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Reviews Review: Royce Da 5'9"s "Layers" Royce Da 5'9"s mind is bursting with ideas on the sprawling "Layers." By Patrick Lyons April 20, 2016
Original Content Top Tracks: Chris Brown & Drake Dominate With "No Guidance" Chris Brown and Drake's new collab, "No Guidance," easily grabs our #1 spot this week. By Patrick Lyons June 10, 2019
Reviews Future "BEASTMODE 2" Review With Zaytoven as his guide, Future dives deep into the bottomless well that is his tortured soul. By Narsimha Chintaluri July 11, 2018
Gaming New Nintendo Switch Games (October 2023) From "Detective Pikachu Returns" to "Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1," Nintendo Switch has a stacked fall release schedule. By Jake Skudder September 23, 2023
Original Content Top Tracks: December 5 - December 11 YG and Lil Wayne's surprise collab rockets up our Top Tracks list this week. By Patrick Lyons December 12, 2016
Original Content 10 Essential Lucki Eck$ Tracks Lucki Eck$ is different. With a style completely his own, the young, Chicago-based MC has set himself up for a huge 2015. But first, let's look at his body of work thus far. By Chris Tart November 23, 2014
Original Content VOTE: What's Your Favorite Kid Cudi Project? Cast your vote. By Danny Schwartz December 19, 2016
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: December 14 The Weeknd falls to a new lord of the charts. By Chris Tart December 14, 2016
Reviews Review: Tech N9ne's "Strangeulation" Tech N9ne and the Strange Music roster prove their talents on collaboration album. By Lloyd Jaffe May 07, 2014
Sports Five Colleges Bronny James Jr. Could Play For Bronny James Jr. will have a big decision to make soon. By Alexander Cole April 10, 2022
Original Content Young Thug, EarthGang & Wiz Khalifa Conquer This Week's "FIRE EMOJI" Playlist Tune in to our weekly mix of the biggest rap and R&B tracks. By Devin Ch February 09, 2019
Original Content Lil Wayne's "Sorry 4 The Wait 2" By The Numbers A break down of Wayne's latest mixtape by the numbers. By Mike De Leon January 22, 2015