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  Why I’m Boycotting the 2014 XXL Freshmen List: A Twitter Rant Reminder

  Posted by Nathan S. on 05/05/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, Debates, XXL Freshmen

  I fucking swear, this shit happens every year and it makes me want to kick a fucking puppy. A full two years I explained why I decided to boycott the XXL Freshmen List as matter of principle...See more...

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  Absurdly Detailed Investigations: Rappers With the Largest Vocabularies

  Posted by Nathan S. on 05/05/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, Rap Nerdery, Absurdly Detailed Investigations

  Thankfully though, Matthew Daniels is both a rap nerd and an actual nerd, and he's decided to put his talents to good use by breaking down hip-hop's wordiest rappers. Well done sir, well done. RefinedHype Nation salutes you. See more...

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  Good Question Stitches, What ARE You Gonna Do With This Brick in Yo Face?

  Posted by Nathan S. on 05/05/14 |
  Filed under Humor, Opinion, Stitches

  This isn't going to be some article about how Stiches is ruining hip-hop. He'll be gone in a week, but he does raise an interesting query, what ARE you going to do with this brick in yo face? I think you've got three, maybe four, options. See more...

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  Weekly Re-Up: Lil B vs. KD, The White (Not) Chief Keef, Rita Ora (Not) Topless & More

  Posted by Nathan S. on 05/02/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Weekly Re-Up, General Awesomeness, Fails

  Listen, it's Friday, we get it. Nobody really wants to do anything that involves using your brain. So the new "Weekly Re-Up" will provide you with both the biggest "Fails" and the most awesome "General Awesomeness". Let's do it...See more...

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  This Week in Hype: Chance’s Anniversary, the Hardest Podcast With Locksmith & More

  Posted by Nathan S. on 05/02/14 |
  Filed under Downloads, This Week in Hype, Podcasts, Locksmith

  This week, I return from my near fatal mild illness to review pretty much every album that dropped over the last two weeks, bring on true RefinedHype Nation member Tino to talk about making a living on the indie grind and much more. See more...

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  Did Future’s “Honest” Album Flop, And Why?

  Posted by Nathan S. on 05/01/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, Future, Sales

  I'm thoroughly confused by the sales of "Honest", and when I'm confused, I turn to RefinedHype Nation. Maybe together we can sort this out. So should we consider "Honest" a flop? And if it did flop, why? WHHYYYY?????See more...

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  The Hypemen Podcast, The Lost Episodes: Just Blaze

  Posted by Nathan S. on 05/01/14 |
  Filed under Downloads, Podcasts, Hypemen, Just Blaze, ItsTheReal, Lost Episodes

  We're talking what Blaze owes the Diplomats + his portrayal in Jay-Z’s movie Fade To Black + early Kanye + Jay Electronica’s next move (which is now his old move) + his falling out with Dame Dash and much more!See more...

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  Meet the Mystery Booty of the Week, Devin Brugman

  Posted by Nathan S. on 05/01/14 |
  Filed under Girls, MBOW

  Everyone's favorite, and I do mean favorite, RefinedHype series, "Mystery Booty of the Week (MBOW)" is back. Is the series a shameless and sexist way to keep your eyeballs glued to RefinedHype? You bet it is.See more...

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  Drake’s Hardest Verses, Ranked (An Absurdly Detailed Investigation)

  Posted by Lucas G. on 04/30/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Drake, Absurdly Detailed Investigations

  Of course there's truth to the idea that Drake's more than dabbled in the art of heartbreak. But is his soft rep really justified? What percentage of his verses could be considered "hard"? See more...

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  This Is My Rifle: How To Save the Selfie Generation (Part 2)

  Posted by Jason James on 04/30/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, This is My Rifle

  “Do you think that maybe the reason for all of this misinformed chaos is because the flood gates have opened and no secret is safe? Is it possible that perhaps your generation was just as misinformed as ours?"See more...

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  After These Lui Topless Pics, I’m Retiring From the Rihanna Boobs Game (NSFW)

  Posted by Nathan S. on 04/30/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Girls, Rihanna, NSFW, Rihannas Boobs

  This will be the last post I ever do about Rihanna's boobs. Sweet baby jesus knows I'm not retiring from the Rihanna boob investigation game for a lack of material. See more...

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  NBA Bans Donald Sterling for Least Racist Thing Donald Sterling Has Done

  Posted by Nathan S. on 04/29/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, Sports

  What exactly is Sterling being banned for? What, specifically, is it that prompted Adam Silver to impose the harshest punishment against an owner in league history? See more...