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Original Content Ski Mask The Slump God: Everything You Need To Know Get acquainted with Ski Mask The Slump God. By Mitch Findlay July 13, 2017
Original Content Why Ice Cube Is One Of The Greatest Of All Time A case for Ice Cube as one of hip hop's GOATs. By Patrick Lyons October 14, 2017
Original Content Our Top 6 Dream Beat Battles: Lex Luger vs. Southside, Metro vs. Mustard & More Here are the producers we'd most like to see battle each other, for the culture. By Angus Walker April 12, 2017
Original Content 10 Essential RJ Tracks This week we hit the West Coast for 10 essentials from Mr. LA himself, RJ. By Devon Jefferson June 11, 2017
Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (June 10) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden June 10, 2017
Sneakers Evolution Of The Yeezy: 2009-2017 Take a look at how Kanye’s Yeezy line has evolved, from his time at Nike to Adidas. By hnhh February 16, 2017
Original Content The Ethics Of Posthumous Listening Should we listen to music against a dead artist’s wishes? Determining how to appropriately immortalize deceased artists is a tall order, and one of the hardest questions in 21st-century pop music. By Luke Hinz October 11, 2018
Original Content Top 10 Best Post Malone Songs A definitive ranking of the "Psycho" artist's best work thus far. By Joseph Coffey-Slattery October 12, 2018
Original Content SoundCloud Staff Picks (June 9) Staff picks this week: Vic Mensa, 6LACK, Action Bronson, & more. By Danny Schwartz June 09, 2017
Profiles 7 Questions With Rich Chigga 7 quick-hitters with Rich Chigga. By Danny Schwartz December 27, 2016
Original Content Drake's "Views From The 6" Cover Inspired Some Incredible Memes Meek Mill, Kendrick Lamar, and Crying Jordan get incorporated into the latest wave of Drake memes. By Trevor Smith April 25, 2016
Profiles Behind The Beat: Goose For the latest edition of Behind The Beat, Goose explains his pop-minded approach to producing and how he complements the unique styles of both Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan. By Angus Walker September 15, 2016