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Original Content Top 5 Lil Wayne Verses On Hot Boys' Songs In anticipation for the Hot Boys reunion going down at Lil Weezyana Fest today, we take a look at some of Lil Wayne's best verses on Hot Boy records. By Scott Glaysher August 28, 2015
Reviews Review: Young Thug's "Slime Season" By Scott Glaysher September 22, 2015
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip Hop Instagram Recap (August 15-21) Looking back at some of the best hip hop Instagram posts of the week. By Danny Schwartz August 22, 2015
Reviews Review: Future's "Dirty Sprite 2" Is Future's Sprite a bit too muddy, or did he deliver as expected on "Dirty Sprite 2"? By Esiwahomi July 21, 2015
Reviews Review: Public Enemy's "Man Plans God Laughs" Is "Man Plans God Laughs" deserving of Public Enemy's Hall of Fame title? By Nicholas DG July 18, 2015
Reviews Review: K Camp's "Only Way Is Up" With his debut album finally out, K Camp seems intent to be more than just another 'here today, gone tomorrow' character. But will "Only Way Is Up" prove to the public that he's the future star he wants to be? By Maxwell Cavaseno September 11, 2015
Reviews Review: Tyler, The Creator's "Cherry Bomb" "Cherry Bomb"—the fourth studio album from Odd Future head honcho Tyler, the Creator—is frequently loud, occasionally soothing, and a bit frustrating. By Perry Simpson April 16, 2015
Original Content The 10 Best Movie Cameos By Rappers The ten best instances of rappers randomly showing up in Hollywood flicks. By Patrick Lyons March 17, 2015
Original Content 10 Hip-Hop Artists Who Blew Up Off A Mixtape We peep ten hip-hop artists who got famous thanks to one dope mixtape. By Newton Stern September 08, 2014
Reviews Review: B.o.B.'s "No Genre 2" Three years, two albums and two mixtapes after dropping his first “No Genre” mixtape, B.o.B. returns with a worthy sequel. Can B.o.B be contained in one genre? By Chris Richburg July 14, 2014
Original Content 5 Christian Hip-Hop Artists Infiltrating The Mainstream You’ve seen Christian rapper headlines in increasing numbers over the past five years, and much more so in the past 12 months. Turns out Christian Hip-Hop has a large enough fan base to land rappers on the Billboard charts next to Rick Ross, Drake, and Kendrick Lamar. By Chad Horton June 04, 2014
Original Content Top 10: Jay Z's Best Post-Retirement Verses Come get your Monday Top 10 list fix as we run through the best Jay Z verses since he came back like Jordan, wearing the 4-5 (it ain't to play games with you). By hnhh August 04, 2014