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Reviews DMX "Exodus" Album Review Amidst a slew of guest appearances, DMX's "Exodus" shines whenever the legendary MC steps to the mic. By Mitch Findlay June 05, 2021
Original Content Doja Cat’s Funniest TikToks Rapper Doja Cat has been trending on TikTok’s For You page, and it hasn’t necessarily been for her music. By Jordan Schenkman March 19, 2022
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: Pusha-T, Kendrick Lamar & SAINt JHN Come Through BROCKHAMPTON, Jeezy, and Vince Staples' new releases round out this week. By Alex Zidel August 28, 2019
Original Content The Singles Era Is Upon Us (And What It Means For Music Consumption) Another facet of our current streaming-verse explored. By Luke Hinz September 26, 2019
Original Content J. Cole's "The Fall Off" & The Curse Of Expectation Ahead of two new singles from "The Fall Off," J. Cole must once again grapple with the expectations that tend to surround him ahead of a big release. By Mitch Findlay July 22, 2020
Original Content The Streaming "Game Of Thrones": Drake & Apple Music Vs. Jay-Z & TIDAL The state of the music industry's two newest streaming services. By Nicholas DG July 07, 2015
Original Content 30 Things We Learned From Jay-Z Twitter Q&A A carefully compiled list of 30 tweets from Jay Z's Q&A session on Twitter- #factsonly. Also give us your vote on who had the better album; was it Hova or Yeezy? By Alex S July 09, 2013
Reviews Childish Gambino's "Awaken, My Love!" (Review) Donald Glover ditches the rapping, winds up with the best (musical) work of his career. By Patrick Lyons December 07, 2016
Original Content Classic Rotation: Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" Our new "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. To kick things off, we've taken a look at Dr. Dre's indisputable classic "The Chronic", which dropped 21 years ago today, on December 15th, 1992. By TWL December 15, 2013
Original Content Ab-Soul Talks On Upcoming Project & Confusion Surrounding Title, Isaiah Rashad & "Unit 6" We chopped it up with Ab-Soul for an exclusive interview while the Carson, California native was on the Smokers Club Tour 2013. By Rose Lilah October 22, 2013
Original Content Rise & Grind: Lakeyah On Quality Control Labelmates, 42 Dugg Collab & Nicki Minaj As A GOAT Wisconsin’s slam poet-turned-rapper Lakeyah is still riding high off of the release of her Quality Control debut, “Time’s Up.” She joins us for this week’s edition of Rise & Grind where she details a night out with the City Girls, Pee’s guidance, and manifesting a collaboration with Nicki Minaj. By Aron A. February 22, 2021
Original Content How Should 50 Cent Respond To Young Buck's Diss Tracks? With Young Buck going on the offensive, 50 Cent has a choice to make. By Mitch Findlay June 26, 2019