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Original Content All Too Human: The Perfect Imperfection Of Kevin Gates Kevin Gates continues to put it all on Front Street with his upcoming debut album, "Islah." By Angus Walker October 22, 2015
Original Content Mac Miller's Journey To Finish His 3rd Studio Album Follow Mac Miller's quest to complete his 3rd studio album. By Danny Schwartz July 28, 2015
Original Content 10 Essential Kirk Knight Tracks An introduction to Pro Era's Kirk Knight. By Chris Tart October 25, 2015
Original Content Ten Essential Ratking Tracks An introduction to New York trio Ratking. By Chris Tart December 13, 2015
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip Hop Instagram Recap (Jan 2-8) Looking back at the best hip hop Instagram posts of the week. By Danny Schwartz January 09, 2016
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip Hop Instagram Recap (Nov 14-20) Looking back at some of the best hip hop Instagram posts of the week. By Danny Schwartz November 21, 2015
Reviews Review: Kid Cudi's "Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven" Cudi's latest offer is a controversial move into rock territory; is it a bold gesture or a misguided blunder? By Maxwell Cavaseno December 13, 2015
Reviews Review: Drake & Future's "What A Time To Be Alive" "Jungle" tour co-stars Drake and Future find a way to make their differences gel on the relatively brief "What A Time To Be Alive." By Patrick Lyons September 22, 2015
Original Content 10 Joint Mixtapes We Want To Hear HNHH's wishlist of collaborative tapes we'd like to hear in the near future. By Patrick Lyons October 20, 2015
Original Content 50 Cent's Effen Vs. Diddy's Ciroc: History Of An Instagram Vodka War Revisiting notable incidents from the Effen-Ciroc rivalry. By Danny Schwartz August 24, 2015
Reviews Review: Big K.R.I.T.'s "It's Better This Way" Krizzle keeps dropping music, but is less more? By Nicholas DG October 19, 2015
Profiles Behind The Beat: Murda Beatz For the latest edition of Behind the Beat, we talk to the 21-year-old Canadian trap sensation known as Murda Beatz, who's managed to become a fixture in Atlanta trap. By Angus Walker January 20, 2016