Anniversary
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Method Man’s ‘Tical’ 25 Years Later: An Imperfect Experiment
For the expanded Wu universe to have existed at all, the noticeable missteps of Tical had to come first.
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Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Block Is Hot’ Turns 20
We break down Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Block Is Hot,’ 20 years on.
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20 Years Later: Mos Def’s ‘Black on Both Sides’ Captures the Rhythms of Black Expression
Mos Def understood that hip-hop was a culture built on connectivity.
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25 Years Later: The Timelessness of The Notorious B.I.G’s ‘Ready to Die’
“Behind every great fortune, there lies a crime.”
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‘The Warm Up’ 10 Years Later: Ibrahim “IB” Hamad Reflects on Launching J. Cole’s Career
In celebration of ‘The Warm Up,’ the mixtape that launched a career.
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The Spry Spirit of the Beastie Boys’ ‘Ill Communication’
25 years after the song’s release, “Sabotage” still makes fans want to throw elbows with reckless abandon and put fists to drywall.
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Eminem Released ‘Relapse’ 10 Years Ago. We Ranked the 5 Most Disgusting Songs
Oh, don’t thank us. Thank Marshall.
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MF DOOM’s ‘Operation: Doomsday’ Is the Blueprint for Independent Hip-Hop
In the face of great loss, rapper Daniel Dumile perfected a formula.
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Hip-Hop Writers Reflect on Nas’ Illmatic on Its 25th Anniversary
We spoke with seven highly respected individuals in the music journalism space to hear their first impressions of ‘Illmatic.’
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J. Cole’s Saving Grace: ‘KOD’ One Year Later
There are many ways to deal with the pain that life brings. Choose wisely.
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‘Piñata,’ 5 Years Later: How Madlib Brought the Best out of Freddie Gibbs
The essence of ‘Piñata’ is found beyond Freddie Gibbs’ seemingly endless tales of cocaine-slanging and gangbanging.
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5 Years Later: How YG Crystallized ‘My Krazy Life’ Into Ordinary Madness
There’s omnipresent chaos that ebbs and flows throughout ‘My Krazy Life.’