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Can You Match The Eyes To The Rapper They Belong To?

This is a ridiculous thing, to be sure; a game birthed in the crevices of 2 a.m. emails and WAY TOO MANY mp3s and SoundCloud links. And it's as simple as it is stupid as it is infinitythings. On the following page you'll find a picture of eight separate sets of eyes. Underneath the picture you'll ... More >>

This Is What It Feels Like In My Stomach Right Now

There is an evil inside of me. It is brooding and malevolent and vicious. It is absolute darkness. It is rotting my body on a cellular level. And it is there because I thought a bad idea (getting a burrito at the mall right before it closed) was a good idea ("HEY, LET'S GET A BURRITO FROM THE MALL B ... More >>

Greydon Square Is the Atheist Rapper

Midway through an interview with Greydon Square, I sneeze. "Bless you," the 31-year-old rapper born Eddie Collins says instinctively. He catches himself. "I know, an atheist that says, 'Bless you.' Habits, man." Greydon Square is the atheist rapper. In hip-hop, a genre in which where rappers thank ... More >>

Ten Rap Songs More Republican Than Nicki Minaj

Earlier this week Nicki Minaj stepped in a fresh pile of political shit when she, in an attempt to stir the pot on a "Mercy" freestyle remix, rapped that she is voting for Mitt Romney. People stupid enough to think anything Minaj does or says matters were outraged, and some even sent her death threa ... More >>

A Brief History of the Blowjob in Pop Music

Currently dominating charts, Flo Rida's "Whistle" recycles the wholesome Disney chorus "whistle while you work" as a blowjob instructional. Like many before him, Flo Rida enjoys receiving oral sex, and like almost as many, he has turned the practice into a popular song. Over the years, tracks discu ... More >>

How's That "Millennium of Aftermath" Going?

See also: *Here Are Pictures of Dr. Dre's New $13 Million House *The Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2012 Thus Far It was November of 1999 and we were on the cusp of the millennium when Dr. Dre famously proclaimed that the next one thousand years would be "the millennium of Aftermath," on the song "Forgot A ... More >>

Top 10 Sexiest Hip-Hop Video Vixens

LMFAO 'Bikini Girl' Says She Was Fired For Being 'Big Boned' Top Ten Sexiest Album Covers We've Ever Seen Top 60 Worst Lil Wayne Lines on Tha Carter IV Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List Thoughts From A Rando ... More >>

Five Bizarre Social Networking Sites From Musicians

Remember about a decade ago when every rapper had to have his own clothing line? And then remember about four years ago when every rapper had to have his own social networking site? Surprisingly, it turns out that artists from all across the musical spectrum have been impersonating Mark Zuckerberg f ... More >>

50 Cent, Eminem, and the Best of SXSW Yesterday

See also Houston Press's 50 Cent showcase slideshow 50 Cent / Eminem - Austin Music Hall Never mind that Get Rich or Die Trying actually came out in 2003; the moist and dewy crowd at Austin Music Hall last night was plenty psyched for his performance of his debut album on its "10th anniversary." Ba ... More >>

Nick Waterhouse, Papa - SXSW - 3/16/12

See also: *50 Cent, Eminem, and the Best of SXSW Yesterday *Nick Waterhouse meets a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Better than...worrying if your shoes match your purse. Nylon magazine and Guess Jeans teamed up for a SXSW day party in the chic W hotel in Austin, on a balcony where stylish couc ... More >>

Pusha T on Vegas Nights, Partying with Rick Ross, and Driving Lamborghinis in the Club

Pusha T​See Also: Pusha T and Tyler the Creator's "Trouble On My Mind" Video Shoot "I've had a good fucking year and it's pretty amazing!" Pusha T, one half of the Neptunes-endorsed rap group The Clipse, sounds relaxed and happy as he prepares to release his new solo project, Fear Of God II: ... More >>

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Compton Rapper Game Returns to an Industry That's Gone Soft

Will his old tricks still work?

Top Five Rapping Basketball Players Phil Jackson Might Actually Like

​Phil Jackson, of all people, recently had some harsh words for "Fix The Knicks," the odd, showtuney-tune penned by New York Knicks owner James Dolan. (You can hear it here.) Dolan needs either "a better lyricist or a better musician," Jackson said. Ouch! Of course, it's hard to disagree with ... More >>

Video: Greek Guy Raps About Feta

Bread cheese may be God's perfect food, but building a career rapping about it? That's another level of obsession. (Thank god our early mix tape, Squiddy D: Outta The Pan & Into Tha Deep Fryer, is long out of print. No one needs to hear us rhyming "manchego" with "Anza Borrego.") Thanks to our ... More >>

Angry Black Cowboy Responds to Alexandra Wallace: 'Bruce Lee Was Asian!!' (VIDEO)

YouTubeMess with the Asians, and you mess with this guy​Not to keep giving some racist chick from UCLA way more attention than she deserves -- and we know how bad she wants it! -- but we've recently been made aware of the best YouTube response yet to Alexandra Wallace's viral "Asians in the Li ... More >>

Top 8 Twitter Tools: Threatening Thugs, Homophobic Hip Hoppers and Musical Idiots Who Are Worse Than Courtney Love

8 Threatening Thugs, Homophobic Hip Hoppers and Twitter Idiots Worse Than Courtney Love

Top 10 Crazy and Ridiculous Music Photos of 2010

Top 10 Crazy and Ridiculous Photos of the Year

Top 10 Worst Musician-Endorsed Stocking Stuffers, Including 50 Cent Condoms, ODB Rap Snacks, and More

Top 10 Worst Stocking Stuffers Including 50 Cent Condoms, ODB Rap Snacks, and More

Hennessy or Cristal?: Top Ten Booze-Pimping Rap Lyrics

Jay-Z gazes upon the glory of BevMo!​It's a top ten of the hip-hop verses we all know and love, that promote the liquor we've all loved but can't remember (because of how much we loved it). 10. In a very special Snoop Dogg track called "Stoplight," Snoop educates the layman on the proper way ... More >>

Across the Universe: Tupac Film Gets Fuqua'ed, LCD Will Record Again, 50 Cent Crazies Up Twitter

Across the Universe: Tupac Film Gets Fuqua'ed, LCD Will Record Again, 50 Cent Crazies Up Twitter

Music Picks: Phosphorescent, Bomba Estereo, Gangi, Pablo Heras-Casado

Also, Jimmy Cliff, Suzy Williams, Funeral Party and others

Live in L.A.: Vato Negro, Matt Pond PA, Video Games Live, GBH, Fitz & the Tantrums

Vato Negro's Juan Alderete​Bring on the hard stuff: Vato Negro, the side project of the Mars Volta bassist and effects pedal fetishist Juan Alderete, makes instrumental rock that sounds like a soundtrack to a war zone. His collaborators in the latest incarnation of this long-running project (w ... More >>

Music Picks: Buzzcocks, Diana Ross, Isis, the xx

Also, Compton Metal Night, Health, Thao and Mirah

50 Cent Loses 50 Pounds

50 Cent's Facebook page (via Billboard)​ Billboard reports that 50 Cent will be playing "a football player who is diagnosed with cancer in his upcoming movie, Things Fall Apart. To make the film more realistic, the once buff and brawny 50 (aka Curtis Jackson) lost more than 50 pounds to play t ... More >>

Caption Contest: What's Thin 50 Cent Thinking?

[Your Caption Here]​ By now you've seen this image of 50 Cent losing 50 pounds. Can you come up with a caption for it? Comments are now open for your captioning creativity.

You're Late to the Game, Hollywood: A Social Network for Zombies? Movie Promotion '09 Style

Gendy AlimurungThe entertainment business is toughEarlier this morning while driving I heard a radio advertisement actually refer to the Vampire Diaries as "the TV show the Internet is buzzing about." Really. It's positioning like this that underscores how crucial it is to master what industry anal ... More >>

The Worst Lyrics of 2008: NCAA-Style Showdown

By Rob Harvilla And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying melange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elev ... More >>

10 Musicians Definitely Not on Steroids

From the New York Times: "When news surfaced over the weekend that 50 Cent, Wyclef Jean, Timbaland and other rap stars had been implicated in a steroids investigation, some hip-hop fans were shocked, but to many in the industry the accusations seemed inevitable." Oh, how our collective pride in t ... More >>

Check the Technique: Notes from the Golden Age

Hip-hop scribe profiles 36 seminal rap albums. Let the arguments begin

Fall Harvest

While the media was examining a fake beef, a bounty of music dropped

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Fall Harvest While the media was examining a fake beef, a bounty of music dropped

Most Fabulous Dance Club Masquerading as a Tough-Guy Dive

The Study

The Great Rap Swindle

Yeah, Kanye West keeps it real. First his Bush comments on the Katrina telethon, then his stance on the MTV/Britney debacle. (One word: “exploitation.”) He was also the first to admit the whole 50 Cent beef was a stunt to sell records. (And by the way, why did so many new records come out on ... More >>

Decision 2007: Kanye West vs. 50 Cent

A voter’s guide to the most important rap election in a generation

The Year Blogs Got Lame, Business Got Hip and Nostalgia Was King

City of Gods

L.A.’s Omar Cruz: Could he become the first Mexican-American rap star?

Babyshambles, Dueling Indie Babes, and 50 Cent Does Bat Mitzvah (No Shit)

Pickpocket, Ugetsu

Live in LA

Smoke the Muthafuckas, 50!

Calling all High-Level Homies

Bosnia’s Big Mac

To Be Real

Is The Game playing for keeps?

East Vs. West, Part II

February 24, and Tangier, February 25

Strange Memes and Nascent Trends

Hey Mr. DJ

Brendan Mullen on spin city

Letters

Return of the Prodigal Son

Nas vs. Jay-Z and 50 Cent

Ghosts vs. Boasts