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Thanks to Keeps for sponsoring this video! Head to​ ​https://keeps.com/HHM to get 50% off your first order of hair loss treatment. — Often grouped together as a cultural ill, the concept of “mumble rap” dominated …

Ever since he came out of the gate swinging with the rambunctious Odd Future, Earl Sweatshirt has always erred toward the side of confronting hip-hop’s norms rather than abiding by them. But from March 23rd …

Upon his arrival in 2011, Rocky and the A$AP Mob were seen as outliers within New York’s hip-hop scene. By the time LIVE.LOVE.A$AP emerged, Rocky’s ascent to the mainstream was all but academic. Off the …

No matter what genre they spring up in, supergroups are a difficult proposition. With each member initially finding fame and fortune by marching to the tune of their own drum, many artists aren’t that amenable …

Public persona can be everything in music. And for the longest time, that translated into artists maintaining the illusion of being larger than life. But now, today’s crooners and songstresses are stripping away the façade …

For almost two decades, hip-hop’s birthplace housed a label that served as its unbridled market leader. Born 35 years ago in a cramped dorm room at NYU, Def Jam became the perennial force in a …

Throughout popular music history, controversy has always been a powerful initializer. When something that renounces the norm comes along, both hyperbolic media coverage and the intrigue of the youth will follow. As sterile as it …

Over the course of the past 2 weeks, the hip-hop community allowed anticipation to override their better judgment. To the chagrin of fans around the world, Kanye West’s Jesus Is King remains under lock and …

In a world where viral sensations are memorialized in tweets and people claim Chance The Rapper is beginning to fall off after his debut album The Big Day received mixed reviews and sold 108,000 opening …

Rappers Freestyling Before the Fame – Most rappers aren’t good at thinking on their feet. They get choked up or trip over their words. But the best rappers are the ones that master this skill …

Ten years after his breakout EP So Far Gone, Drake’s legacy is in a firm yet complicated position. Undeniably, Drake is one of hip-hop’s biggest game-changers ever and has a good chance of becoming the …

A quick Google search will give you a definition of corny that reads, “trite, banal, or mawkishly sentimental.” In other words, something that’s cliche, empty, or fake deep. In a hip-hop context, this isn’t far …

There’s a lot to admire about the rise of Grime. Compared to American hip-hop, it’s very young: born in the early 2000s as opposed to the 1970s birth decade of American rap. To go from …

Despite successful collabs with top spitters like Eminem, Black Thought, Royce da 5’9”, Tech 9ine and most recently Logic, it would seem that Joyner Lucas is ready to be added to many favorite emcee lists …

With hip hop being by far, the most lyrically-driven genre of music in human history, it stands to reason that the “classic album” competition has had a constant correlation with rappers pushing to be recognized …

By now rap fans that feel energized and inspired by the backstory of their favorite artist evolving out of their humble beginnings with nothing but supreme hustle and sheer talent are understandably disturbed when they …

As of 2019, Tekashi 6ix9ine’s reign of “King of NY” has come to a screeching halt; whether you were a fan or not, it was hard to deny that he owned 2018. But as of …

Whether you’re a fan or not, it’s undeniable that Lil Uzi Vert has worked hard over the last five years to establish himself as one of the best rappers in the industry today. When he …

What makes people so leery of white rappers? Typically, it stems from them not haven’t been co-signed by respected hip-hop legends or proving that they have a commitment to the culture outside of just wanting …

We frequently hear the argument about hip hop artists that have ghostwriters pushing the pen behind their hottest songs as being compared to pop singers having songwriters, with various members of the rap world believing …

Big Sean is a Detroit rapper that didn’t come up through the Eminem co-sign like Royce da 5’9” and D-12, or the J Dilla umbrella like Slum Village and Elzhi. Not only was Big Sean …

Eminem is a legendary hip-hop lyricist who happens to be white. Logic is a talented, younger generation biracial rapper that happens to look white. Both accomplished emcees have had much made of their skin complexion, …

Up until J. Cole signed a distribution deal with Interscope in 2014, Dreamville was not a label. It was a concept, turned brand, turned organization, that eventually got its wings to resource artists once the …

Bright rainbow hair. Large face tattoos. Flashy flamboyant jewelry. Songs like “Gummo,” “Keke,” and “Fefe.” Tekashi 6ix9ine, spelled with the number 6 and the number 9, is arguably the most startlingly bold and brash rapper …

Usually when rappers fall off they either struggle in an embarrassing pit of obscurity, or they low-key have to disappear into a 9am-5pm day job outside of entertainment. But sometimes there are those special hip-hop …

Is the record label OVO Sound, or is it really “Drake Sound?” On the flip side of that argument, is it fair to get sucked into the conspiracy theory that artists on OVO are putting …

What would Hip Hop look If Drake never existed? — At this point, any praise Drake receives sounds redundant — Oh, another record? Big deal; we’ve heard that story before. He surpassed who? Cool; thought …

When it comes to the legendary lyricist Lil Wayne and the flashy rapper Young Thug from Atlanta Georgia, the only other thing besides their Southern upbringings that they seem to have in common is working …

The sad truth about NBA Young Boy is that he has dealt with a consistent amount of pain, violence, family situations, and criminal activity, and he is still just a teenager who has four sons …

Music fans often complain, and rightfully so, that going to see their favorite musicians can cost an arm and a leg and a pay check to afford the price of admission. The music industry is …

In this current musical climate, Pop music as the long-standing, music industry-invented genre that it is has continuously been taking a free-falling plunge from its once-coveted 1980s Thriller album-era of Michael Jackson: “The King of …

Go through Wale’s albums in sequential order. Do people dislike Wale because of their own ‘Attention Deficit’? It couldn’t be his lack of ‘Ambition or The Gifted’ lyricism he expresses. Do people want more substance …

Rewind back to 2014, when the Paterson New Jersey rapper/singer Fetty Wap exploded on the music scene with his independently-released debut hit single “Trap Queen.” The melodic musical composition consisted of three free-flowing verses provided …