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Original Content What Lil Uzi Vert’s "Sanguine Paradise" & "That’s A Rack" Tell Us About "Eternal Atake" We analyze the two new singles from Lil Uzi Vert to hypothesize on what "Eternal Atake" holds. By Taylor Rubright April 10, 2019
Original Content Examining B.O.B's Career: Billboard, Blackballed, And Bouncing Back Did B.O.B truly "fall off" or was it all a plot of his own devising? By Robert Blair January 22, 2019
Original Content T.I. & Tiny: Friends And Family Hustle Episode 4 Recap: Reginae Carter & YFN Lucci On The Rocks Our weekly catch-up on last night's "T.I. & Tiny: Friends and Family Hustle" episode. By E Gadsby May 07, 2019
Original Content The Best Hip-Hop Mashups From The Millennium We run through some of the best mash-ups from the mid-aughts. By Taylor Rubright May 19, 2019
Reviews Pivot Gang "You Can't Sit With Us" Review From out of the depths of Chi-Town's fruitful underground, Pivot Gang have staked their claim for domination on the incredible "You Can't Sit With Us." By Robert Blair April 25, 2019
Original Content Hip Hop's Newest Wave: Tracing The Influences Of Polo G, Lil Tjay, Calboy A generation removed from Chief Keef, the stunning transformation of street rap has revealed something much more than just the next iteration of Chicago drill. By Luke Hinz September 10, 2019
Original Content Happy Birthday Kendrick Lamar: "Pulitizer Kenny" Turns 32 One of hip-hop's all-time best writers gets a little wiser. By Mitch Findlay June 17, 2019
Original Content Female Voices Are Dominating The Hip-Hop Landscape The hip-hop landscape is currently ripe with female artists, doing whatever it is they want to do. By Talia Smith April 24, 2019
Original Content Trouble's Reality Is Rare: "Edgewood's" Darkness, Embracing OG Status, & Upcoming Album EXCLUSIVE: Trouble exemplifies "Real Is Rare" with every move. By Mitch Findlay September 10, 2019
Profiles D Savage Reflects On Tyler, The Creator's Tutelage, Ty Dolla $ign Collab & More In "On The Come Up" D Savage reflects on "SoundCloud Rap" label, Tyler The Creator's musical prowess, and more in "On The Come Up." By Mitch Findlay January 30, 2019
Original Content Cash Money's "Bling Bling" & The Beginning Of An Era From a Lil Wayne chorus to an inescapable cultural phenomenon, we reflect on the "Bling Bling" era. By Luke Hinz January 02, 2019
Original Content How Modern Hip-Hop's Disrespect Reflects The Spirit Of Punk Music Rather than following hip-hop's treasured code of conduct, today's rappers are echoing the early days of punk rock. By Robert Blair April 12, 2019