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Original Content Top Tracks: June 27 - July 3 DJ Khaled, Joe Budden, and Rae Sremmurd crack the top five in this week's Top Tracks list. By Patrick Lyons July 04, 2016
Original Content Valee Names The Dopest Thing About Being Signed To G.O.O.D. Music Valee speaks on playing his music for Kanye West and how Chicago has influenced him. By Alex Zidel August 07, 2019
Original Content The Rap Yearbook: Instagram 2017 Some of the biggest hip hop moments of 2017. By Chantilly Post December 20, 2017
Original Content Jay 305 Speaks On "Taking All Bets," Unreleased Collaboration With Future Jay 305, the latest subject of our On The Come Up video series, speaks on unreleased work with Future and a would-be appearance on Kendrick Lamar's album. By Rose Lilah April 15, 2015
Original Content What Would A Joe Budden Rap Comeback Sound Like In 2020? The time has come for some "new Joe Budden." By Mitch Findlay November 29, 2019
Original Content 3 New Artists You Should Hear Today we're bringing you newly-discovered sounds from Tatted Tez, Cadillac Freeze and Noah & Shagabond. By Rose Lilah December 20, 2018
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: June 6 to June 12 Welcome to this week’s ‘140 Bars Or Less’ post where we look at the “best-in tweet” in the world of Hip Hop. This week Rihanna talks ‘shit’, Freddie Gibbs puts out a hit, and Ice-T tells folks to put some damn pants on. By Rose Lilah June 17, 2012
Original Content Top Tracks: DJ Mustard's Mega Posse Cut "100 Bands" Debuts At #1 "100 Bands," DJ Mustard's star-studded new single featuring YG, 21 Savage, Quavo, and Meek Mill, hits #1 on our weekly chart. By Patrick Lyons May 13, 2019
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip Hop Instagram Recap (July 11-17) Some of the best hip hop Instagram posts of the week. By Danny Schwartz July 18, 2015
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: April 6 A weekly summary of hip-hop and r'n'b album sales. By Chris Tart April 06, 2016
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: August 3 Take a look at the performance of hip-hop and r'n'b albums this past week. By Chris Tart August 03, 2016
Original Content Top 10 Best Holiday Raps A collection of hip-hop records to get you in the holiday spirit. By Alex Galbraith December 24, 2014