FUTURE," and blows nearly everything Future's ever done out of the water. By Patrick Lyons February 28, 2017
Original Content #TBT: '08 Mixtape Curren$y Curren$y released 7 mixtapes in '08. Let's revisit them. By Chris Tart August 06, 2015
Original Content 10 Essential Ty Dolla $ign Hooks Listen to 10 of Ty Dolla $ign's hooks. By Danny Schwartz June 05, 2016