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Original Content Artists To Watch In 2022 Check out the hottest breakout artists of 2022 so far, including Saucy Santana, Yeat, Nardo Wick, Muni Long, Kali, and more. By Alex Zidel April 06, 2022
Original Content 6 New Artists You Should Hear It's time for your monthly new music discovery. By Rose Lilah November 25, 2021
Original Content Kid Cudi's Timeless Influence Kid Cudi's ever-evolving discography has objectively shaped the current soundscape of hip-hop. By EJ Panaligan July 21, 2021
Original Content Is 50 Cent's Rapping Ability Overlooked? Now that 50 Cent has solidified himself as a television mogul, it seems appropriate to reflect on his position in the hierarchy of hip-hop greats. By Mitch Findlay May 25, 2020
Pop Culture What Happened To Rapper-Based Video Games? As Danny Brown's GTAV Radio Station goes, live, we look back at the days where gaming developers would place players in control of their favorite MC's across sports titles, beat-em-ups and action games. By Robert Blair December 21, 2019
Original Content Quando Rondo Talks Learning To Rap In Juvie, Concocting Pink Lean & More In "On The Come Up" "The goal is to have twenty plaques, ten mixtapes, five albums, thirty-million dollars, five houses." By Mitch Findlay July 04, 2019
Original Content Lil Durk Is Ready For A Major Comeback: Talks "STTS 3", Kanye West Criticism & More INTERVIEW: Lil Durk chops it up with us about "Signed To The Streets 3," his departure from Def Jam, Kanye West, Fredo Santana & more. By Aron A. September 28, 2018
Original Content Have We Let Young Thug Down? In our quest to re-capture lightning in a bottle, have we become too dismissive of what Young Thug still has to offer? By Narsimha Chintaluri June 18, 2018
Reviews Wiz Khalifa "Rolling Papers 2" Review Although there isn’t anything egregious about "Rolling Papers 2," it could have been improved with a more focused sense of direction. By Richard Bryan July 17, 2018
Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (May 27) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden May 27, 2017
Reviews Tekashi 6ix9ine's "Day 69" Review One of the most controversial hitmakers of the current rap scene finally unleashes his debut mixtape. After all the drama, is Tekashi 6ix9ine able to make music that lives up to the mass hysteria? By Maxwell Cavaseno February 27, 2018
Original Content Notorious B.I.G.'s Five Most Underrated Tracks Five great Notorious B.I.G. tracks that aren't on "Ready To Die" or "Life After Death." By Patrick Lyons March 09, 2017