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Society Who Are Your Favorite Rappers Voting For? We tally up who's voting for who in hip hop. By Patrick Lyons October 19, 2016
Original Content Classic Rotation: Common's "Be" It's been 10 years since Common's "Be." By Chris Tart May 24, 2015
Original Content 10 Essential Amir Obe Tracks An introduction to Detroit rapper, Amir Obè . By Chris Tart August 16, 2015
Original Content 5 Things To Know About The Sauce Twinz Get familiar with Sauce Walka and Sancho Saucey, aka the Sauce Twinz. By Angus Walker October 05, 2015
Original Content Top 5 "Shook Ones" Freestyles Check out the top five freestyles to Mobb Deep's legendary "Shook Ones (Pt. II)". By Angus Walker March 30, 2015
Original Content The Best Tupac Shakur Tributes Looking at the best musical tributes to Tupac on the 19 anniversary of his death. By Chris Tart September 13, 2015
Original Content Hip-Hop Albums That Represent Major Cities We take a look at a variety hip-hop albums that work as soundtracks for specific cities. By Scott Glaysher August 18, 2015
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: July 11 A look at this week's rap and R&B sales and chart placements. By Trevor Smith July 12, 2015
Original Content Rihanna's 10 Hardest Hip Hop Tracks The pop starlet's rawest rap cuts. By Quinn LV McDonald March 30, 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 TBT: Ice Cube Throwin' it back to Ice Cube's heyday. By Chris Tart May 21, 2015
Original Content Our "Fire Emoji" Hip-Hop & R&B Playlist For This Weekend Is Extra Lit FIRE EMOJI playlist is extra fire-y today, with new music from A$AP Rocky, 21 Savage, YG, Young Dolph, and many more. By Rose Lilah February 16, 2018