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Original Content 8 Battlers Who Should Be On "Road To Total Slaughter" Season 2 Here's our list of battle rappers that should be on Road To Total Slaughter next season. By Dallas Darden August 22, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: August 21 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons August 21, 2014
Original Content Top 10: Hottest Songs Of 2014 So Far There's been a ton of dope tracks so far in 2k14, and for today's Top 10 we're running through the best of the best! By hnhh August 20, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: August 10 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah August 10, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: July 31 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons July 31, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (July 25) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs July 25, 2014
Original Content The Value Of Rap Music Rap music, specifically its lyrics, have been given numerous labels, but not necessarily the positive labels bestowed upon other forms of creative expression. No matter the divisiveness or repulsion, other forms and disciplines are usually accepted whole. Here, we explore some of the reasoning behind the subtle, and overt, rejections of rap lyrics as true art form. By Kahron Spearman August 05, 2014
Original Content Top 10: Sophomore Albums Of The 2000s Continuing our Top 10 series, this week we look at artists that avoided sophomore slumps and gave us classics during the 2000s. By hnhh July 21, 2014
Original Content The G-Unit Freestyles: Vote For Your Favorite Of the 8 G-Unit freestyles released thus far, which is the strongest? Vote. By Patrick Lyons July 24, 2014
Original Content Samples Of the Week: July 24 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons July 24, 2014
Original Content 11 Rappers Who Squashed Their Beef We give you the run-down on rappers who were able to put their beef in the past. By Jake Rohn August 06, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: July 17 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons July 17, 2014