Debates

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  What Rapper Represents You? (aka Your Hunger Games Rapper)

  Posted by Nathan S. on 05/21/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, Debates, RH Nation Answers

  If you had to pick one rapper to represent you, who would it be? In other words, who's your Hunger Games rapper?See more...

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  The Best Songs From Each Lil Wayne “Tha Carter” Album

  Posted by Lucas G. on 05/13/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, Debates, Lil Wayne

  ow, to be clear, I never thought Lil Wayne was "the best rapper alive", andas much as I didn't want to believe it, there was a good four to six years there where it was hard to argue against it; anything Wayne touched blew the fuck up.See more...

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  K.R.I.T.‘s “Mt. Olympus” is Better Than “Control”, Why Aren’t We Talking About It?

  Posted by Lucas G. on 05/08/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, Debates, Big K.R.I.T.

  If you could pick one emcee who best represents what you want hip-hop to be and why you love it, who would it be? RefinedHype's choice is clear; our official pick is the one and only Big K.R.I.T.See more...

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  In Defense of the XXL Freshmen List

  Posted by Lucas G. on 05/07/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, Debates, XXL Freshmen

  Part of the reason RefinedHype and the Mothership run so well is the people behind them, which, in this case is me and Nathan. We discuss every possible idea and we usually end up agreeing; and don't get me started on the Will Farrell references.See more...

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  The Rappers You’d Be Most (And Least) Scared to Fight

  Posted by Nathan S. on 05/07/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, Debates

  It's a fantastic piece precisely because it provokes demands that any hip-hop head in the vicinity immediately engage in a heated debate about various rappers' strengths and weaknesses, which is exactly what Lucas and I have been doing for a solid day now. See more...

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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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  Every Andre 3000 Guest Verse, Ranked (An Absurdly Detailed Investigation)

  Posted by Nathan S. on 04/23/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Debates, RH Nation Answers, Andre 3000, Outkast, Absurdly Detailed Investigations

  Lucas and I have compiled every Andre 3000 guest verse since 2007. And then, because we're the kind of people who do "Absurdly Detailed Investigations", we broke each one down and ranked them using our patented 1-3 Stacks scale.See more...

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  What’s the Best Three Song Stretch on an Album?

  Posted by Nathan S. on 04/16/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, Debates, RH Nation Answers

  As fate would have it, at the same time I was listening to The-Dream's "Love vs. Money", some synapses in my brain connected, and boom, here we are. Why not dig in a little deeper and try to find out the "Best 3 Song Stretch on an Album"? See more...

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  I’m Ron Burgundy? How Do You Feel About Nas’ Teleprompter?

  Posted by Lucas G. on 04/14/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, Debates, Nas

  Saturday was a big concert day for me and I only went to one actual show. After seeing Brother Ali and Rapsody kill it, I went home, flipped open the laptop and Voilà, live Cochella stream. See more...

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  What’s the Best Hip-Hop Sample of All-Time?

  Posted by Nathan S. on 04/09/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, Debates, RH Nation Answers, Production, Samples

  I've never really touched one of the absolute foundations of hip-hop; the sample. Well that all ends today, let's talk some "What's the Greatest Hip-Hop Sample of All-Time?" See more...

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  Also Boobs: Is This a Real Pic of Demi Lovato Topless? (NSFW)

  Posted by Nathan S. on 04/07/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Girls, Debates, NSFW

  Wait, what's that? "Nude" pics of Demi Lovato have "leaked", and there's some completely meaningless aspect of those pics that I can take way too seriously? Well then, sold and sold.See more...

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  What’s Your Favorite R&B Song of All-Time?

  Posted by Nathan S. on 04/02/14 |
  Filed under Debates, RH Nation Answers, Non Hip-Hop

  We've had a lot of rap, and a lot of debates, and a lot of rap-related debates around these parts lately. So for the new "Question of the Week" I wanted to switch things up entirely. That's right, let's talk a little R&B. See more...

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