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The 5 Best Underground Hip-Hop Albums of 2013
What’s up RefinedHype Nation. It’s that time of year to break out the “Best ___ Of 2013” lists, and since I’m the guy who’s been doing the “ Dope Underground Rappers You (Probably) Haven’t Heard Of ” articles, the boss…
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Watch & Listen to the New “Beyonce” Album (Previews of Every Video)
In all my years working in music I can’t say I’ve ever seen anything even remotely like this. Without absolutely no warning or pre-releasing marketing, the biggest female star in the world, Beyonce , drops her self-titled fifth studio album exclusively…
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Guilty Conscience: The 5 Biggest Guilty Pleasures Of 2013
Now that it is officially December, it means that those 2013 countdown pieces will be blogged like hotcakes. I have been keeping a long list of songs to include on the various “best of ’13” countdowns, but to get things…
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Childish Gambino’s “Because The Internet” Album Leaked, Let’s Listen…
Those who are familiar with Childish Gambino (A.K.A Donald Glover A.K.A Troy from “Community” ) know to expect the unexpected from his upcoming album, “ Because The Internet” . The project’s Gif artwork and the odd numerical system of the…
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Breaking Down J. Cole’s Questionable “Control” Response/Kendrick Diss
This one got mentioned in our Thanksgiving Re-Up and at first I was happy to just keep it there. After all, I’d placed a self-imposed moratorium on “Control”-related talk about seven years ago. (Ok, more like a few months, but…
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The Guide to Rapper Poses, An Absurdly Detailed Investigation
Here at RefinedHype we pride ourselves on going where other journalists (like Huffington Post or CNN) are too scared too. Anyone can write about what is going on with the health care crisis or the Middle East, but it takes…
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From J. Cole To Bas: Your Guide to Dreamville
This here rap game is like the wild wild west. There are no set rules, laws, or regulations in place to make information both accessible and official; shit is like a jumbled mess of fine lines, sort ofs, and maybe’\s.…
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Who’s the Worst Rapper Alive?
It’s mid-November, which means every store in America is already trying to suck as much Christmas-related money out of your pocket as possible. It also means that everyone on the interwebs is starting to think about their “Year End” lists, including yours…
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Rappers Saying Sh*t Before They Rap: An Absurdly Detailed Investigation
RefinedHype Nation regulars know that I don’t listen to “freestyles”, mostly because everything that was exciting about listen to a freestyle has become, in 2013, the equivalent of watching Drake reading off his Blackberry . But every so often enough people…
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7 Dope Underground Rappers You (Probably) Haven’t Heard Of: Vol. IV
What’s up RefinedHype Nation. I’m back with 7 more dope emcees 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…
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Here’s a Stream of Jhene Aiko’s “Sail Out” EP, Let’s Listen…
If I were to put money on an artist to break out in 2014, I would bet the house on Jhene Aiko . In 2013 she made a name for herself as a go-to-guest, appearing alongside the likes of J. Cole,…
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From Chance to Tokyo Shawn, Your Guide To The savemoney Crew
Thanks to about a million young, talented artists, led by the likes of Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa, Chicago is once again becoming an epicenter of hip-hop. Since both broke onto the scene, their savemoney movement/squad/army/collective has been gaining more and more…