This Is My Rifle: Rediscovering My Love for Hip-Hop

Posted by Jason James on 01/04/12 | Filed under Features, This Is My Rifle

I had it all planned out- during my 2 week hiatus from Refined Hype I was gonna search through the cobwebs and re-discover my love for Hip Hop. As much fun as I have shitting on everything that comes my way, I secretly find myself longing for the days when I lived solely for this culture and nothing else. See more...

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Quick Hit: Elder Abuse or Hilarity? Swagged Out Grandma Cooks to “Rack City” (Video)

This video pretty much sums up the internet. It's simultaneously fucking hilarious, and kind of worrisome, and kind of sad in a weird way, but mostly fucking hilarious. Regardless, I think we can all agree we're glad grandma kept that sweater on while swagging out to Tyga's "Rack City". Watch...

It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop: AWKWORD’s Tribute to His Mother

Posted by Nathan S. on 01/04/12 | Filed under AWKWORD

I know it seems like I'm some mysterious, faceless force that talks shit about rappers, but believe it or not I'm an actual person. So when an artist like AWKWORD comes to me with a track dedicated to his mother, who was dying of breast cancer when he first played the song for me and has now passed away, I have an actual human reaction.

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Lyric Jones & Esperanza Spalding Are One Dope Duo On “Loss On Repeat” (Listen & Download)

Posted by Danielle Harling on 01/04/12 | Filed under Downloads, Lyric Jones

Who knew that rapper Lyric Jones and Grammy-award winning singer Esperanza Spalding would sound so dope on a song together. The two are somewhat of an unexpected pairing of artists but I'm really feeling their new song "Loss On Repeat." On top of Lyric and Esperanza killing the song lyrically, producer Raydar Ellis also provides the song with an equally amazing beat. Listen and download...

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Quick Hit: Watch Black Star’s Very Dope Performance With The Roots On “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” (Video)

I have to admit it's pretty magical seeing Black Star performing alongside The Roots. Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey yet again hit up the late night television circuit, but this time the duo appeared on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" to perform "You Already Knew" and also a tribute to J-Dilla. See more...

The Mysterious Case of Pill & Maybach Music Group (Video & Poll)

Posted by Danielle Harling on 01/04/12 | Filed under Top Stories, Rick Ross, Pill

Atlanta rapper Pill caused a miniature uproar yesterday when he revealed to MTV News that he was never signed to Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group. The rapper has appeared on several MMG songs, was featured on the "Self Made" CD (and even on the album's cover art), and also donned a MMG chain for quite sometime. See more...

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Even With “Writer’s Block” Brother Ali Sounds Dope (Listen, Download & Watch)

Posted by Nathan S. on 01/03/12 | Filed under Top Stories, Downloads, Videos, Brother Ali

When you're an albino Muslim from Minneapolis the mainstream rap lane isn't exactly open to you, so it's no wonder that Ali's made some of the more honest and original hip-hop of the last five years, including new single "Writer's Block". Listen and download...

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Quick Hit: Who Believes The-Dream Really Made $15 Million Writing Rihanna’s “Umbrella”? (Video)

It's really hard to pass up on posting a good Tim Westwood interview. You get an informative interview plus all the hilarity that comes with a Tim Westwood interview including random and pointless sound effects and listening to Tim Westwood call grown men "baybee." It's a win, win situation all around. See more...

Karma’s a B*tch: 50 Cent is Now Jimmy Iovine’s Young Buck

Posted by Nathan S. on 01/03/12 | Filed under Top Stories, Features, 50 Cent

As I started to look at 50's increasingly fucked situation at Interscope I was reminded of this other rapper who was also having a problem with the head of his label. Hmmm....now who could that be? That's right, 50 Cent has become Jimmy Iovine's Young Buck. Allow me to explain....

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Schoolboy Q & Kendrick Lamar Carry on Scarface’s Tradition on “Blessed” (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 01/03/12 | Filed under Refined Picks, Downloads, Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q

It's a story that instantly came to mind when I first heard Schoolboy Q's new joint "Blessed". I don't know the background on this one, but if the lyrics are to believed Schoolboy's friend recently lost a friend and he pulled in his TDE compatriot Kendrick Lamar to lay down a tribute in the form of some real rap. Listen and download...

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