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Original Content Kanye West Bowing To Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter V" Is A Sign Of Time-Honored Respect Kanye West has learned to stand toe-to-toe with Lil Wayne, if nothing else. By Devin Ch September 29, 2018
Original Content Is This The Death Of SoundCloud Rap? Uncertainty abounds for the platform's progeny. By Luke Hinz November 30, 2018
Original Content A Timeline Of A$AP Rocky's Business Moves We track some of moves A$AP Rocky's been making since his debut album, two years ago. By Eve Stern May 13, 2015
Original Content Migos Ad-Libs Are An Eccentric Work Of Art The Migos ad-libs have become some of the most iconic, and possibly even best, in hip-hop history. By Michael Kawaida February 12, 2020
Original Content Lil Wayne & Mannie Fresh's History Together Is Damn Near Flawless On the 16th anniversary of the release of "Tha Carter," we briefly reflect on Lil Wayne and Mannie Fresh's track record on wax. By Aron A. June 29, 2020
Original Content Cardi B's "Bodak Yellow": A Timeline To The #1 Song In The Country Cardi B's debut single "Bodak Yellow" just hit #1 on the Hot 100, here's how it happened. By E Gadsby September 25, 2017
Original Content Kid Cudi's Albums, Ranked Retracing the full-length highs and lows of Scott Mescudi’s collection. By Luke Hinz July 02, 2019
Original Content What Is It About Playboi Carti? Examining what makes Playboi Carti's music and everything else he does, so appealing to the masses. By Samuel Allan May 29, 2019
Profiles Behind The Beat: DP Beats Meet DP Beats, the enigmatic producer whose oft-underrated work is inextricably linked to some of today's biggest rap stars. By Narsimha Chintaluri March 30, 2017
Relationships Jada Pinkett-Smith & Tupac: A Rare Friendship The relationship between Jada Pinkett-Smith and Tupac continues to prompt much in the way of theorizing. By Samuel Allan August 07, 2019
Original Content 20 Dope Hip-Hop Songs Made For Film We look at 20 dope hip-hop tracks made specifically for movies on the big screen. By Lloyd Jaffe April 21, 2014
Original Content All The People Drake Impersonates In The "Energy" Video We're running down some of the weirdest moments in Drake's new music video for "Energy." By Rose Lilah July 10, 2015