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  After Jay Z vs. Drake, the De-Evolution of the Rap Diss

  Posted by Alec Zisi on 04/01/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, Beef

  The word “diss” has always meant one emcee going at another emcee’s throat, doing whatever they can to prove that they’re the better rapper. It looks like those days might be gone. See more...

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  Who Still Cares About 50 Cent?

  Posted by Lucas G. on 03/31/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, 50 Cent, Ask RefinedHype Nation, Pulse Check

  As always, Sunday night was spent perusing the charts of the mothership to see what was what and which songs I needed for the Top 20 playlist. There were the usual names, Drake, Big Boi, 2 Chainz but one name, which appeared more than once, caught my eye. See more...

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  Jay Electronica: An Origin Story (Better in Tune With the Infinite)

  Posted by Alec Seigel on 03/31/14 |
  Filed under Jay Electronica, Creative Writing

  “My brain pours water out my tear ducts to heal me. My Lord’s too beneficent. The message grabs a hold of every ear it gets whispered in.” The audience seems to be at prayer."See more...

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  Young Thug’s Buried in Bad Major Label Deals, Here’s Why You Should Care

  Posted by Nathan S. on 03/31/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, Your Favorite Rapper Is Poor, Sales, Young Thug

  “Gucci was in jail. I think at that point, [Thug and his team] felt like the Gucci contract was void. Thug is a real street kid — paperwork and legal shit, it don’t register to him like that.”See more...

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  How Nirvana Changed Music Forever

  Posted by Lucas G. on 03/31/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, Non Hip-Hop

  Right now, there is no bigger style or sub-genre than trap. Even if you don't think it's numero uno, you still can't deny its popularity. I know it's hard to quantify of support with proof, but next time you are out, either at the club or just checkin' out the radio, take a listen to how many trap-inspired songs you hear.See more...

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  Weekly Re-Up: Simmons Praises Hip-Hop, Vine Record Deals Are A Thing & More

  Posted by Lucas G. on 03/28/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Humor, Fails of the Week, Weekly Re-Up, General Awesomeness

  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"See more...

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  What’s RefinedHype Nation Listening To? (A Collaborative Playlist)

  Posted by Nathan S. on 03/28/14 |
  Filed under Listening To

  Nothing makes me excited about new music more than some new music. So every couple of weeks I'm going to do one of these "Listening To" playlists so we can all share what we've been bumping. It'll be like a big sonic group hug. See more...

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  This Week in Hype: My Health, #NewRules & The RefinedHype Tour

  Posted by Nathan S. on 03/28/14 |
  Filed under Downloads, This Week in Hype, Podcasts

  This week, I go guest-free and get personal by talking about my health, and our health, dig into the new NMC site-label announcement, contemplate a RefinedHype Tour and much more. See more...

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  Classic Find Her: Who’s the Girl in Flo-Rida’s “Whistle” Video?

  Posted by Nathan S. on 03/27/14 |
  Filed under Girls, Find Her

  Time and time again y'all have come through and identified models like some sort of collection of nymphomaniac Sherlock Holmes. And this time around we're helping a member of RefinedHype Nation find his favorite. See more...

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  Miles Davis’ “Bitches Brew” Changed How I Think About Music

  Posted by Lucas G. on 03/27/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, Non Hip-Hop, Classic Albums, Miles Davis, Jazz

  So much of what I write and focus on is about either what's happening now, what is is going to happen in the future, and, of course, boobs. Sure we may talk about the 90's frequently too, but rarely do we go back to the classic classics.See more...

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  Lost Ones: What Happened to Chingy?

  Posted by Thomas Welker on 03/27/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, Lost Ones, Chingy

  In 2002 as Nelly performed his Burned in the Spotlight tour a young St. Louis upstart started catching the attention of fans opening for Nelly and the St. Lunatics: Chingy.See more...

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  RefinedHype Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Samples Pt. 9?

  Posted by Lucas G. on 03/27/14 |
  Filed under Rap Quiz, Samples

  Sampling is as integral to hip-hop as Jordan's and cartoon character chains...okay, so it's definitely much more integral but you get the idea. Below you will find 12 songs, your job is to figure out which hip-hop song sampled them.See more...