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Original Content We continue down memory lane, looking at the history of the interaction between rap and rock.
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Gus Fisher -
Original Content A decade after the rap blog era's crown prince first broke through, we're left looking back on his career with more questions and what if's than answers.
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Harrison Tenpas -
Original Content When will Iggy Azalea's rap career see new life? Do we even want it to?
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E Gadsby -
Original Content Revisiting the most thrilling rap battle of all time.
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Luke Hinz -
Original Content DMX blended horror, morality, and religious turmoil in the masterful "Damien" series.
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Mitch Findlay -
Original Content While originally written last year for the 20th anniversary of Dr. Dre's "2001," be sure to revisit this piece on the project's 21st birthday.
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Mitch Findlay -
Original Content With the recent release of YouTube’s documentary "G Funk," it’s as good of a time as ever to trace the history of the West Coast sound that ruled the world throughout the 90s and set the stage for hip hop as we know it today.
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Gus Fisher -
Original Content As the world awaits "Revenge Of The Dreamers III," we take a deep-dive into which Dreamville artist is yet to get the recognition they deserve.
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Robert Blair -
Original Content An editorial offering up the stance that Auto-Tune did not kill hip-hop, rather, it brought new life into the genre.
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Matt Aceto -
Original Content A brief history lesson on how and why Migos' signature flow came to be.
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Gus Fisher -
Society Joyner Lucas' "I'm Not Racist" has people reevaluating the conversation surrounding race.
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Mitch Findlay -
Original Content Tracing signs of a Kylie Jenner influence on her man's, Travis Scott.
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Aahil Dayani -
Original Content A case for DJ Quik.
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Maxwell Cavaseno -
Original Content After decades of fighting for its due respect, Drake and Cardi B's Las Vegas residencies cement hip-hop's place at the forefront of modern culture.
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Robert Blair -
Original Content How do we go about making the difficult but necessary distinction between the artist and the individual?
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Luke Hinz -
Original Content We look at the reciprocity between hip-hop and jazz over the years.
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Gus Fisher -
Original Content Why the hip-hop community worships Nas' "Illmatic" and how the album's classic status has shaped the direction of the genre
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Luke Hinz -
Original Content From a Lil Wayne chorus to an inescapable cultural phenomenon, we reflect on the "Bling Bling" era.
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Luke Hinz -
Original Content Almost 20 years after the height of the East and West Coast rivalry, we take a look at where things stand now for the two pioneering sides of the culture.
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hnhh -
Original Content Fresh from Joyner Lucas wishing death upon him on "Devil's Work," we examine how Death Row's Suge Knight became the most hated villain in hip-hop's collective history.
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Robert Blair