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Avg Rating: 4.4 The Take Over
You know how right before they execute you, you get one last meal? The prison will let you …
Avg Rating: 4.8 So Far Gone
Drake may be new to you, but he’s no stranger to success. A rapper turned singer turned actor …
Avg Rating: 4.2 Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics
Acts come and go, but an artists’ impact can last centuries. Acts become irrelevant as soon as their …
Avg Rating: 4.0 The Rebirth
There comes a time in every man’s life when he must strike out on his own. When he …
Avg Rating: 3.7 The Spirit Of Apollo
The year was 1961. President John F. Kennedy had just witnessed the first men set foot on the …
Avg Rating: 4.1 Ryan Leslie
Ryan Leslie is a complicated man, and like most complicated things, America’s had some trouble figuring him out. …
Avg Rating: 4.7 Troubadour
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A boy grows up in Mogadishu, Somalia, during a civil …
Avg Rating: 3.8 Dope
Not everyone plays the game for the same reasons. Some rappers pick up the mic with dreams of …
Avg Rating: 4.0 The B.C. Era
Hype is a dangerous thing. It can camouflage an artist’s weaknesses and unreasonably inflate expectations, transforming a mediocre …
Avg Rating: 4.6 Avant
Fame is a strange thing. There are people who deserve to be far more acclaimed then they are …
Avg Rating: 4.4 Notorious Soundtrack
It’s been more than ten years since Biggie was gun downed in Los Angeles. At the moment he …
Avg Rating: 4.3 Colin Munroe Is The Unsung Hero
What is hip-hop? It’s not a trick question, you really should be able to answer it. Go ahead. …
Avg Rating: 4.5 The Point Of It All
They say that everyone’s born for a reason. Everyone’s put on this Earth to do accomplish something that …
Avg Rating: 3.9 Brutha
Some artists have great stories. More than just their music, it’s the myths and legends surrounding them that …
Avg Rating: 4.1 Intuition
Every rapper wishes they were an actor. LL Cool J set the stage for the legions of rappers …
Avg Rating: 2.0 iSouljaBoyTellEm
As 2008 draws to a close, I’ve decided to award this year’s Most Controversial Rapper title to…drum roll …
Avg Rating: 3.5 A Different Me
Keyshia Cole has said her biggest musical influence is Mary J. Blige, and if that’s true she’s following …
Avg Rating: 3.8 Da Realist
I know what you’re thinking. Didn’t Plies just put out an album? I know, I thought the same …
Avg Rating: 3.9 Universal Mind Control
Some people are going to hate Common’s new album, Universal Mind Control. It won’t matter what I write. …
Avg Rating: 4.1 Human
If you were born after 1990, you probably don’t understand just how huge Brandy once was. Less sensual …
Avg Rating: 4.4 Akon - Freedom
There are a million stories in hip-hop - Akon’s is one of the most interesting. The son of …
Avg Rating: 4.1 The Ball Street Journal
I moved to the Bay Area in 2001, and for the first few months I found myself having …
Avg Rating: 4.1 808's & Heartbreak
In order to understand Kanye West’s sonically adventurous new album, we simply have to realize two fundamental truths. …
Avg Rating: 4.5 Theater Of The Mind
I’ve spent the last few years telling anyone who will listen that Ludacris is one of the best …
Avg Rating: 3.6 Love's Crazy
Regular readers of this column know that Nathan S. loves the ladies, so much so that he sometimes …
Avg Rating: 3.8 Gutta
Some rappers are comets. They blow up and burn brilliantly for a few moments before disintegrating, never to …
Avg Rating: 4.0 I Am… Sasha Fierce
Beyonce is more than the Queen of R&B. She belongs to that extraordinarily rare group of celebrities who …
Avg Rating: 2.7 The Villain
Every city has its local legend. These are the rappers who were household names in their hometowns before …


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