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Original Content Vote: What's Your Favorite The Weeknd Album? "Trilogy," "Kiss Land," "Beauty Behind the Madness," or Starboy"? By Danny Schwartz November 28, 2016
Reviews Post Malone's "Stoney" (Review) "Stoney" is the world-weary, long-awaited debut album from the guy who brought us "White Iverson." Is he still balling hard, or does he stumble on his rush to score big? By Maxwell Cavaseno December 14, 2016
Original Content 20 Most Anticipated Projects Of 2017 20 projects from hip hop's elite that we're looking forward to hearing this year. By Patrick Lyons January 24, 2017
Reviews Kodak Black's "Painting Pictures" (Review) Kodak Black's debut album arrives amidst personal chaos and an ever-changing rap landscape. Did the Finesse Kid trick us all, or is he truly worth the hype? By Maxwell Cavaseno April 04, 2017
Original Content Why Hip Hop Suddenly Loves Heavy Metal Metal culture is more visible in hip hop than it's ever been, even if nobody in hip hop's listening to it. Denzel Curry, Robb Banks, and metal illustrator Mark Riddick weigh in on this recent phenomenon. By Patrick Lyons October 07, 2016
Sports Top 10 NBA Rookie Debuts Of All Time The 10 best NBA premieres. By Kyle Rooney October 27, 2016
Original Content 20 Rap Albums That Need Marvel Variants Albums by Action Bronson, Young Thug, and more that deserve attention from Marvel's hip hop variants series. By Patrick Lyons October 29, 2016
Profiles Meet Lotto Savage AKA "Don Slaughter," Ready To Blow Up Like 21 Less than a year after discovering music, Lotto Savage is ready to blow. We talked to the Slaughter Gang member about taking inspiration from 21 Savage, his "Don Slaughter" mixtape, his forthcoming "Lotto Krueger" tape, and the possibility of a "Freddy vs. Jason" project between him and 21. By Angus Walker August 30, 2016
Original Content 5 Things We Want From Big Sean's "I Decided" Big Sean has a lot of people to please with this next LP. By hnhh January 05, 2017
Original Content 10 Essential DeJ Loaf Tracks Get (more) acquainted with DeJ Loaf. By Danny Schwartz September 25, 2016
Profiles Behind The Beat: Swiff D Interview: Swiff D shares insight into his production for Lil Wayne and Kevin Gates, and the incomparable genius of J Dilla. By Trevor Smith September 22, 2016
Original Content Top 5 Sneaker Releases Remaining In The Month Of June Plenty of heat left this month. By Kyle Rooney June 24, 2016