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Four great underground rap albums out right now

Chelsea Bossert, Editor-in-Chief February 19, 2025

With most of the hip-hop world’s mind still on the Kendrick and Drake beef, a number of rap releases in these early January-February months are getting overlooked. There are many hip-hop projects releasing...

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Kendrick Lamar’s surprise release ‘GNX’ cements him as a West Coast legend

Chelsea Bossert, Editor-in-Chief November 27, 2024

Kendrick Lamar is the greatest rapper of all time, at least that is what he is telling us.  The 37-year-old rapper from Compton, Cali. has recently released a new record — only announcing it 30 minutes...

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The fall of rap: Is hip-hop a dying medium?

Chelsea Bossert, Editor-in-Chief October 18, 2023

I woke up this morning, checked the new hip-hop and rap releases for Friday, Oct. 13, and put on two albums: “And Then You Pray For Me” by Westside Gunn and “A Great Chaos” by Ken Carson. These...

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