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Reviews Review: DJ Khaled's "Suffering From Success" DJ Khaled’s latest project suffers from a lot more than success. By Perry Simpson October 28, 2013
Original Content Everything We Know About ScHoolboy Q's Debut Album "Oxymoron" So Far A summary of everything we know so far about the highly anticipated debut album of Top Dawg Entertainment, ScHoolboy Q, "Oxymoron" By Mike De Leon February 07, 2014
Original Content Classic Rotation: Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" Our new "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. To kick things off, we've taken a look at Dr. Dre's indisputable classic "The Chronic", which dropped 21 years ago today, on December 15th, 1992. By TWL December 15, 2013
Original Content Ab-Soul Talks On Upcoming Project & Confusion Surrounding Title, Isaiah Rashad & "Unit 6" We chopped it up with Ab-Soul for an exclusive interview while the Carson, California native was on the Smokers Club Tour 2013. By Rose Lilah October 22, 2013
Original Content Crew Love: Odd Future Get familiar with Odd Future's many members in this week's "Crew Love," where we break down a different crew every other week. By Patrick Lyons March 03, 2014
Reviews Review: Big Sean's "Hall of Fame" Following up with the success of his debut album, Big Sean sets out to prove he deserves a spot next to some of the greatest with his sophomore album "Hall of Fame." By Iva Anthony August 27, 2013
Original Content Origins: The Samples From Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" "Origins" offers a break down of the samples in each track featured on Eminem's "Marshall Mathers LP 2." By Trevor Smith November 13, 2013
Profiles Behind The Beat: Shlohmo HNHH's series "Behind the Beat" unique producers that are looking to change the soundscape. By Angus Walker May 11, 2015
Original Content Who Had The Better Verse: Wiz Khalifa Vs. Curren$y After throwing Fabolous and Lloyd Banks in the Octagon of bars, we veer in a different direction this week and pit frequent collaborators Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y against each other. By Carl Lamarre May 11, 2015
Original Content #TBT: Nate Dogg Originals We throw it back to Nate Dogg once more, this time with his own cuts. By Chris Tart February 26, 2015
Original Content Big Sean's Best Wordplay On "Dark Sky Paradise" Sean Don's wittiest lyrics on "Dark Sky Paradise." By Angus Walker February 24, 2015
Original Content Dom Kennedy's Most In-The-Pocket Flows On the day of the release of "By Dom Kennedy," we round-up Dom's smoothest flows. By Angus Walker June 02, 2015