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Kendrick Lamar And Rihanna Prove Their 'Loyalty'

Friday, July 28, 2017

DAMN.'s most pop-worthy song gets a video of epic proportions

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Smino Takes His Vices To The Drive-In For 'Netflix & Dusse'

Thursday, July 27, 2017

The North St. Louis native keeps proving why blkswn is one of the best debut LPs of 2017.

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A$AP Mob Hits The Runway With Raf Simons

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

The Harlem crew indulges its high-fashion lust in latest video with Playboi Carti and Quavo

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First Listen: Vic Mensa, 'The Autobiography'

Thursday, July 20, 2017

On his long-awaited major-label LP, the Chicago MC's personal pain becomes epiphany.

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Try To Not Lose Your Lunch Watching Danny Brown's New 'Lost' Video

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Directed by Matilda Finn, it's a smorgasbord of disturbing imagery.

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Chance The Rapper And Young Thug Dedicate 'Big B's' To SoundCloud

Monday, July 17, 2017

The new song follows cryptic tweets from Chance, proclaiming he helped save the streaming service

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Dr. Dre's Rapid 'Gunfire' Flow Affirms And Defies His Age

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

The new song comes in conjunction with the revealing HBO documentary The Defiant Ones, which intertwines the lives and legacies of Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine.

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When You're Blue Ivy, Bragging Rights Are A Birthright

Friday, July 07, 2017

Jay-Z's firstborn gets lyrical on a 4:44 bonus track, "Blue's Freestyle / We Family."

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First Listen: Shabazz Palaces, 'Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines'

Thursday, July 06, 2017

The second of two new LPs finds Ishmael Butler, a.k.a. Palaceer Lazaro, drawing out the ironies of trap's outsider aesthetic.

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First Listen: Shabazz Palaces, 'Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star'

Thursday, July 06, 2017

Ishmael Butler, aka Palaceer Lazaro, takes on a sentient persona to illuminate hip-hop's darkest corners.

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Morning News Brief: GOP Continues Work On Health Care Bill, JAY-Z Releases New Album

Friday, June 30, 2017

Republican senators are working on revisions to their health care plan. Also, Hong Kong is marking 20 years under Chinese rule, and rapper JAY-Z has a new album.

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JAY-Z Bares His Soul On '4:44'

Friday, June 30, 2017

On his new album, the rapper and entrepreneur continues to push himself to the forefront of the genre, paving the way for the next generation of MCs to age gracefully on the mic.

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Public Enemy Make Entire New Album Available For Free Download

Thursday, June 29, 2017

The band surprised fans by making Nothing Is Quick In The Desert available for free download via Bandcamp, until July 4.

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'The Gentrification Song' Is The Inner-City Blues America Deserves From Rap

Thursday, June 29, 2017

"The city lost its soul and gained a lot of hipsters, but does that really make it better or a little weirder?" Bay Area rapper Gift of Gab asks in new video.

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BET Awards Wields, And Exerts, Its Influence Beyond Black America

Monday, June 26, 2017

No matter how loved or loathed, last night's show proves why it's often the most talked-about night in pop.

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Young Thug, Big Boi And 2 Chainz Channel Atlanta's History Of Transmutation

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Three ATLiens showcase Atlanta's decade-plus stranglehold on reinvention and innovation.

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First Listen: MC Eiht, 'Which Way Iz West'

Thursday, June 22, 2017

The West Coast legend teams up with East Coast boom-bap icon, DJ Premier, for their long-awaited OG's manifesto.

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Mobb Deep's Prodigy Dies At 42

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

The 42-year-old emcee was best known for crafting narratives of struggle and survival that depicted New York in the depths of the crack era.

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Macklemore Goes Solo For 'Glorious' Return

Thursday, June 15, 2017

For more than half a decade Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have been an inseparable creative duo, racking up record sales and Grammy awards. Not anymore, for now at least.

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Ice Cube Leaves Bill Maher Shaken And Stirred Over The N-Word

Monday, June 12, 2017

25 years after Death Certificate, the OG reprises his role as rap's most potent race critic.

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