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Original Content Rather than following hip-hop's treasured code of conduct, today's rappers are echoing the early days of punk rock.
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Robert Blair -
Original Content There has been a lot of discourse about the Grammy upset, where Macklemore swept up in the Rap categories in favor of Kendrick Lamar's heralded album. But what does this mean in the larger picture? Does it even matter or does it matter all too much?
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hnhh -
Original Content The successes and failures of platforms like Spotify and United Masters could redefine the trajectory of the entire music industry.
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Luke Hinz -
Original Content As the evolution of Hip-Hop continues to ascend into higher heights in the music industry, it seems that R&B is slowly but surely losing its soulful edge and assimilating more into the Hip-Hop genre. These days the rappers are "singing", and the singers are trying to rap. The question is, what happened along the way? We do some digging to answer that question.
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Audrey N. -
Original Content Can comedic rap ever escape the asterisk beside its name?
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Sanibel Chai -
Original Content Weighing the obvious benefits of co-signs from Kanye West and Drake against the negative impact they can have on artists' careers.
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Patrick Lyons -
Original Content J. Cole's third album celebrates five years.
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Mitch Findlay -
Original Content We revisit the legacy of Bobby Shmurda, and all that he helped New York achieve prior to his incarceration.
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Jibril Yassin -
Original Content New Orleans has always been a hub for music, first with Jazz and then more recently with hip hop. NOLA hip hop culture has been around since the '80s and the bounce movement, putting the city on the map for quality hip hop. But the damage of the storm proved to be much stronger than anyone expected. Artists and record companies like Cash Money and No Limit had no choice but to relocate to other states and lay low. Despite the permanent damage Hurricane Katrina inflicted on so many lives, the underground hip hop scene has slowly returned to the city in an effort to rebuild the New Orleans spirit.
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Rula Al-Nasrawi -
Original Content DMX is one the best rappers to ever touch a mic. Here's the evidence.
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Karlton Jahmal -
Original Content On this day in 2004, MF Doom released his album "Mm..Food." We reflect on the album for Classic Rotation.
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Chris Tart -
Sports Rest in peace to one of the greatest to ever pick up a basketball.
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Cole Blake
