Anniversary
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The Pursuit to Just Feel Better: One Year With SZA’s ‘Ctrl’
One year later, ‘Ctrl’ remains a daily meditation on what I do and do not deserve.
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How Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter III’ Became a Classic Without Actually Being a Classic
Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter III’ is a classic album for the moment it was and the moment it became.
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Three Years Later: How The Social Experiment Turned Friendships Into Indie Rap History
‘Surf’ also made digital music history.
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5 Years Later: How Logic’s ‘Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever’ Mixtape Was His Legacy Blueprint
“This the type of shit I used to prophesize.”
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Chance The Rapper Showed Us What a Little Happiness Can Do: ‘Acid Rap’ 5 Years Later
Five years on, Chance The Rapper’s breakout project is proof that happiness is a potent form of resistance.
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Big Punisher’s ‘Capital Punishment’ Turns 20
We spoke with Fat Joe, Steve Rifkind, Rockwilder, Tony Sunshine, Joell Ortiz and more about Pun’s seminal debut.
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10 Years with Atmosphere’s ‘When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold’
The pivot that ensured Atmosphere a career.
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“A Milli” Turns 10: Revisiting Lil Wayne’s Watershed Moment
The importance of “A Milli” wasn’t only in the song’s execution, but for what it did to the rest of hip-hop.
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14 Best Rap Lines from Kanye West’s ‘The College Dropout’
We look back at the most memorable bars from Kanye West’s classic debut offering.
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A$AP Rocky’s Debut Album ‘LONG.LIVE.A$AP’ is “Suddenly” Five Years Old
Half a decade after his debut, Rocky has come to embody the definition of hip-hop: he is a mogul, a fashion icon, a sound pioneer, and a true spitter.