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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 …
Avg Rating: 3.9 Thr33 Ringz
The world has never seen anything like T-Pain. Pain is currently the most prolific hit-maker alive, but on …
Avg Rating: 3.8 The Death of Adam
We’ve all been there. You wake up horny and decided you’re going to do something about your “situation.” …
Avg Rating: 4.9 The Renaissance
The other night I ran into an old girlfriend. It’d been a bad break-up, mostly because she was …
Avg Rating: 4.3 Halfway House
The last five years have not been kind to Joe Budden. Once a rising star in the rap …
Avg Rating: 3.6 Stick 2 Tha Script
Today I almost died. It was a bus that almost sealed the deal - one of those Tour …
Avg Rating: 4.7 Evolver
Full disclosure: I’m a John Legend fan. First of all, I admire anyone with the balls to change …
Avg Rating: 3.8 Product of the 80s
It’s time for another thrilling edition of everyone’s favorite game, Guess the Mid-Level Rap Star! Ready? Ok, who …
Avg Rating: 3.0 Unexpected
You want unexpected? I’ll give you unexpected. The year was 2002 and Michelle Williams, the third member of …
Avg Rating: 3.8 White Van Music
I was going to start off by calling Jake One the most underrated producer in hip-hop. Then I …
Avg Rating: 4.0 Jennifer Hudson
Some people are born to do one thing. These people possess the extraordinary ability to do something better …


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