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Original Content Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter V": A Refresher A reminder of what to expect from Lil Wayne's long-awaited swansong. By Trevor Smith September 14, 2016
Original Content A Timeline Of The Throne: How Kanye West & Jay Z's Album Came To Be Watch The Throne is 5 years old, but the story of its two creators is much older. By Trevor Smith August 09, 2016
Reviews Young Thug's "No, My Name Is Jeffery" (Review) Young Thug levels up on "No, My Name Is Jeffery." By Patrick Lyons September 01, 2016
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (April 16) Jay Z, Kendrick, Justin Bieber and Post Malone ruled the 'Gram this week. By Mike De Leon April 16, 2016
Sports TBT: Remembering Brandon Jennings' Under Armour Prototype 2 "Double Nickel" One of UA's best basketball sneakers ever. By Kyle Rooney July 07, 2016
Reviews Review: Kevin Gates' "Murder For Hire 2" Kevin Gates delivers his most stylistically consistent tape yet, though "Murder For Hire 2" does lack a bit of excitement. By Patrick Lyons June 04, 2016
Reviews Review: Kendrick Lamar's "Untitled Unmastered" Kendrick Lamar delivers a looser, more freewheeling set of tunes on "untitled unmastered." By Patrick Lyons March 09, 2016
Original Content Top Tracks: April 25 - May 1 Beyoncé, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and more chart new tracks in our Top Ten. By Patrick Lyons May 02, 2016
Original Content Hottest Album Covers Of 2015 Celebrating the best hip hop cover art of 2015. By Danny Schwartz December 22, 2015
Original Content Classic Rotation: Outkast "Aquemini" 17 years ago today, OutKast released "Aquemini." We take a look back for Classic Rotation. By Chris Tart September 29, 2015
Original Content 7 Hip-Hop Biopics We Want to See Straight Outta Adaptations. By Nicholas DG September 02, 2015
Original Content How To Make A Double Disc Rap Album That Doesn't Suck We look at the formulas behind the best hip hop double albums of all time. By Patrick Lyons September 23, 2015