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Music “What Did I Miss?”: Drake’s "Iceman" Rollout, Wireless Festival & The Fight To Reclaim The Narrative Drake’s officially in album rollout mode, but "Iceman" will have to do more than address public fallouts to shift the narrative around his name. By Aron A. July 09, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA's Last "Grand National" Show In North America Was As Great As You'd Expect Before hitting Europe later this summer, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, and Mustard ended their North American leg with a wondrous display of balance. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 19, 2025
Reviews Review: French Montana's "Wave Gods" French Montana's "Wave Gods" sounds like the prelude to great album. By Patrick Lyons February 24, 2016
Reviews CyHi the Prynce "No Dope on Sundays" Review If I could use one word to describe "No Dope On Sundays," it would be faith. By Karlton Jahmal November 21, 2017
Original Content Love & Hip Hop ATL Episode 18 Recap: Yung Joc Pops The Question This week marks the final episode of the season and the cast members are closing in on their respective chapters. By Aida C. July 16, 2019
Original Content Kid Cudi Track Bracket: Round 2 Is Live! See which songs advanced from the first round. By Alex Zidel October 08, 2019
Reviews Kids See Ghosts "Kids See Ghosts" Review Kid Cudi and Kanye West find musical equivalency on divergent emotional paths. By Devin Ch June 14, 2018
Reviews Logic "Young Sinatra IV" Review The fourth and final installment in the "Young Sinatra" series has a nostalgic allure that is hindered by Logic's predictable missteps. By Luke Hinz October 04, 2018
Original Content Top Tracks: YoungBoy Never Broke Again Scores His First #1 With "Nicki Minaj" YoungBoy Never Broke Again's turned in some high-charting tracks this year, but "Nicki Minaj" is his first #1 on our TOP 100 chart. Here's the full top 10 breakdown. By Patrick Lyons April 23, 2018
Original Content Rihanna's 2019 Album: Everything We Know Everything we know about Rihanna's long-awaited album, dubbed "R9." By E Gadsby January 08, 2019
Sneakers Ranking The Best New And Upcoming Air Jordan 4 Releases From retros to hyped collabs, these upcoming Air Jordan 4 releases are shaping the next chapter. By Ben Atkinson August 27, 2025
Sneakers The Top 13 Air Jordan 4 Colorways Of All Time From OG sneaker icons to modern favorites, we ranked the top 13 Air Jordan 4 colorways that have been released. By Ben Atkinson August 03, 2025