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Reviews Review: ScHoolboy Q's "Oxymoron" "Oxymoron", the third studio album by ScHoolboy Q, makes you want to blast it, driving around in your whip with the windows down, blunt in hand, chilling with the boys. It's the kind of album that you rarely get; the no-holds-barred rap where ScHoolboy goes wild on rhymes that come straight, unfiltered from his mind into the mic. By Dhruva Balram deleted February 26, 2014
Sports Metta World Peace Talks Entrepreneurship, NBA Expansion, & Building An Empire Metta World Peace recently sat down to talk about his new contest "The Pitch," as well as his foray into the business world. By Alexander Cole November 19, 2022
Original Content E-40 Decodes The Riddle: On Mac Dre, “Practice Makes Paper" EXCLUSIVE: E-40 drops some OG knowledge in our brand new interview with the prolific, respected MC. By Devin Ch July 26, 2019
Original Content Remember "Flavor Of Love" Star Tiffany "New York" Pollard? The "HBIC" Talks VH1 Return INTERVIEW: The HBIC is glowing up and getting real. By Erika Marie October 09, 2019
Sneakers Top 10 Sneakers Releasing In March 10 sneaker release dates you need to know for the month of March, including several highly anticipated Air Jordans, "Desert Sage" Yeezys, a new Air Max sneaker & more. By Kyle Rooney March 02, 2020
Original Content N.W.A.'s 5 Most Influential Tracks Is N.W.A. The Beatles of rap music? Their most influential songs have had quite the ripple effect. By Nicholas DG August 14, 2015
Original Content The Ethics Of Posthumous Listening Should we listen to music against a dead artist’s wishes? Determining how to appropriately immortalize deceased artists is a tall order, and one of the hardest questions in 21st-century pop music. By Luke Hinz October 11, 2018
Politics Is Pharrell Apolitical, Tone-Deaf Or Spineless? Pharrell's recent comments on politics and DEI paint him as selectively political, and those choices reveal contradictions shaped by financial privilege, corporate entanglements, and blind spots around structural inequity. By Aron A. November 27, 2025
Sneakers Ranking The Top 6 "Black Cat" Air Jordans Of All Time We take a look at one of the stealthiest Air Jordan colorways, the "Black Cat" look, and rank some of its best releases. By Ben Atkinson November 20, 2025
Sneakers Top 7 Food-Inspired Air Jordans From tacos to ice cream to the upcoming Air Jordan 4 “Pizza,” these are the best official food-inspired Air Jordans ever released. By Ben Atkinson July 30, 2025
TV The Wayans Family: From “Hated It!” To Highly Honored By The NAACP Awards From generation to the next, the Wayans family has provided decades of hilarious entertainment. We're honoring them ahead of their NAACP Awards Hall of Fame honor. By Erika Marie February 17, 2025
Sneakers The 12 Most Underrated Air Jordan 5 Releases You Forgot About From the “Tokyo” to the “Burgundy,” here are 12 underrated Air Jordan 5 releases you forgot about and why they deserve more respect. By Ben Atkinson August 17, 2025