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Why I’m Boycotting the XXL Freshmen List: A Twitter Rant Reminder
I swear, this shit happens every year and it makes me want to kick a puppy. For literally years now I’ve been explaining why I decided to boycott the XXL Freshmen List as matter of principle. But then every year…
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Absurdly Detailed Investigations: Rappers With the Largest Vocabularies
Holy sweet baby jesus. We like to think of ourselves as rap nerds around these parts, and we’re certainly no strangers to paying way, way, way too much attention to hip-hop related questions , but ultimately, our nerdery can only…
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Good Question Stitches, What ARE You Gonna Do With This Brick in Yo Face?
Take a deep breath, relax. This isn’t going to be some article about how Stiches is the worst rapper ever and is ruining hip-hop. He doesn’t deserve nearly that much attention. Hip-hop’s not weak enough to be taken down by…
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This Week in Hype: Chance’s Anniversary, the Hardest Podcast With Locksmith & More
I’m really not sure why, but I keep putting out these “ This Week in Hype ” podcasts, and y’all keep asking for me. You’re probably drunk, but hey, I got love for my fellow drunks. So we’ll just have to keep…
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Did Future’s “Honest” Album Flop, And Why?
If you listened to the podcast last week you already heard me go over this, but now that the frankly surprising sales numbers for Future’s highly-anticipated “Honest” album are out, it’s been on my mind too much to ignore. Looks…
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The Hypemen Podcast, The Lost Episodes: Just Blaze
Way…..way….way….back in the day (aka 2010), when the entire concept of a rap podcast was still in its infancy, there was the Hypemen podcast. Up until the last episode in July of 2011, the Rosenthal brothers and Jensen Karp delivered almost…
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NBA Bans Donald Sterling for Least Racist Thing Donald Sterling Has Done
I’ve wanted to write this since Sunday, but I didn’t want to add to the already Everest-sized pile of articles on Donald Sterling. Like Richard Sherman’s postgame spiel, Manti Te’o’s fake girlfriend or the hundreds of BIGGEST STORIES EVER that have come before,…
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Who’s The Rap Game John Wall?
Hip-hop and D.C. sports dominate my life. Sure there are friends, family, video games, and Beyonce sprinkled in here and there, but for the most part, it’s hip-hop and RGIII’s knee (yes I know it’s April but RGIII is like…
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5 DJ Khaled Songs Even Haterz Love
From Booty to Bieber, we feel strongly about a great many things that nobody in their right mind would feel strongly about. That’s why we do it; we care so you don’t have to and if you do care, join…
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For $18K DMX Will Perform at Your Bar Mitzvah
Move over Beyonce and Jay Z, your summer tour ain’t got shit another artist’s 2014 World Tour. Any guesses? Drake? Kanye? Kendrick? Nope. Actually, the artist (using that term loosely) I am talking about is the one and only DMX.…
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Radio is Dying, Should We Be Celebrating?
If you read RefinedHype, or really anyone who writes about the music and isn’t in the pocket of the RIAA , you’re familiar with the common jabs at the music industry. As the world exploded with new technologies, instead of innovating,…
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RefinedHype Quiz: Fill In The Blank Pt. 1
We’re shaking things up, RefinedHype Nation! Sample quizzes are fun and all, but after ten of ’em, I thought it might be time to try something new. Don’t worry, sample quizzes aren’t gone forever, but for now, let’s focus on…