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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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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 continue down memory lane, looking at the history of the interaction between rap and rock.
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Gus Fisher -
Original Content DMX blended horror, morality, and religious turmoil in the masterful "Damien" series.
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Mitch Findlay -
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 We look at the reciprocity between hip-hop and jazz over the years.
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Gus Fisher -
Original Content "Codeine Crazy" is one of trap music's lasting contributions.
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Luke Hinz -
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 From a Lil Wayne chorus to an inescapable cultural phenomenon, we reflect on the "Bling Bling" era.
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Luke Hinz -
Society Joyner Lucas' "I'm Not Racist" has people reevaluating the conversation surrounding race.
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Mitch Findlay -
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 When will Iggy Azalea's rap career see new life? Do we even want it to?
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E Gadsby -
Original Content Far from just remolding The Dirty South's sound or serving as a fashion icon, A$AP Rocky's influence over current culture runs deep.
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Robert Blair -
Original Content Revisiting the most thrilling rap battle of all time.
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Luke Hinz -
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 A brief history lesson on how and why Migos' signature flow came to be.
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Gus Fisher -
Pop Culture We tackle exactly what copyright infringement in music is, with help from two industry professionals.
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Kemet High -
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 How a cutting-edge record label would come to define an entire era.
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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
