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Original Content Everything We Know About Childish Gambino's "Awaken, My Love!" Everything we know about Gambino's album, which arrives in three weeks. By Danny Schwartz November 10, 2016
Original Content Where Is Isaiah Rashad? Tracking His Movements Since "Cilvia Demo" It's been 29 months since Isaiah Rashad dropped "Cilvia Demo." By Danny Schwartz June 16, 2016
Reviews Review: Common "Nobody's Smiling" Common's latest project "Nobody's Smiling" is his most personal, while he brings out the best in the guest rappers. By Brian Josephs July 25, 2014
Original Content Instagram Gallery: Snoop Dogg’s Best Throwback Pics By E Gadsby January 24, 2020
Original Content The Singles Era Is Upon Us (And What It Means For Music Consumption) Another facet of our current streaming-verse explored. By Luke Hinz September 26, 2019
Sneakers Top-10 Sneakers Releasing In September A preview of some of the best sneakers dropping this month. By Kyle Rooney September 01, 2018
Pop Culture Coolio's Death: What We Know Six months later after his demise, we're looking into the Rap icon's cause of death. By Ruby Adele April 11, 2023
Original Content One Juneteenth To Remember: A Black Man’s View From The New York Protests This Juneteenth, take a first-hand look at one of the ongoing protests against systemic racism and police brutality taking place in New York City. By Keenan Higgins June 19, 2020
Original Content Top 5 Country/Rap Collaborations From The Past Decade The country and rap worlds have been colliding over the past decades with artists from both genres interested in collaboration. Just like any experimentation, it can result in a mess or may produce a desirable outcome. The question is, have these collaborations produced any worthy tracks or have they all been failed attempts? By Vanessa Oswald April 05, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: December 11 (J. Cole Edition) A special, J. Cole-centric edition of "Samples Of The Week." By Patrick Lyons December 11, 2014
Original Content Lil Whatever: Are Rappers Actually Getting Younger? Are rappers getting younger, or just their sounds? By Vince Rick January 05, 2018
Reviews Future "The WIZRD" Review A subtle brand of sorcery. By Mitch Findlay January 24, 2019