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Face Paint, Mosh Pits & Boobs: My First Strange Music Show
(Photo Credit: Credit: Shot by Luke) This here rap game is often one of hyperbole. Whether it’s a rapper claiming he’s the greatest ever, or a writer saying the new Riff Raff album is a classic, just days after it drops, the…
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The Hypemen Podcast, the Lost Episodes: Fat Jew
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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Album Reviews In Bad Places: Asher Roth’s “RetroHash” On a Drive To The Airport
There are definitely more pros than cons when it comes to working from home. However, one con is that friends will hit you up to help them out with something at anytime. For some reason people hear I work from…
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Who’s the Girl in ScHoolboy Q’s “Studio” Video? (NSFW)
Sweet baby jesus works in mysterious ways. Right as I was starting to work on this week’s “MBOW” I got distracted by the new video for ScHoolboy Q‘s “Studio“. And by distracted, I mean thirsty on a that-dude-who-got-his-arm-stuck-under-a rock-in-the-desert-and-had-to-cut-it-off-with-a-pocket-knife-to-survive level. Considering…
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Meet Caitlyn Scarlett
We’ve had a steady run of rap related “Meet” pieces, which is a rarity. We listen to hip-hop all day every day so I’d much rather change it up and show y’all something new. Still, when a rapper comes along,…
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Thoughts on Fat Joe’s Career After His Death (He Totally Didn’t Die)
Last week my daughter turned four-years-old, and to celebrate I took the day off and took her to that wonder of wonders, LegoLand, because her life is essentially a Charles Dickens novel of deprivation and poverty. While I was there,…
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That Time I Interviewed Statik Selektah (& Almost Threw Up)
As Hallmark-y as it might be, one of my favorite quotes comes from Thomas Jefferson. It reads, “If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.” There is a rap version…
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Why I’m Excited For Asher Roth’s “RetroHash” Album (And You Should Be Too)
I spend way too much time thinking about rappers. In fact it’s pretty much all I do. Case in point, this pat weekend, I made the two hour journey to my folks place. Normally I make a playlist for the…
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Expand Your Musical Horizons With Romeo Santos
Hip-hop is by far the most region-oriented genre in music. When you are first getting introduced to an emcee only two things really matter: their name and where they are from.You never hear anyone say “California’s Katy Perry” or “Oklahoma representative…
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5 Dope Underground Hip-Hop Albums You (Probably) Haven’t Heard Of
What’s up RefinedHype Nation. I’m back with five more dope underground albums you (probably) haven’t heard of – mostly discovered through way too much clicking of related videos on YouTube. The Nation is full of rap nerds, so you might be familiar with some…
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Who’s The Rap Game Kevin Durant?
It has been more than a month since our last Rap Game comparison piece, but considering our borderline unhealthy obsession with comparing rappers to things and things to rappers, it feels more like a year. Sure, we like to sneak…
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What’s the Best Three Song Stretch on an Album?
As I was thinking of what query to tackle for a new “ Question of the Week ” I was perusing through previous questions and once again realized how much I loved the “ Best 3 Album Stretch? ” discussion. And…