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  Meet Banks & Her Glorious Aaliyah Cover

  Posted by Lucas G. on 03/24/14 |
  Filed under Non Hip-Hop, Meet, Banks

  BanksEver been to a Karaoke night? It's all fun and games--drinking, watching drunk people make fools of themselves, the usual--until that one asshole decides to "cover" your favorite song and ruins it forever. See more...

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  Let’s Talk About Jay Elec & Jay Z’ “We Made It (Freestyle)” (aka the Drake Diss)

  Posted by Nathan S. on 03/24/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Jay Electronica, Jay Z

  When one of the most enigmatic and talented emcees alive joins with the most powerful rapper alive to diss Drake over a Drake beat, I have to talk about it.See more...

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  Weekly Re-Up: Tyler Stans Out, March Madness Boobs & More

  Posted by Lucas G. on 03/21/14 |
  Filed under Humor, 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"See more...

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

  Posted by Nathan S. on 03/21/14 |
  Filed under Playlists, Listening To

  This week, on the new tip I'm going with the new Crooked I because rap, Freddie Gibb's "Real" (aka the Jeezy diss), some Pharoahe Monch to bring in the old school, and some Allen Stone just to really mix things up. See more...

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  This Week in Hype: Defending Kendrick’s Greatness, RapGenius’s Shawn Setaro & More

  Posted by Nathan S. on 03/21/14 |
  Filed under Downloads, This Week in Hype, Podcasts, Rap Genius

  This week, I defend Kendrick Lamar against an older generation who wants to place him in the "weird" box, bring in RapGenius' Shawn Setaro to talk about the site's origins and general rap nerdery and much more. See more...

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  Macklemore Is The Worst (& Other Google Search Results)

  Posted by Nathan S. on 03/20/14 |
  Filed under Humor

  Because there's actually no more objective, better way to find out what people truly think about a rapper then to look through their Google suggested searches. See more...

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  Five 2 Chainz Songs Even The Haterz Love

  Posted by Lucas G. on 03/20/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, 2 Chainz, Haterz Love

  The other day, I spend a good 30 minutes debating the genius of 2 Chainz with a stranger at a bar because I'm never not working. I overheard a conversation where she said he was a "genius" an I had to interject myself. ISee more...

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  Live Blogging YG’s My Krazy Life (Album Review, Kinda)

  Posted by Lucas G. on 03/20/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, Streams, Album Reviews, Live Blog, YG

  has been exactly two weeks since that faithful day when Nathan made me listen to Migos and live blog it. Just when I have finally stopped woken up in night terrors and rocking Versace pajamas, I get another live blog assignment.See more...

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  UPDATE: That Time I Interviewed !llmind (& Almost Threw Up)

  Posted by Lucas G. on 03/20/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, Interviews, Illmind, Producers, True Blogger Stories

  I have been at this whole blogging thing for a little under two years now (with 10 months here at RefinedHype) and it is all still so surreal to me. To be working for websites that I checked on a daily basis, is mind blowing to me.See more...

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  Lost Ones: What Happened to Yung Joc?

  Posted by Thomas Welker on 03/20/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, Yung Joc, Lost Ones

  Right around the time hip-hop was at its awkward mainstream breakout stage, there were love affairs with about every different region of the United States. Yung Joc fit well into this mix - so what happened? See more...

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  Meet the Mystery Booty of the Week, Adriana Lima

  Posted by Nathan S. on 03/20/14 |
  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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  SXSW 2014, By Someone Who Wasn’t There

  Posted by Lucas G. on 03/19/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, SXSW

  While you can't refresh your timeline without getting a SXSW recap, I don't think anyone has every written about it from the perspective of the writers/artists/promoters/music fans who don't get to fly down every year for musical prom. See more...