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Original Content How The Game's "Documentary" Created A New West Coast Icon A decade and a half since its release, we celebrate an album that made Compton's own The Game into a west coast icon. By Robert Blair January 16, 2020
Original Content Instagram Gallery: Proof That Westside Gunn Is The Most Connected Man In The Game Westside Gunn may be underground but he's definitely got wide-reaching connects in the rap game. By E Gadsby February 29, 2020
Original Content Does Polo G's "RAPSTAR" Video Mark A Paradigm Shift In Hip-Hop Culture? Polo G's music video for "RAPSTAR" featured several references to popular videos from Kendrick Lamar, DaBaby, and everyone in between. Is the chart-topping rapper simply paying homage to some of his favorite artists, or is the "RAPSTAR" video a sign of the times? By Joshua Robinson April 26, 2021
Original Content Predicting 2020 Music Trends Forecasting the year to come and taking stock of what 2019 can tell us about the trends of tomorrow. By Luke Hinz January 03, 2020
Original Content Female Voices Are Dominating The Hip-Hop Landscape The hip-hop landscape is currently ripe with female artists, doing whatever it is they want to do. By Talia Smith April 24, 2019
Original Content Classic Rotation: GZA's "Liquid Swords" GZA's Seminal debut "Liquid Swords" turns 20 today. By Chris Tart November 07, 2015
Original Content 10 Rappers To Follow On TikTok Right Now Tierra Whack, JT, and Bobby Shmurda are just a few of the rappers that you should definitely be following on TikTok right now. By Joshua Robinson September 08, 2022
Original Content Everything You Need To Know About Nav Learn about Nav before the world beats you to it. By hnhh January 23, 2017
Original Content 5 Underrated A$AP Ferg Tracks Dive into some of Ferg's underrated gems. By Mitch Findlay June 14, 2017
Original Content Kodak Black: A History With The Law Possession of a stolen firearm, rape, and child neglect are just a few of the charges on Kodak Black's record. By Karlton Jahmal January 29, 2018
Original Content The Current Decade Of Hip-Hop & R&B, Ranked From Worst To Best Prepare for a dose of nostalgia as we take you back through the decade of hip-hop and r'n'b. Ranked from worst to best. By Luke Hinz November 14, 2018
Reviews 21 Savage "I Am > I Was" Review 21 Savage rewrites the broken character summary on his sophomore project "I Am > I Was." By Devin Ch December 27, 2018