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Reviews Review: Curren$y's "The Drive In Theatre" Curren$y delivers a cool, refreshing mixtape with "The Drive In Theatre", which is yet another to add to his ever-expanding catalogue. By Matt Aceto February 17, 2014
Profiles Meet Saba: Gifted Rapper/Producer From Chicago's West Side INTERVIEW: Saba discusses performing with Chance the Rapper on Colbert and growing up in Chicago in a musical family. By Danny Schwartz March 22, 2016
Original Content Top 5 Meek Mill Freestyles We rank Meek Mill's top 5 freestyles. By Angus Walker May 19, 2015
Original Content 10 Essential Books For Your Hip-Hop Reading List These titles by both rappers and hip-hop personalities should be at the top of your fall reading list. By Joseph Coffey-Slattery September 18, 2018
Original Content It's Yo Birthday: Top 10 Trey Songz Tracks R&B star Trey Songz turns 28 today and in another edition of "It's Yo Birthday", we broke down ten of his most popular tracks. By Dhruva Balram deleted November 28, 2012
Reviews Jay Rock's "Redemption" (Review) Jay Rock shrugs off the delays that plagued his early career and settles into another quietly amazing album. By Patrick Lyons June 20, 2018
Original Content #TBT: Shawty Lo Remembering the best of Shawty Lo. By Danny Schwartz September 29, 2016
Reviews Review: Rick Ross' "Mastermind" Album After a few setbacks, Rick Ross finally delivers "Mastermind," his sixth solo album that truly shows he is a master at what he does. By Iva Anthony March 04, 2014
Profiles Meet THEY.: Mysterious R&B Duo INTERVIEW: Overnight R&B success THEY. discuss their debut EP "Nu Religion," life on tour with Bryson Tiller, and what they have in store next... By Danny Schwartz April 12, 2016
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
Original Content Big Sean's Best Wordplay On "Dark Sky Paradise" Sean Don's wittiest lyrics on "Dark Sky Paradise." By Angus Walker February 24, 2015
Reviews Review: Wu-Tang Clan's "A Better Tomorrow" Wu-Tang Clan released "A Better Tomorrow," the proper follow-up to 2007's "8 Diagrams." While new Wu-Tang material is definitely a cause for celebration, the album may fall short of expectations. By Chris Tart December 05, 2014