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Original Content Classic Rotation: Jay Z's "Reasonable Doubt" "Reasonable Doubt" gave us an uncompromising portrait of Jay Z the hustler before the superstardom and entrepreneurial exploits. By Patrick Lyons June 25, 2016
Original Content 6 New Artists You Should Hear This month we're highlighting six newcomers, with Ogi, Lil Bam and JELEEL! leading the way. By Rose Lilah April 03, 2022
Reviews Carnage "Battered Bruised & Bloody" Review "Battered Bruised & Bloody" is a three-act display of Carnage's willingness and ability to work within multiple styles of hip hop and electronic music. By Patrick Lyons April 17, 2018
Original Content 5 Things We Want From Vince Staples' "Big Fish Theory" Get ready for "Big Fish Theory." By Danny Schwartz May 24, 2017
Original Content Top Tracks: Lil Wayne's "Vizine" Has No Competition Lil Wayne's new offering "Vizine" cruises to #1 in this week's Top Tracks. By Patrick Lyons March 12, 2018
Original Content Top 10 Predictions For 2015 While we wait on 2015 to roll around, here a few predictions about what will happen in the New Year. By Mike De Leon December 12, 2014
Original Content Top Tracks: July 17 - July 23 Chance The Rapper and Young Thug's recent collab rises to #1 in its second week out. By Patrick Lyons July 24, 2017
Original Content TV Shows We’re Excited For This Summer 2.0 Netflix and Chill in air conditioning all summer long. By Michael Kaminsky June 28, 2019
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: June 22 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah June 22, 2014
Original Content 10 Essential Jay Rock Tracks We pick our 10 essential tracks from Jay Rock, the Black Hippy / Top Dawg Entertainment MC. By Chris Tart December 08, 2014
Original Content Why A J. Cole-Kendrick Lamar Collab Album Is A Bad Idea While the fabled J. Cole/Kendrick Lamar collab album would be incredible to behold, it would not benefit either artist. By Tirhakah Love December 06, 2016
Sports Top 10 NBA Rookie Debuts Of All Time The 10 best NBA premieres. By Kyle Rooney October 27, 2016