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Original Content Hottest Verses Of 2017 Contrary to mass consensus, lyricism was alive and well in 2017. By Mitch Findlay December 14, 2017
Original Content Jay-Z Vs. Kanye West Beef: A History With Jay-Z's recent shots at Kanye, it would appear that The Throne is in shambles. By Mitch Findlay June 30, 2017
Original Content The Best Hip-Hop Songs Of October (On Spotify) With October turning into November, we look back at the month's best additions to our Fire Emoji playlist. By Matt F November 05, 2017
Reviews Review: Run the Jewels' (Killer Mike & El-P) "RTJ2" The third collaborative album from ATL’s most insightful shit talker, Killer Mike, and Brooklyn’s otherwordly underground producer/rapper, El-P, is their strongest yet—and one of the year’s best releases. By Angus Walker October 30, 2014
Original Content Ticket Giveaway: Chris Webby's "Chemically Imbalanced" NYC Show At S.O.B.'s Win a pair of tickets to Chris Webby's "New York album release party edition" of his "Chemically Imbalanced" tour. By Rose Lilah October 22, 2014
Reviews Review: T.I.'s "Paperwork" T.I. proves that he's still a King with the release of his ninth solo album, "Paperwork." By hnhh October 22, 2014
Original Content Top Five Reasons Common Should Be In Your Top Five We give you five reasons you should add Common to your top five. By Bruce Smith February 03, 2015
Original Content Classic Rotation: Wu-Tang Clan's "Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers" Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. Today, we take a look at Wu-Tang Clan's classic album, "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)", which dropped twenty-one years ago on November 9, 1993. By Chris Tart November 09, 2014
Original Content Ranking Nas' 12 Albums From Worst To Best Following the anniversary of Nas' seminal "Illmatic", we decide to take a look at how all his other albums stack up against it. You can probably guess what makes No. 1, but where do some of his other efforts place? By Brian Josephs April 22, 2014
Reviews Review: Tech N9ne's "Strangeulation" Tech N9ne and the Strange Music roster prove their talents on collaboration album. By Lloyd Jaffe May 07, 2014
Reviews Review: Gucci Mane’s "The State Vs. Radric Davis II" "The State Vs. Radric Davis II" is a flawed yet fulfilling trap album from the iciest rapper, Gucci Mane. By Matt Aceto January 03, 2014
Reviews Review: Drake's "Nothing Was The Same" After four years in the game, Drake sets out to prove that all of the predictions about him being the best are true. By Iva Anthony September 26, 2013