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Original Content Happy Birthday Miles: 10 Miles Davis Samples In Hip-Hop We take a look at Miles Davis' infiltration of hip-hop. By Chris Tart May 26, 2015
Original Content Young Thug Goes To The Zoo: The Best Animal Metaphors On "Barter 6" Young Thug shows love to all sorts of animals on "Barter 6." By Angus Walker April 22, 2015
Original Content The Vince Staples Theory We take a look at the mindset of Vince Staples. By Chris Tart November 03, 2015
Original Content Classic Rotation: Common's "Be" It's been 10 years since Common's "Be." By Chris Tart May 24, 2015
Original Content 10 Essential Amir Obe Tracks An introduction to Detroit rapper, Amir Obè . By Chris Tart August 16, 2015
Original Content Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums Of 2015 (So Far) Looking back at the year that's spoiled us thus far. By Nicholas DG June 17, 2015
Original Content 5 Things To Know About The Sauce Twinz Get familiar with Sauce Walka and Sancho Saucey, aka the Sauce Twinz. By Angus Walker October 05, 2015
Original Content Top 5 "Shook Ones" Freestyles Check out the top five freestyles to Mobb Deep's legendary "Shook Ones (Pt. II)". By Angus Walker March 30, 2015
Original Content The Best Tupac Shakur Tributes Looking at the best musical tributes to Tupac on the 19 anniversary of his death. By Chris Tart September 13, 2015
Reviews Review: K Camp's "Only Way Is Up" With his debut album finally out, K Camp seems intent to be more than just another 'here today, gone tomorrow' character. But will "Only Way Is Up" prove to the public that he's the future star he wants to be? By Maxwell Cavaseno September 11, 2015
Original Content Hip-Hop Albums That Represent Major Cities We take a look at a variety hip-hop albums that work as soundtracks for specific cities. By Scott Glaysher August 18, 2015
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: July 11 A look at this week's rap and R&B sales and chart placements. By Trevor Smith July 12, 2015