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Original Content Now that altering music in real time is more commonplace, we examine whether this is a helpful or harmful for the world of hip-hop and music at large
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Robert Blair -
Original Content DMX blended horror, morality, and religious turmoil in the masterful "Damien" series.
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Mitch Findlay -
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 With "Tha Carter V" on the way, revisit an era where Lil Wayne went by "Baby D."
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Mitch Findlay -
Original Content A few years ago, RHQ seemed poised for stardom. Then he almost entirely stopped releasing music.
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Patrick Lyons -
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 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 Lil Wayne's verse on Mario's "Crying Out For Me" remix arrived during his acclaimed 2007 run.
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Rose Lilah -
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 -
Original Content We reflect on the lasting legacy and influence of Odd Future.
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Gus Fisher -
Original Content We look at the reciprocity between hip-hop and jazz over the years.
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Gus Fisher -
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 We take a look into the connections that surround the Chicago hip-hop scene and its most prominent artists.
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Gus Fisher -
Original Content Where does Redman rank in the greatest-of-all-time conversation? And why does he continue to fly under the radar?
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Luke Hinz -
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 Why Lil Dicky's "Earth" is important.
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Sanibel Chai -
Original Content “Excuse me, everyone. I have a brief announcement to make: Jesus was Black, Ronald Reagan was the devil, and the government is lying about 9/11. Thank you for your time. And goodnight.”
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Luke Hinz -
Original Content How a cutting-edge record label would come to define an entire era.
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Luke Hinz -
Original Content A brief history lesson on how and why Migos' signature flow came to be.
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Gus Fisher
