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Original Content Off his acclaimed 2014 Forest Hills Drive album, J Cole's "No Role Modelz" puts exclamation marks on a longstanding struggle in hip-hop.
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Original Content INTERVIEW: We chop it up with Taylor Gang producer Sledgren about his creative process and direction since breaking out with Wiz Khalifa.
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Original Content An in-depth look at the importance of Lil Wayne's "I Feel Like Dying."In 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared the nation’s opioid crisis a “public health emergency.”
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Original Content From DJ Clue's casette tapes to major label involvement, we trace the history of the iconic hip-hop mixtape.
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Original Content How Mac Miller reinvented himself, took control of his narrative and his legacy while on a collision course with tragedy.
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Original Content The Migos ad-libs have become some of the most iconic, and possibly even best, in hip-hop history.
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Original Content On what would be Aaliyah's 41st birthday, we look at how she impacted R&B through the 1990s and beyond.
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Original Content How Roddy Ricch's "The Box," and a strange noise that almost didn’t make the song may have changed his career.
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Original Content Is Future an R&B artist?
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Original Content Who will take home the hardware in Los Angeles?
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Reviews ALBUM REVIEW: With a No. 1 album already on his resume, Boogie fuels the "King of New York" debate with "Artist 2.0" - but is there fire behind the gas?
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Original Content Defining the 4 musical stages of Tyler the Creator, Rap's Renaissance Man.
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Sports Both Trae Young and Luka Doncic are setting a new standard for second-year players, stockpiling gaudy numbers and milestones from week to week.
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Original Content Revisiting the best songs from Migos since the release of their album "Culture."
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Sports We try to break down which rappers represent the best NBA players in the game.
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Reviews Album Review: Blueface may have found glimpses of the beat on his official debut, but his inability to hold long-term attention is to his detriment.
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Sports Why Jimmy Butler and company are a darkhorse to make it out of the Eastern Conference.
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Original Content 21 Savage's self-expression through singing denotes the duplicity of hip-hop and the evolution of the "gangster" rapper.
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