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Original Content Smoove'L Praises Roddy Ricch's Sound & Album, Talks Mending Things With Pop Smoke For Day 11 of our 12 Days Of Christmas series, we caught up with Smoove’L to discuss his latest project "Ice Cups & Shootouts," reaching out to Pop Smoke on the night of his death, and meeting A$AP Rocky. By Aron A. December 23, 2020
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: April 13 A weekly look at how many units hip-hop and r'n'b albums are selling, as well as their chart position. By Chris Tart April 13, 2016
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: April 13 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah April 13, 2014
Original Content R&Bieber: "Yummy" Is Uninspiring But Packaged To Sell Justin Bieber’s hiatus, return and musical direction moving forward as his album looms. By Michael Kawaida January 07, 2020
Sports 10 NFL Teams With A Legitimate Shot At Winning The Super Bowl This season is about to be one for the history books. By Alexander Cole September 05, 2019
Original Content The Discovery Channel Playlist Ep. 2 & Our New Year's Resolution We're bringing back The Discovery Channel playlist as we approach the New Year. By Rose Lilah December 24, 2018
Original Content Samples Of The Week: January 22 (Joey Bada$$ Edition) We highlight some choice samples from Joey Bada$$' "B4.Da.$$." By Patrick Lyons January 22, 2015
Original Content The Best Hip Hop Songs (On Spotify) Of August 2016 The most fire songs to come out this month: Young Thug, Vince Staples, Tory Lanez, & much more. By Danny Schwartz August 31, 2016
Original Content Top 10 Moments From The 2015 MTV VMAs Here are the top 10 notable moments (both good and bad) from the not-so-hip-hop 2015 VMA's. By Gark Mavigan August 31, 2015
Original Content Quando Rondo Talks Learning To Rap In Juvie, Concocting Pink Lean & More In "On The Come Up" "The goal is to have twenty plaques, ten mixtapes, five albums, thirty-million dollars, five houses." By Mitch Findlay July 04, 2019
Songs Top 10 Songs To Turn Up To For New Year's Eve There are plenty of turn-up songs to put on the playlist heading into the new year. Here, we present you a short list of the musts. By Brian Josephs December 30, 2014
Original Content Hip-Hop Olympics Week 6: Chicago The Homecoming Is Chicago the most impactful intersection in hip-hop history? Draft your own team in our new Bracket Competition! By Devin Ch June 15, 2018