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Reviews Review: Lil Wayne's "Dedication 5" With "Dedication 5," Lil Tunechi is back on the right track. By Matt Aceto September 06, 2013
Original Content Bobby Shmurda Says You Have To Pay To Go Platinum These Days Bobby Shmurda explains why right now is "the best time to be independent." By Aron A. July 12, 2022
Original Content Does Drake's "Omertá" Put Him Back In The "Best Bars" Discussion? Drake's "Omertá" reminded the masses what he's capable of, but is it enough? By Mitch Findlay June 18, 2019
Original Content Powerhouse NYC 2015 Recap Kendrick Lamar, Future, and a multitude of stars made Powerhouse 2015 a night to remember. By Danny Schwartz October 23, 2015
Original Content Classic Rotation: N.W.A's "Straight Outta Compton" Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. We now take a look back where it all started, N.W.A's unarguable classic, "Straight Outta Compton", which dropped 27 years ago to this day. By Eve Stern August 08, 2015
Reviews Post Malone's Tour: He's Just Here To Sing & Get F'd Up Post Malone brought a multi-generational crowd out to a sold-out Bell Center in Montreal for an exciting evening on his "Runaway" Tour. By Alex Zidel February 17, 2020
Reviews Jeezy “Pressure” Review Jeezy takes it back to the mid-2000s on "Pressure." By Vince Rick December 22, 2017
Original Content Hands Up: Street Anthems 4 Justice In the wake of the Mike Brown tragedy and so many other instances of police brutality, the hip-hop community has been rallying together to make uplifting street anthems and movements. By Mike Philson October 01, 2014
Original Content Gunplay Discusses Features On "Medellin" & Upcoming Verse For Lil Wayne's LP Rapper Gunplay keeps his verses coming even amidst legal problems, and discusses who he's tapped for his upcoming album. By Rose Lilah February 01, 2013
Original Content 5 Things We Want From Big Sean's "I Decided" Big Sean has a lot of people to please with this next LP. By hnhh January 05, 2017
Original Content 10 Joint Projects That May Or May Not Come Out Here are 10 of the most potent unreleased collaborative mixtapes, projects, and albums in hip hop. By Danny Schwartz May 16, 2016
Original Content Action Bronson Is Mr. Wonderful Queens' wildest MC finally makes a project that matches his larger-than-life personality. Ignoring conventions and common decency, Bronsolino walks us through the making of his major label debut. By Patrick Lyons March 25, 2015