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News Odd Future Says 17 Year Old Claimant Threw First Punch Odd Future has drawn attention to tweets made by the teenager who filed the lawsuit against them, and claim it shows he threw the first punch. By Rose Lilah December 17, 2012 230 Views
Life Exclusive: Joe Budden Opens Up About The Sound And Emotions On His LP, Working Solo & Reaching Him On Twitter This has been a prolific and substantial year for Joe Budden, who has grown not only his discography, but seen a growth artistically as well. After dropping a mixtape and album with Slaughterhouse, Joey B followed up with his fantastic solo mixtape A Loose Quarter, and is now gearing up to drop his No Love Lost studio LP in the new year. Always known for his candor, the New Jersey rapper has been opening up increasingly more on each project. By Rose Lilah December 17, 2012 408 Views
News Frank Ocean Says "Channel Orange" Could Be Last Album Frank Ocean contemplated whether or not his debut album will be his last, his Grammy nominations, and writing a book. By Rose Lilah December 17, 2012 267 Views
News Officials Say Amy Winehouse's Death May Not Have Been From Alcohol Poisoning Amy Winehouse's death in July of 2011 was said to have been caused by alcohol poisoning, but now officials are saying this may not have been the cause. Authorities are calling for a new investigation into the singer's passing. By Rose Lilah December 17, 2012 427 Views
News First Week Sales Projections Are Low For Game & Big Boi [Update: Game's Sales Increase] First week projections for both Game and Big Boi's albums have the artists under performing on the charts. By Rose Lilah December 16, 2012 30.5K Views
Industry Charts Don't Lie: December 16th Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah December 16, 2012 115 Views
News T.I. Says "Addresses" Is Directed At Someone But Will Not Say Who T.I. confirms that the track "Addresses" is indeed a diss track, and it is directed at someone, but he refuses to name the rapper because it will give them more "shine". By Rose Lilah December 16, 2012 315 Views
Reviews Review: Game's "Jesus Piece" Jesus Piece is a well-produced album that appeals to a huge audience as it's chock-full of features. It cements Game's place as one of the best modern-day rappers and marks 2012 as his comeback year. By Dhruva Balram deleted December 16, 2012 246 Views
News Odd Future Attacks Fan On Stage During Performance Odd Future attacked a fan who rushed the stage multiple times at a performance in San Antonio, and he now plans on suing them. By Rose Lilah December 16, 2012 399 Views
News Trinidad James Speaks On Signing With Def Jam Trinidad James, Def Jam's newest signee, speaks on the recent deal and where he draws inspiration from. By Rose Lilah December 15, 2012 325 Views
News Trey Songz Arrested For Assaulting Woman With Dollar Bills Trey Songz was arrested for a misdemeanour assault a month after his album release party in August for throwing dollar bills at a woman. By Rose Lilah December 15, 2012 69.4K Views
News A$AP Rocky Discusses Having Skrillex & Florence Welch As Features On His LP A$AP Rocky talks about his choice to use non-hip hop features, Skrillex, and Florence Welch, on his "Long.Live.A$AP" LP. By Rose Lilah December 14, 2012 334 Views