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Original Content Aaliyah's "I Don't Wanna" Turns 20, And It's Still Her Most Slept-On Record To Date Two decades later, this sleeper hit by the "Princess of R&B" is still one of her coldest records. By Keenan Higgins January 11, 2020
Original Content YSL RICO Indictment: Everything We Know With Young Thug and his entire organization facing upwards of 56 counts of criminal activity, we break down everything we've learned about the RICO case so far. By Robert Blair May 12, 2022
Reviews Review: Erykah Badu's "But You Caint Use My Phone" Erykah Badu's mixtape proves she's still as funky as ever, while showing appreciation for a new generation of artists. By Chris Tart December 04, 2015
Original Content Snoop Dogg & Pharrell's 10 Best Collabs When Snoop Dogg and Pharrell team up, it's rarely disappointing. By Patrick Lyons April 14, 2015
Original Content The Best Prison-Released Gucci Mane Tracks Of 2015 Gucci Mane's best drops of 2015. By Angus Walker May 20, 2015
Reviews Review: Jay Rock's "90059" Jay Rock delivers some of finest work to date, proving to fans that "90059" was worth the four-year wait. By Chris Tart September 15, 2015
Reviews Review: 2 Chainz' "Trapavelli Tre" More of the same from 2 Chainz, and that's okay by us. By Alex Galbraith August 18, 2015
Original Content 7 Hip-Hop Biopics We Want to See Straight Outta Adaptations. By Nicholas DG September 02, 2015
Original Content J. Cole's Best "KOD" Lyrics Although perhaps the whole album is worthy, here's a round-up of the best lyrics from J. Cole's "K.O.D." By Richard Bryan April 23, 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 Review: Ludacris' "Burning Bridges" Luda's gives us his first release in years with his "Burning Bridges" EP. Is there still a place for him in hip hop? By Spencer Stein December 22, 2014
Original Content 10 Best Hip-Hop Crews Of All Time We break down the 10 best hip-hop crews of all time. By Chris Tart June 24, 2015