the interwebz
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I Dropped Kanye’s 1st Beat Tape & It Went Viral 4 Years Later
The last 24 hours have been weird because the internet is weird. Literally overnight, everyone from MTV to HipHopDX and the assorted rest of the rap interwebz has been writing about this early Kanye beat tape that had just been uncovered, except…
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De La Soul Kickstarts New Album With $250K in 48 Hours
De La Soul, the legendary New York hip-hop group who’ve been making dope music since the late ’80s, is set to record and release their first new, full-length album in 11 years, and they’re doing it using some very modern means. On…
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From R. Kelly to Lil B, The Rise of Troll-Hop
Marketing in the digital media age is like fist fights in high school. If enough people surround something it’ll draw an even larger crowd, and what’s more attractive than a huge circle of chaos? Seeing a name enough on Twitter, an abundance of plays on…
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Fine, You Got Me: Your Favorite Rapper’s First Tweet
When you join Twitter, there aren’t any instructions, guides or babysitters to watch your words. It’s a blank slate, empty, giving you an odd sensation of knowing no one is watching. We all want to be discovered, gain followers, and get the attention…
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Dreamer’s Poetry: 5 Years Later, An Indie Artist’s Trials, Errors & Successes
Last week marked five years since the release of my first independent studio album, Dreamer’s Poetry. I’ve been through a lot of ups and downs since then, but I’ve always considered that project a labor of love that paved the way for the…
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Aux Cord Banger Battle: Nathan S vs. DJ T-GUT
I love a good rap debate as much as the next man – hell, I write about rap debates for a living – but what often gets lost in the internet’s constant hunger for controversy is the simple, pure joy…
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Poppin’ Tags: Absurd Rap Shit I Found On eBay
Last night I went to bed with the Kanye thinkpiece to end all Kanye thinkpieces plotted out in my head. I couldn’t wait to wake up. As Krizzle’s “Boobie Miles” blared (yes “Boobie Miles” is my alarm sound), my eyes…
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Digging Up Your Favorite Rapper’s Hidden Internet Gems
I never had MySpace; in some circles that’s like never having phone sex. MySpace was a cyber-playground, after-school recess for the young and computer capable. Phone sex and MySpace were the keys to adulthood, they put bass in your voice, hair…
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Welcome to the Mind Blowing World of 3D Rap Gifs
17 years go I missed basketball practice because I was looking at random shit on ebaumsworld, the phone line was busy, and my dad couldn’t call me to tell me he’d be late to pick me up; back then you…
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Estonian Trap Rapper Tommy Cash is Going to Take Over the Internet
Last night was another typical night. It’s 3:30 AM and I can’t sleep. No new Run The Jewels album so I’m stuck perusing the depths of the internet for new music. I found some. I’m not quite sure what I found,…
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“Views from All Day”: Drake, Kanye & The State of Hip-Hop Leaks
Like mixtapes, which are now almost never mixed by a DJ and definitely aren’t on tape, the term “leak” has become almost meaningless in 2014. Or more specifically, it’s come to mean so many things in so many different situations, it means…
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The Allure of Artist Anonymity in the Internet Age
The persona and person have become one, oversaturating our lives with filtered snapshots and 140 characters of emojis.