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Original Content Drakeo The Ruler Always Counted His Blessings: Our Final Interview With The West Coast Staple In one of the rapper's last interviews before his death, Drakeo the Ruler expressed his gratitude for being able to pursue a rap career, and was equally awestruck that he had managed to obtain such a position of power and influence within the west coast specifically. We conducted this interview with Drakeo for our "12 Days of Christmas" series on December 12, 2021, during Rolling Loud, California. By Angela Savage December 22, 2021
Original Content Sheff G Quietly Ushered In Brooklyn's Drill Movement & Now He's Ready For His Time INTERVIEW: Sheff G's been an underground hit since "No Suburban" but the release of "The Unluccy Luccy Kid" marks a new era for Brooklyn hip-hop. By Aron A. October 09, 2019
Original Content Top 10 Halloween Movies To Make You Laugh & Scream Celebrate All Hallows' Eve relatively scare free. By Michael Kaminsky October 30, 2019
Original Content Future, Tyga & Tee Grizzley Conquer This Week's "FIRE EMOJI" Playlist Tune in to our weekly mix of the biggest rap and R&B tracks. By Aron A. June 08, 2019
Original Content #TBT: A Tribe Called Quest A Tribe Called Quest get the #TBT treatment. By Chris Tart July 02, 2015
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
Reviews Review: King Los' "Zero Gravity II" King Los definitely holds his own on "Zero Gravity II," offering up some dope rhymes that shows he's matured as an artist, but still has room to grow into an even better rapper. By Vanessa Oswald March 28, 2014
Original Content 10 Essential Popcaan Tracks An introduction to the dancehall sensation. By Chris Tart April 24, 2016
Original Content Classic Rotation: Outkast "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" 21 years since it's release, we revisit OutKast's "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" as part of our Classic Rotation series. By Chris Tart April 26, 2015
Reviews Review: Jeezy's "Seen It All: The Autobiography" "Seen It All: The Autobiography" finds the trap legend at the top of his game, comfortable with his position, and ready to finally dispense true-to-fact game. By Kahron Spearman September 03, 2014
Reviews Review: Rick Ross' "Black Market" Rick Ross adds a dash of realism to his kingpin fantasy raps on "Black Market." By Patrick Lyons December 11, 2015
Reviews Brockhampton's "SATURATION III" Review Brockhampton, now with more beat change-ups and multi-genre excursions! Not much else has changed though. By Patrick Lyons December 21, 2017