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Listing: 5 Lyrical Gems from A$AP Rocky’s ‘Long.Live.A$AP’

While a slew of fresh faces stole headlines last year, few captured the attention of pontiffs like A$AP Rocky did. The 24-year-old, New York native crafted an indelible style, one that seamlessly blends grizzled street [...]

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The New York Rhymes: The Year in Rap

Because there’s more to hip-hop than doobage and riches, even “Super Nintendo” and “Sega Genesis” – see life – The New York Times has brought back their partnership with nerdy, yet endearing educational rhyming platform, [...]

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Listing: 5 Predictable Lyrics from Wiz Khalifa’s ‘O.N.I.F.C.’

Releasing an album after only one year is a bold move, even for an eccentric soul like Wiz Khalifa. He’s a pop rapper who doesn’t regularly indulge in heady lyricism. So it’s a wonder as to what [...]

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"Wu Block"

Listing: 5 Lyrical Haymakers from Ghostface Killah and Sheek Louch’s ‘Wu-Block’

When MCs from Yonkers and Staten Island meet lyrical sparks will fly. The only question is – to what effect? For Wu-Block, a collaboration between Wu-Tang and D-Block, it’s a harmonious union, one that puts [...]

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Streetside: Hip-Hop Royalty Nas and Lauryn Hill Hold Court at Chicago’s Congress Theater; November 14

For his 11th studio album, lyrical juggernaut Nasir Jones teamed up with the enigmatic Lauryn Hill for the “Life is Good/Black Rage” tour. Together, they descended upon Chicago’s Congress Theater, and with them a drove [...]

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"Evil Empire of Everything & Most of My Heroes..."

Listing: 10 Lyrical Grenades From Public Enemy’s ‘Most Of My Heroes… & The Evil Empire…’

When Public Enemy decided to release two albums in one year they made sure to explain that both are one of a kind – completely separate projects standing on their own two feet. But the way The Evil [...]

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Calvin Harris; '18 Months'

Listing: The 5 Best Feat. Lyric Threats on Calvin Harris’ ’18 Months’

For his third album, 18 Months, producer/DJ/singer Calvin Harris made a concerted effort to step away from the vocal booth in order to focus primarily on production. He makes a few cameos here and there, [...]

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"Country, God or the Girl"

Listing: Mining K’naan’s ‘Country, God or The Girl’ For Traces of Hip Hop

As a lyricist K’naan is as skilled and thoughtful as they come. But for Country, God or the Girl it couldn’t be further from the truth. His goal here is to reach a wider audience. It’s [...]

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Streetside: Kreayshawn Album Release Party

Kreayshawn, for the non 38-million of you who haven’t heard her single ”Gucci Gucci” yet, exploded late 2011 out of Oakland with her brand-repping infectious brat-rap style [LISTEN]: One big room full of bad bitches One big [...]

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Song Review: Kendrick Lamar – ‘Swimming Pools (Drank)’

Kendrick Lamar has the ability to take a contrived metaphor that should by all accounts be annoying after a single use and build an entire song off it. The newest single from his upcoming good [...]

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