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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 What’s New In Battle Rap (July 8) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden July 08, 2017
Original Content Samples Of The Week: January 29 (Lupe Fiasco Edition) This edition of Samples Of The Week breaks down the samples in Lupe Fiasco's "Tetsuo & Youth." By Patrick Lyons January 29, 2015
Original Content Hottest R&B Albums Of 2014 These were our favorite R&B projects of the year. By Mike Philson December 27, 2014
Original Content 10 Essential Diplo Productions Diplo's fattest productions. By Chris Tart March 07, 2015
Original Content 0 To 100 Moments In Hip-Hop As much as we've enjoyed the growth of hip hop music last year, we must also reflect on the sporadic moments that caught us by surprise. Peep HNHH's list of artists that flipped out, balled out, and owned the year of 2014 by going 0 to 100, real quick. By Asia Burris February 04, 2015
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip Hop Instagram Recap (Jan 16-22) Looking back at the best hip hop Instagram posts of the week. By Danny Schwartz January 23, 2016
Original Content 10 Essential Wheezy Productions We run down a few essentials from rising producer Wheezy. By Chris Tart December 28, 2015
Original Content Classic Rotation: The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Life After Death" The Notorious B.I.G. predicted his own death and conquered the world on "Life After Death." By Patrick Lyons March 25, 2017
Original Content VOTE: What Is Your Favorite Logic Project? Let us know which of Logic's many projects is your favorite. By Trevor Smith January 26, 2017
Original Content Juicy J "Highly Intoxicated" 11 Most Ratchet Lyrics We're highlighting eleven of the most typically-Juicy J-ratchet lyrics from the new mixtape "Highly Intoxicated." By Robyn Merrett September 19, 2017
Original Content 50 Cent's Top 20 Vixens 20 of the hottest vixens from 50 Cent's many music videos. By Mike De Leon April 11, 2014