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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 …
Avg Rating: 3.9 Murs for President
My people, it’s that time again. Time to choose a new president. We need a man who can …
Avg Rating: 4.1 Fearless
So the music industry walks into a club. Dressed head to toe in Gucci, the music industry walks …
Avg Rating: 4.1 Something Else
I was walking down Market Street in San Francisco, enjoying a delicious carne asada burrito, when a man …
Avg Rating: 4.4 Paper Trail
There’s nothing more beautifully unpredictable than hip-hop slang. It seems like every few months a new word suddenly …
Avg Rating: 4.0 Colby O
It’s not easy being a pretty boy. Sure you’ve got thousands of girls hyperventilating at your concerts, but …
Avg Rating: 4.4 The Way I See It
Well before The Way I See It ever crossed my desk, Raphael Saadiq was already responsible for some …
Avg Rating: 2.9 Brass Knuckles
A few months ago I wrote that Nelly was in danger of falling victim to Ashanti Syndrome, a …
Avg Rating: 3.2 We Global
What is it, exactly, that DJ Khaled does? Well, let’s start with what he doesn’t do: He doesn’t …
Avg Rating: 4.5 Year Of The Gentleman
For too long the citizens of this great country have been searching for a true R&B king, a …
Avg Rating: 4.1 Not 4 Sale
It’s hard to have a conscience, especially in the music business. That’s why the list of rappers willing …


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