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Profiles Meet BeatKing, The Houston Club God Who Says He's "Juicy J in '99" A conversation with BeatKing; Houston's next up. By Trevor Smith October 30, 2015
Profiles Behind The Beat: Reazy Renegade Meet the man behind Ace Hood's "Starvation" series: We the Best producer Reazy Renegade. By Angus Walker October 21, 2015
Profiles Behind The Beat: Focus... Meet Focus..., in-house producer at Aftermath and integral member of the team that made Dr. Dre's "Compton." By Danny Schwartz October 14, 2015
Profiles Meet Gucci Mane's Middle Man: Sean Paine We chop it up with Gucci Mane's go-to man while he's behind bars, Sean Paine. By Rose Lilah October 02, 2015
Profiles Meet Bryson Tiller: The Hottest Thing Out Of Louisville Since Muhammad Ali Bryson Tiller is poised to break out in a big way with his upcoming album "T R A P S O U L." By Patrick Lyons September 30, 2015
Profiles Behind The Beat: Southside Southside of 808 Mafia recently received three production credits on Future and Drake's "What A Time To Be Alive." Now we go Behind the Beat with him, as he discusses getting his start as a producer, blowing up with Waka Flocka Flame and crafting Future's "DS2." By Patrick Lyons September 23, 2015
Profiles Behind The Beat: Chase N. Cashe Get to know the prolific, versatile Chase N. Cashe. By Danny Schwartz September 16, 2015
Profiles Meet Little Simz: UK's Fast-Rising Female Voice The UK's Little Simz discusses her debut album and her rapidly increasing popularity stateside. By Patrick Lyons September 02, 2015
Profiles Meet Maxo Kream: Houston's Next-Up Maxo Kream talks "Maxo 187," collabs and his ever-evolving flow. By Patrick Lyons July 29, 2015
Profiles Meet Donmonique: Brooklyn's Resident Thirst Trapper Donmonique talks her upcoming tape "Thirst Trap" and breaks down collaborations with Danny Brown, Stelios Phili and Chuck Inglish. By Patrick Lyons July 15, 2015
Profiles Behind The Beat: TM88 The trap titan talks horror soundtracks, 808 Mafia, Sacii Lyfe and the hottest producer tag of 2015. By Patrick Lyons July 07, 2015
Music Music Industry Moving New Music Release Dates To Fridays Worldwide The music industry is adopting a release date of Fridays for new music, worldwide. By Rose Lilah June 11, 2015