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Original Content What Can We Expect From Future's Next Album? Details are scarce on Future's next move, but here are some predictions about what it might sound like. By Patrick Lyons March 08, 2018
Original Content Happy 50th Birthday, E-40: The King Of Slang A brief overview of 40 Water's contributions to the slang lexicion. By Danny Schwartz November 15, 2017
Original Content Roddy Ricch Is Compton’s “War Baby” Compton, the city that bred Roddy Ricch, has everything and nothing to do with his success in the music industry. By Michael Kawaida March 05, 2020
Original Content Why Is T-Pain Overlooked? We examine why the "Rappa Ternt Sanga" T-Pain is still yet to get his fair share of the credit in hip-hop and R&B. By Robert Blair December 29, 2019
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 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
Reviews Gucci Mane's "Everybody Looking" (Review) He's no clone, but this is a different side of Gucci Mane than we've seen in the past. By Patrick Lyons July 26, 2016
Original Content A Brief History Of Lil Wayne Storming Off Stage Wayne isn't shy about pulling the plug on a show he's unhappy with. By Trevor Smith July 26, 2016
Original Content The 7 Best Murda Beatz Beats 22-year-old Murda Beatz has worked extensively with Migos, Drake, PartyNextDoor, and many more. By Danny Schwartz July 25, 2016
Original Content 10 Rappers' Myspace Pages Before The Fame We dug up the old Myspace profiles of 10 rappers and singers. By Patrick Lyons October 14, 2016
Original Content 5 Rappers Who Got Sober Five rappers who kicked their drug and alcohol habits. By Danny Schwartz July 20, 2016
Original Content Meet Rejjie Snow, Dublin's Rap Ambassador Rejjie Snow on getting into rap through video games, eating lunch with an unmasked DOOM, and his upcoming debut album, "Dear Annie". By Trevor Smith May 03, 2016