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Original Content 15 Things We Learned From Kendrick Lamar's Zane Lowe Interview Takeaways from Kendrick's new 45-minute interview. By Danny Schwartz April 21, 2017
Reviews YBN Cordae "The Lost Boy" Review YBN Cordae warned us ahead of time that longevity cannot be placed out of sequence. By Devin Ch August 01, 2019
Original Content Top Tracks: Nicki Minaj Dominates Week With "Barbie Going Bad" & More Nicki Minaj has three of this week's top four songs, with "Barbie Going Bad" hitting #1. By Patrick Lyons February 11, 2019
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: June 29 A weekly look at the performance of hip-hop and r'n'b albums. By Chris Tart June 29, 2016
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: May 30 A look at rap sales and chart placements this week. By Trevor Smith May 30, 2015
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: February 15 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah February 15, 2015
Original Content 50 Cent's Targets Of The Week: The Long Kiss Goodnight Former friends, former foes, and even Fortune 500 companies aren’t safe from Fofty or 50. By Aron A. July 27, 2019
Sports Super Bowl LIII: Top 10 Prop Bets To Gamble On This Sunday Check out 10 of the many prop bets people will be gambling on this Sunday. By Kyle Rooney January 31, 2019
Original Content #TBT: Early R. Kelly Revisit 10 of the best R. Kelly songs from the '90s. By Danny Schwartz May 26, 2016
Original Content Running The Jewels & The Game: An Argument For Killer Mike As The Top MC Of The Past Three Years <p>Ask most Hip-Hop fans who’s been running the rap game the past three years, and the answers would mostly be the same; Kendrick Lamar…Drake…maybe some J. Cole. Even with somewhat of an agreement, there’s no science to this. There’s no exact formula of determining who is on top. Is it record sales? Some would say that, and that would justify the belief that Kendrick, Drake, or Cole are on top of the game. Using that logic however would leave justification of our culture up to whoever is buying music…whoever. By Bruce Smith January 15, 2015
Reviews Review: Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience - Part 2 of 2" Lyrical downfalls and mediocre moments are saved by solid production and flawless vocals on a sexy, edgy sequel to the clean-cut 20/20 Experience. By Nee-Sa Lossing October 06, 2013
Profiles Meet Maxo Kream: Pride Of Houston's Southwest Side Interview: Maxo Kream talks "The Persona Tape," touring with Danny Brown, and what makes Houston special. By Danny Schwartz October 04, 2016