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Original Content Charts Don't Lie: September 21 "VIEWS" is the top-selling rap album this week. By Chris Tart September 21, 2016
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: July 13 A weekly look at the performance of r'n'b and hip-hop albums on the Billboard 200. By Chris Tart July 13, 2016
Profiles In Conversation With Gallant: A Powerful Voice Searches For Self-Improvement The Maryland songwriter explains the vulnerability of falsetto and why Prince is the indisputable GOAT. By Trevor Smith July 12, 2016
Original Content 4th Of July Playlist We put together some recent summer jams to get your Independence Day party started. By Trevor Smith July 04, 2016
Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (June 17) Our weekly Staff Picks round-up. By Rose Lilah June 17, 2016
Original Content Hey Mama: Ty Dolla $ign, Wiz Khalifa & Others Reveal Their First Big Purchase For Their Mom Here's how 13 rappers showed their mom love after they found success. Happy Mother's Day y'all. By Danny Schwartz May 08, 2016
Profiles Meet THEY.: Mysterious R&B Duo INTERVIEW: Overnight R&B success THEY. discuss their debut EP "Nu Religion," life on tour with Bryson Tiller, and what they have in store next... By Danny Schwartz April 12, 2016
Original Content Top Tracks: March 14 - 20 Toronto wins big in this mid-March edition of Top Tracks. By Patrick Lyons March 21, 2016
Original Content 10 Classic Mixtapes That Still Haven't Hit Streaming Platforms Some of the best Hip-Hop and R&B projects of the late 2000s and early 2010s were free mixtapes, but many of those classics are still not available to stream on DSPs to this day. By Joshua Robinson September 28, 2022
Original Content What Has Diddy Done For R&B? Whether or not you agree with Diddy's argument that R&B is dead, there's no debating the music mogul's impact on the genre. By Joshua Robinson August 25, 2022
Original Content Top 5 Rapper Freestyles From Adin Ross' Twitch Stream Adin Ross has had some pretty incredible moments with artists on his stream. By Alexander Cole January 31, 2022
Original Content 6ix9ine & Lil Durk Beef: A Brief History Here’s everything we know about the beef between 6ix9ine and Lil Durk. By Jordan Schenkman May 10, 2022