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Original Content Tinashe And The Problem With Female Artists' Album Delays Too many women are signing major deals and then seeing their albums delayed for years. By Patrick Lyons April 26, 2018
Original Content Russ Vs Metro Boomin, And Who Is Responsible For "The Current State Of Hip Hop"? Examining the "current state of hip-hop" and if we really need to "blame" anyone at all. By Aida C. April 26, 2018
Society Kanye West: The Beautiful Dark Twisted Philosopher Kanye West started with what appeared to be good-intentioned, self-improvement musings in his return to Twitter, before veering into narcissistic and political territory. What's the impact of this on the people that he wants to break out of the "simulation"? By Vince Rick April 25, 2018
Original Content The Misunderstood Genius Of Vince Staples The North Long Beach rapper remains as controversial and intriguing as ever. By Luke Hinz April 23, 2018
Original Content J. Cole Has Quietly Remained One Of Hip-Hop's Biggest Superstars Does J. Cole's "K.O.D." mark the return of hip-hop's benevolent king? By Mitch Findlay April 18, 2018
Original Content How Can Rolling Loud Compete With Festivals Like Coachella & Lollapalooza? What does the future have in store for the hip-hop festival? By Noelle Perkins April 17, 2018
Original Content Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Prize Is A Hip-Hop Triumph Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer is a groundbreaking moment for hip-hop. By Luke Hinz April 17, 2018
Original Content What Is Young Thug Up To? An Argument For "Hear No Evil" EP Series We have a hypothesis concerning Young Thug's surprise EP, "Hear No Evil." By Narsimha Chintaluri April 16, 2018
Original Content Is Nicki Minaj Really The "Bad Guy"? Dissecting Her Two New Songs Nicki Minaj and Cardi B continue to remain uniquely linked, but are fans seeing smoke where there's no fire? By Mitch Findlay April 12, 2018
Original Content What Happened To Rich Homie Quan? A few years ago, RHQ seemed poised for stardom. Then he almost entirely stopped releasing music. By Patrick Lyons February 22, 2018
Original Content What Would An Eminem And 50 Cent Collaboration Sound Like In 2018? Will Eminem and 50 Cent ever collaborate again? By Mitch Findlay February 21, 2018
Society Tomi Lahren Fires Twitter Shots At Colin Kaepernick Happy Thanksgiving, now have some political discussion courtesy of Tomi Lahren and Colin Kaepernick. By Mitch Findlay November 24, 2017