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Original Content Quiz: Which Black Hippy Member Are You? Find out if you're more like K. Dot, Groovy Q, Jay Rock or Soul Brotha #2. By Aron A. July 14, 2019
Original Content T.I.'s Most Savage Instagram Clapbacks When it comes to mercilessly roasting his foes, T.I. leaves no stone unturned. By E Gadsby April 11, 2019
Original Content Denzel Curry, Kevin Gates & Tee Grizzley Conquer This Week's "FIRE EMOJI" Playlist Tune in to our weekly mix of the biggest rap and R&B tracks. By Devin Ch June 01, 2019
Original Content New Music Friday: Hottest New Songs & Albums From Gunna, The Weeknd, & More Listen to all of the hottest new hip-hop and R&B music that dropped this week, including Gunna, The Weeknd, and more. By Alex Zidel January 07, 2022
Original Content Rap Industry Recap: January Your monthly recap of what went down in the hip-hop industry. By Chris Tart February 02, 2015
Original Content 15 Of Big L's Best Lines Here is a list of some of Big L's best lines, in honor of the 15th anniversary of his death. By Rula Al-Nasrawi February 20, 2014
Original Content 10 Best Superhero Video Games Of All Time From 'Arkham City' to 'Spider-Man 2', these are the greatest superhero games ever. By Karlton Jahmal December 05, 2017
Original Content The Best GIFs From Rihanna & Drake's "Work" Video All the best GIFs of Rihanna twerking, grinding, & more. By Danny Schwartz February 22, 2016
Original Content Hottest Verses Of 2017 Contrary to mass consensus, lyricism was alive and well in 2017. By Mitch Findlay December 14, 2017
Original Content Poetic License: The Art Of Writing For the nerd in every hip-hop fan, we take a close look at the idea of "poetic license," and how an MC is able to bend or completely ignore standard grammar rules because of it. By Rose Lilah April 17, 2015
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: March 1 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah March 01, 2015
Reviews Review: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "This Unruly Mess I've Made" Almost overnight, Macklemore became a pop star and internet pariah. Now he tries to tear it all down. By Danny Schwartz March 04, 2016