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October 24, 2013

Whether you fancy yourself a Hip-Hop connoisseur or you dabble in a little rap here and there, you have to nonetheless acknowledge the massive influence of Atlanta sounds on the genre at the moment. Right n... Read Article

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Rich Homie Quan’s Birthday Bash in Atlanta x Trinidad James x CyHi The Prynce

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October 22, 2013

Think It's A Game Entertainment hosted a label birthday bash for Rich Homie Quan in Atlanta. ... Read Article

Review: Vinny Cha$e’s Flaunts Riches On King’s Landing

October 22, 2013

There may be a new Midas in the rap game, Mr. Nicholas Williams The Rap game is good for two things: getting rich and losing your excessive monetary gains. For young Harlem artist, Vinny Cha$e, the former is... Read Article

Support Your Local Rapper: Week of 10/21/13

October 21, 2013

Will you or your friend or your enemy be the next artist featured? In case anyone has this column's aim twisted, consider being featured on SYLR as the official first step to your endless path to getting to ... Read Article

Exclusive Interview: Axel F (MED & J Rocc) Talk Hip-Hop Group Names & The Future Of West Coast Hip-Hop

October 21, 2013

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Get comfy on your couch when you invite Axel F through your stereo at home Stones Throw houses a team of artists who are dedicated to pushing the blending of the old with the new. So it's no mistake that J R... Read Article

The Source EXCLUSIVE Part 1: WTC’s U-God Talks ODB, Drake’s ‘Wu Tang Forever’ & The Wu’s 20th Anniversary

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October 21, 2013

Golden Arms stops by The Source to drop some Witty Unpredictable Talent And Natural Game ... Read Article

Never On Schedule, But Always On Time: Week of 10/18/13

October 18, 2013

Bring your A game It's that time of the week again. You're already mentally checked out of work and you can't wait to listen to some new tracks to get your night started off right. Glad you're here then. Let... Read Article

Pusha T: “That Kendrick Verse Didn’t Really Mean That Much To Me”

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October 18, 2013

With his first-week sales mark for his debut album, My Name Is My Name, coming in at a very respectable 75,000 (apprx) copies, Pusha T has successfully finished what has been a whirlwind, but nothing short ... Read Article

Schoolboy Q and A$AP Mob Take Over Mass Appeal + Grooveshark’s CMJ Stage

October 17, 2013

A set list including Schoolboy Q, Isaiah Rashad, A$AP Rocky, and A$AP Mob might seem like the stuff of legend—it was and we have photo evidence to prove it. Last night, Mass Appeal assembled a whose who of tal... Read Article

Vic Mensa & New York City “Save Money” Together

October 17, 2013

Photo Credit: Michael McKay/The Reel McKay The budding rap star usurps CMJ week with one of the best performances you didn’t see. CMJ week is usually the enigma among hip-hop/music festivals, and 2013 has... Read Article

Kevin Hart’s Funniest Hip-Hop Moments

October 16, 2013

One of the best parts of the BET Hip-Hop Awards are the cyphers. Every year established rappers and emcees, old and young, show off their freestyling ability, which are usually taken very seriously. However... Read Article

The World Reacts To Battle of the Bay 6

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October 14, 2013

The highly anticipated 6th installment of the infamous Battle of the Bay event was held this weekend and the internet hasn't stopped jabbering about it since. What separates Battle of the Bay from other KOTD ... Read Article

The Source & Rap Genius Present: 5 Lyrics That’ll Make You Go “EGHCK” From Pusha T’s “My Name Is My Name”

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October 14, 2013

Everything is Pusha T. Yeezy taught me this at My Name Is My Name listening party and while it’s no surprise that a listening party turned into a pep rally, there’s truth in the declaration: you have to ack... Read Article

Exclusive: “There’s not one album that I could say this year that’s close to mine”- Pusha T on ‘My Name Is My Name’

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October 14, 2013

As Pusha T week comes to an end tomorrow, My Name Is My Name's final first-week sales tally will probably hover somewhere around 80,000, which will be a remarkable achievement for the Virgina rapper, who most i... Read Article

Exclusive: Shawn Fonteno, the Voice and Likeness of GTA V’s Franklin Clinton, Talks with The Source

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October 13, 2013

Grand Theft Auto V's Shawn "Solo" Fonteno sat down with us to discuss everything GTA, as well as his relationship with Ice Cube, and upcoming projects and ventures. ... Read Article

12 Unique (And Funny) Things Rappers Did To Market Their Albums

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October 11, 2013

Nobody just sells music anymore. When vinyls were just a medium to get sounds into people's living rooms and the only way you could listen to music and travel at the same time was with a car-radio or a Wal... Read Article

The Most Interesting, Funny, And Downright Outrageous Quotes From Kanye West’s Interview With Jimmy Kimmel

October 10, 2013

“Everyone out there--in TV world, real world, whatever world you stay in-- needs to know that I’ve never done a publicity stunt in my life. Anytime I went up and spoke my mind, whether it put my career in j... Read Article

Suffering From Success: DJ Khaled can’t seem to shake it. He’s catching hits left and right…

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October 10, 2013

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DJ Khaled can’t seem to shake it. He’s catching hits left and right, and with more zeros getting added to his bank account, his symptoms continue to run wild. Being the best is contagious, and DJ Khaled is spre... Read Article

10 Rappers We’d Like To Hear On Khaled’s “I Feel Like Pac/I Feel Like Biggie”

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October 9, 2013

The hip-hop world blew up earlier this week with the release of DJ Khaled’s new single off his upcoming album, Suffering From Success. The intended dedication to the game’s legendary rappers, Tupac Shakur and t... Read Article

A Track-By-Track Breakdown Of The Best One-Liners From ‘My Name Is My Name’

October 9, 2013