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Original Content Take A Stand On Nicki Minaj: Does She Make Your Top 50? Nicki Minaj has proven to be a uniquely divisive voice. By Mitch Findlay October 08, 2019
Original Content Does Drake's "Omertá" Put Him Back In The "Best Bars" Discussion? Drake's "Omertá" reminded the masses what he's capable of, but is it enough? By Mitch Findlay June 18, 2019
Original Content Quick Or Classic: What's Best For An Album? Does hastened album creation result in classics? By Robert Blair June 19, 2019
Original Content Top Tracks: Logic's "Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind" Is #1 This Week The title track from Logic's upcoming album, "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," debuts at #1 on our chart. By Patrick Lyons March 25, 2019
Original Content How Ice Cube's "No Vaseline" Sets The Standard For Diss Tracks Nearly 30 years on since its release, we take a look at why Ice Cube's retort to his former NWA collaborators is still heralded as the greatest diss track of all time. By Robert Blair October 29, 2019
Original Content 50 Cent, Young Thug & Tory Lanez Conquer This Week's "FIRE EMOJI" Playlist Tune in to our weekly mix of the biggest rap and R&B tracks. By Devin Ch July 13, 2019
TV Michael Blanco, Son Of Griselda, Has Seen It All: His 2pac Connection & Redefining The Blanco Name INTERVIEW: The star of "Cartel Crew" also shares why he would want Tupac and 50 Cent to be on the soundtrack of Griselda Blanco's life. By Erika Marie October 07, 2019
Original Content Top Tracks: Kodak Black's "Expeditiously" Wallops The Competition Kodak Black's "Expeditiously," a response to T.I., gets three times the views of its closest competitor in this week's Top Tracks. By Patrick Lyons April 22, 2019
Original Content The Pitfalls Of Positivity: On Chance The Rapper & The Marketing Of Joy When did the public start turning on Chance the Rapper? By Noah C September 24, 2019
Original Content Quando Rondo Flosses While Flexing Necessities: Backwoods & 2 Phones Quando Rondo keeps his two phones, backwoods, raw papers, cologne, bandanas, and more on him at all times of the day. By Alex Zidel February 13, 2020
Music Lil Uzi Vert, Jeezy & Missy Elliott Conquer This Week's "FIRE EMOJI" Playlist Tune in to our weekly mix of the biggest rap and R&B tracks. By Devin Ch August 24, 2019
Original Content Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's "E. 1999 Eternal" Turns 24: A Dark & Melodic Masterpiece Bone Thugs perfected the art of gritty, gothic, gangsta rap. By Mitch Findlay July 25, 2019