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Original Content 5 Beats Lil Wayne Needs On "No Ceilings 2" Weezy needs to freestyle over these 5 beats on "No Ceilings 2." By Angus Walker November 02, 2015
Original Content 5 Artists Who Used Anonymity To Blow Up Here are 5 artists who blew up out of anonymity. By Angus Walker March 01, 2016
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 #TBT: Kanye West Features #TBT: Kanye's best guest verses. By Chris Tart March 24, 2016
Original Content 14 Things We Learned From Chance The Rapper's Zane Lowe Interview Chance The Rapper had a lot to say in his Beats 1 conversation. By Trevor Smith May 24, 2016
Original Content Tupac's Life By The Numbers Happy Birthday Pac. Look at a detailed breakdown of his career and life, by the numbers. By Rose Lilah June 16, 2016
Reviews Review: Young Thug's "Slime Season 3" Young Thug returns with "Slime Season 3," a tighter, more focused tape than "I'm Up." By Patrick Lyons March 29, 2016
Profiles Behind The Beat: Kirk Knight Kirk Knight, Pro Era's go-to beatman, discusses the rise of his Brooklyn crew, balancing rapping and producing, and his decision to make an instrumental album after last year's "Late Knight Special." By Angus Walker October 07, 2016
Original Content Hip-Hop Olympics Bracket Week 3: Views From The 6ix Is Toronto the strongest region in hip-hop history? Draft your own team in our new Bracket Competition! By Aron A. May 17, 2018
Reviews Gucci Mane's "Evil Genius" Review "Evil Genius" is one of Gucci Mane's most polished and precise projects to date, but that doesn't play to his strengths. By Patrick Lyons December 13, 2018
Original Content Top Tracks: It's a #1 Debut for 2 Chainz, Drake, and Quavo's "Bigger Than You" 2 Chainz's star-studded new single, the Drake and Quavo-assisted "Bigger Than You," lands in our top spot this week. By Patrick Lyons June 18, 2018
Original Content A$AP Rocky's New Album: Everything We Know A$AP Rocky's upcoming album is a riddle wrapped in an enigma. By Mitch Findlay March 22, 2018