Told ya. Just a few minutes after dropping Donnis’ last leak “The Kill”, the ATL Brave finally officially let go of his long-awaited new mixtape “Fashionably Late”. While the mixtape’s pretty damn good in its own right, it’s primarily intended to get people stoked for the release of Donnis’ debut album. Listen and download…
This morning I turned on Donnis’ latest unveiling, the legitimately dope “The Kill”, and immediately recognized the sample. That’s right, it’s La Roux. Anyway, despite the fact that the mere mention of La Roux’s name makes me cringe, Donnis actually managed to flip their track “In For the Kill” pretty damn well. Listen and download…
Since he’s now more well known for an (incredibly ironic) run playing a cop on Law & Order, and his marriage to former Payboy bunny Coco, than his raps, it’s easy to forget just how major Ice-T was back in the day, but lately I’ve been playing a lot of old school Ice, like his hallmark cut “6 ‘n the Morning” off his 1987 debut “Rhyme Pays”, and let me tell you, the man could rhyme. See more…
With every rapper and their grandmama dropping freestyles over the Roc Nation signee’s smash “Who Dat”, J. Cole thought he’d get back in on some of the action and dropped some visual accompaniment for his now ubiquitous single. See more…
We all know that everyone makes mistakes. Even rappers. But in order to appreciate how far T.I.‘s fall from grace was, we have to first establish just how high he once was and how he elevated himself to the top of the hip-hop world. The self-proclaimed “king of the south”, T.I. truly established his royal lineage on his 2006 album, aptly titled, “King”. See more…
It’s been a week since Drake finally (thank god) released his insanely anticipated debut album “Thank Me Later”, and if you don’t already have it, honestly, you’re probably not going to get it. So as a final parting gift I thought I’d serve up some “Thank Me Later” leftovers, tracks that were rumored to appear on the album but ultimately got left off. Listen and download…
If you’re like RefinedHype you talk about yourself in the third person, and spend all day scouring the interwebs for the latest and illest hip-hop. That’s why now, because we love you so much, and want to get you hooked on our product, we’ll be delivering the RefinedHype Daily Re-Up, a collection of the top ten tracks of the day, some which were featured on the site along with some extras, conveniently wrapped in one dope, raw and uncut package. Download now…
As many of you undoubtedly noticed, and spend the entire weekend distraught over, last Friday came and went without a new edition to our ever popular series Fails of the Week. To make up for it I’m posting a sampling of Complex.com’s new, dope The 50 Worst Hip-Hop Fails list, along with my own commentary. Enjoy, it’s about to get failtastic around here. See more…
What, you thought I was kidding when I said today I was giving the site over to The Roots and B.o.B.? Any problems with that? I thought not. So after a remix of “The Fire” featuring B.o.B. I’m back on my Philly ish with the latest visuals from The Roots other single, Dear God. See more…
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One can’t help but chuckle a bit when first hearing about the Magnum Live Large Awards. Condom brands and awards ceremonies don’t really go hand in hand unless you happen to be attending one of those adults only conventions in Vegas. But the Magnum Live Large Awards held in Atlanta over the weekend was quite the classy affair. See more…
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