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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
Original Content #TBT: OutKast's Early Deep Cuts We look at OutKast's early, deep cuts for this week's TBT selection. By Chris Tart July 16, 2015
Reviews Tyler, The Creator "IGOR" Review Tyler leans even further into psychedelic R&B and delivers an album whose execution can't match its ambition. By Patrick Lyons May 23, 2019
Original Content The Year of Gucci Mane This year, we witnessed Gucci Mane reinvent himself in previously-unthinkable ways. By Patrick Lyons December 06, 2017
Original Content Will Smith's Movie Bangers: Remember When "Men In Black" Beat Biggie At The Grammys? The Fresh Prince, Agent Jay, and Captain Jim West have mic skills in common. By Mitch Findlay March 19, 2019
TV "Power" Ep. 4 Recap: "Why Is Tommy Still Alive?" Brings Back The Much-Loathed Angela Valdez Tariq is playing a dangerous game By Karlton Jahmal September 16, 2019
Original Content Young Thug's Best Pop Culture References On "Slime Season 2" Breaking down the most unexpected references to pop culture on Young Thug's "Slime Season 2." By Patrick Lyons November 03, 2015
Reviews Wiz Khalifa & Curren$y "2009" Review Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y haven't lost a step. By Mike Madden February 14, 2019
Pop Culture We Need To Let Go Of Respectability Politics In The Fight For Black Liberation To the Black community. By Madusa S. June 05, 2020
Original Content The Best Possible Acronyms For Kanye West's "SWISH" With no more "So Help Me God," our users created some "SWISH" acronyms, and our staff proceeded to do the same. Can you see any of these on the cover of Kanye's next album? By Angus Walker May 04, 2015
Original Content Drakeo The Ruler Always Counted His Blessings: Our Final Interview With The West Coast Staple In one of the rapper's last interviews before his death, Drakeo the Ruler expressed his gratitude for being able to pursue a rap career, and was equally awestruck that he had managed to obtain such a position of power and influence within the west coast specifically. We conducted this interview with Drakeo for our "12 Days of Christmas" series on December 12, 2021, during Rolling Loud, California. By Angela Savage December 22, 2021
Reviews Benny The Butcher "Tana Talk 4" Review Ahead of his first project on Def Jam, Benny The Butcher takes a gritty and independent victory lap on "Tana Talk 4." By Robert Blair March 15, 2022