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Original Content Mood Music: Hip-Hop/R&B Songs For Every Mood In this list, we look at the best songs for every mood. By Layne Weiss September 19, 2014
Original Content Classic Rotation: Gang Starr's 'Hard To Earn' We revisit Guru and DJ Premier’s 1994 classic "Hard To Earn," released 22 years ago today. By Chris Tart March 08, 2016
Original Content #TBT: Mixtape Khalifa Khalifa-man's mixtapes, revisited for our #TBT series. By Chris Tart April 09, 2015
Original Content 6 New Artists You Should Hear It's time for new music discovery. Today, we highlight six artists worth checking out: NASAAN, TruthTheBull, Pote Baby, Fatt Father, Oranj Goodman and Knot Gulty. By Rose Lilah May 25, 2021
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: March 2 A look at the week in rap and R&B sales and chart placements. By Chris Tart March 02, 2016
Sneakers Top 10 Hip-Hop Sneaker Collabs Of 2017 Recapping the best hip-hop sneaker collabs of the year. By Kyle Rooney December 12, 2017
Original Content 5 First Impressions From Kendrick Lamar's "untitled unmastered." We gather five initial impressions after listening to Kendrick Lamar's "untitled unmastered." By Chris Tart March 04, 2016
Reviews Roy Woods' "Waking At Dawn" (Review) On "Waking at Dawn," Roy Woods strays a bit from his original sound toward the middle of the modern R&B road, and he ends up with his strongest batch of songs yet. By Patrick Lyons July 07, 2016
Profiles D Savage Reflects On Tyler, The Creator's Tutelage, Ty Dolla $ign Collab & More In "On The Come Up" D Savage reflects on "SoundCloud Rap" label, Tyler The Creator's musical prowess, and more in "On The Come Up." By Mitch Findlay January 30, 2019
Politics #ENDSARS Protests & Lekki Toll Gate Shooting: Everything You Need To Know Following reports yesterday about police officers opening fire on protestors in Nigeria, we're giving you a breakdown of everything you need to know about the #ENDSARS protest situation as of right now. By Rose Lilah October 21, 2020
Original Content Regional Rankings 2015 Which regions of the country had the hottest scenes this year? By Patrick Lyons December 22, 2015
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: October 27 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah October 27, 2013