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Reviews Review: Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment's "SURF" Donnie Trumpet and The Social Experiment dropped the much-anticipated "SURF" for free. Did it live up to the hype? By Chris Tart June 01, 2015
Original Content GoldLink Is On A Mission To Make You Dance Get to know the most exciting rapper coming out of DC. By Danny Schwartz December 07, 2015
Original Content TBT: Early T-Pain Throwback to T-Pain's early days, collaborating with Lil Wayne, Chris Brown and more on various singles. By Chris Tart October 22, 2015
Reviews Review: Yo Gotti's "I Am" A robust mix of trap & soul. By Matt Aceto November 22, 2013
Pop Culture Anthony Ramos’s Best Roles The "Transformers" star has already cemented himself with roles in "Hamilton" and "She’s Gotta Have It." By Demi Phillips May 19, 2023
Original Content Scary Funny: How DaBaby Remains Intimidating While Cracking Jokes A look at DaBaby's unique breed of gangster rap, which relies on humor as much as it does on malice. By Patrick Lyons August 19, 2019
Original Content Chicago Hip-Hop's Unified Sound & Artists We take a look into the connections that surround the Chicago hip-hop scene and its most prominent artists. By Gus Fisher March 19, 2019
Original Content #TBT: Shawty Lo Remembering the best of Shawty Lo. By Danny Schwartz September 29, 2016
Original Content J. Cole's "The Fall Off" & The Curse Of Expectation Ahead of two new singles from "The Fall Off," J. Cole must once again grapple with the expectations that tend to surround him ahead of a big release. By Mitch Findlay July 22, 2020
Original Content The Ethics Of Posthumous Listening Should we listen to music against a dead artist’s wishes? Determining how to appropriately immortalize deceased artists is a tall order, and one of the hardest questions in 21st-century pop music. By Luke Hinz October 11, 2018
Original Content The Obamas' 10 Most Hip Hop Moments Rounding up Barack Obama and family's most hip hop moments. By Chris Tart December 14, 2015
Sneakers Top 5 Designer Sneaker Collabs Of All Time Designer sneaker collabs have become extremely popular over the last few years. By Alexander Cole May 29, 2022