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Original Content Ranking The 2016 XXL Freshman Freestyles We list this year's XXL Freshman freestyles from worst to best. By Patrick Lyons July 05, 2016
Sports Who Had The Better Reference: Kobe Bryant Vs Steph Curry A slightly retooled edition of "Who Had The Better Verse" to commemorate Kobe Bryant's final game. By Patrick Lyons April 13, 2016
Original Content Curren$y's Top 5 Mixtapes To commemorate the prolific Spitt Andretti, we've put together a list of his top 5 mixtapes. By hnhh January 25, 2016
Original Content Where Is Nipsey Hussle? Tracking His Movements Since "Mailbox Money" Tracing Nipsey Hussle's steps since he released "Mailbox Money" on the last day of 2014. "Victory Lap" on the way... By Danny Schwartz May 05, 2016
Reviews Review: Chris Brown's "Royalty" We might see a grown Chris Brown album yet. By Alex Galbraith December 24, 2015
Original Content 140 Bars: Top Tweets Of The Week (July 25 - 31) The top tweets of this crazy week. By Patrick Lyons July 31, 2015
Original Content 10 Times Rappers Dissed Charlamagne Tha God Ten rappers who have taken aim at The Breakfast Club host Charlamagne Tha God By Patrick Lyons October 23, 2015
Reviews Review: Big K.R.I.T.'s "It's Better This Way" Krizzle keeps dropping music, but is less more? By Nicholas DG October 19, 2015
Original Content Breakout Artists Of 2015 The 15 most promising up-and-comers of the year. By Patrick Lyons December 11, 2015
Original Content #TBT: Puff Daddy's 90s Cuts After giving Bad Boy Records the TBT treatment, we're now focusing on some Puff Daddy 90s highlights. By Chris Tart November 19, 2015
Original Content 5 Things We Want From Ty Dolla $ign's "Free TC" Ty Dolla $ign gears up for his debut album "Free TC." By Danny Schwartz October 16, 2015
Original Content The 10 Craziest Tour Riders In Hip-Hop 10 artists who demand the most from the venues they perform at. By Patrick Lyons June 30, 2015