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Original Content Meet Big Quint: YouTube’s Most Lovable Hip Hop Critic Interview: the incomparable YouTube personality Big Quint speaks on his rise to internet stardom. By Danny Schwartz April 26, 2017
Original Content VOTE: What Is Your Favorite Kendrick Lamar Album? If you had to pick one. By Danny Schwartz April 25, 2017
Original Content The Most Lit Crowds Of 2017 So Far These crowds were lit: Giggs, Migos, Lil Uzi Vert, and beyond. By Danny Schwartz April 24, 2017
Original Content Top Tracks: April 17 - April 23 A mashup tops our chart this week. What is this, 2007? By Patrick Lyons April 24, 2017
Original Content 10 Essential Post Malone Tracks Post up and peep Post Malone's impressive discography in this week's Essentials pack. By Devon Jefferson April 23, 2017
Reviews Playboi Carti's "Playboi Carti" (Review) Soundcloud Rap background player turned most anticipated, the A$AP-cosigned 'mumble rapper' finally strikes out on his own with his debut mixtape. By Maxwell Cavaseno April 23, 2017
Original Content 15 Things We Learned From Kendrick Lamar's Zane Lowe Interview Takeaways from Kendrick's new 45-minute interview. By Danny Schwartz April 21, 2017
Original Content Everything You Need To Know About Zacari How Zacari infiltrated TDE's inner sanctum and ended up on Kendrick Lamar's "DAMN." By Danny Schwartz April 21, 2017
Original Content 14 Artists Reveal Their 420 Plans From DJ Whoo Kid to Young Scooter, here's how hip hop's stoner class is celebrating 420. By Danny Schwartz April 20, 2017
Original Content 10 Rappers With Their Own Weed Strains These 10 rappers are advancing hip hop's weed culture. By Seymoure April 20, 2017
Profiles Behind The Beat: FARRI FARRI is thinking about skipping prom so he can produce the soundtrack for it instead. By Narsimha Chintaluri April 20, 2017
Original Content #TBT: The Neptunes Celebrating The Neptunes, the greatest production duo in hip hop history. By Danny Schwartz April 20, 2017