Rap Game

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  Who’s The Rap Game John Wall?

  Posted by Lucas G. on 04/29/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, J. Cole, Rap Game, NBA

  Hip-hop and DC sports dominate my life. Sure there are friends, family, video games, and Beyonce sprinkled in here and there, but for the most part, it's hip-hop and RGIII's knee (yes I know it's April but RGIII is like my child, I worry all the time)See more...

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  Who’s The Rap Game Kevin Durant?

  Posted by Lucas G. on 04/16/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, Rap Game, Black Thought

  It has been more than a month since our last Rap Game comparison piece, but considering our borderline unhealthy obsession with comparing rappers to things and things to rappers, it feels more like a year. See more...

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  Who’s the Athlete Equivalent of Biggie?

  Posted by Nathan S. on 03/10/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, Rap Game, Notorious B.I.G., Biggie

  Biggie's name has almost never come up int the course of these rapper-athlete comparisons. It turns out that's for a good reason - I've never struggled so hard to find an athlete equivalent like I did with Biggie. See more...

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  Rap Game Toy Story

  Posted by Lucas G. on 02/13/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, Rap Game, Toy Story

  Yesterday, Nathan and I, like two grown men, got to talking about Toy Story. After agreeing that that incinerator scene could make any gown man cry and after pointing out that Toy Story is easily a top 5 trilogy, it only felt right that we do a Rap Game Toy Story piece/See more...

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  Rap Game Seattle Seahawks

  Posted by Lucas G. on 02/04/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, Debates, Sports, Rap Game

  As much as it pains me to do so, it's time to pay some respect to the champ. The Seahawks were the best team this year hands down; that defense was something else. Whoever said defense wins championships was 100% right.See more...

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  Rap Game…of Thrones

  Posted by Lucas G. on 01/14/14 |
  Filed under Humor, Rap Game, Television

  F**k football, the Golden Globes, HBO's new show, or pretty much anything that happened on Sunday; the lords day was all about the new Game Of Thrones trailer.See more...

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  Holy Rap Game Batman! Who Are Hip-Hop’s Superheroes?

  Posted by Lucas G. on 01/09/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, Debates, Rap Game

  Thanks to Deadspin's Pulitzer-worthy Which Athlete Would Make The Best Batman the only thing left to do was find out which rappers would be some of our favorite crime fighters. See more...

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  Acid Stuffing: 2013 Rap Albums as Thanksgiving Foods

  Posted by Lucas G. on 11/26/13 |
  Filed under Opinion, Rap Game, Thanksgiving

  In perhaps the most elaborate food analogy in RefinedHype history—and to celebrate my love for Thanksgiving—I decided to make a Thanksgiving meal out of 2013 projects.See more...

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  Who’s the Rap Game Derrick Rose?

  Posted by Nathan S. on 11/25/13 |
  Filed under Opinion, Debates, T.I., Sports, Rap Game

  It's time for yet another round of "Rap Game", where we attempt to find the NBA equivalent of famous rappers, and vice-versa. In light of his recent tragic injury, I had to play some "Rap Game Derrick Rose". Let's do it...See more...

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  This Week in Hype (Rap Game Edition): Debating the NBA’s Eminem, Rick Ross & More

  Posted by Nathan S. on 11/22/13 |
  Filed under Downloads, This Week in Hype, Podcasts, Rap Game

  I'm sick - in the medical sense, not the hip-hop sense - and considered skipping this week. But RefinedHype Nation rightfully pointed out that I was being softer than Drake at a botanical garden. So here I am, let's do this thing. See more...

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  Rap Game: The NBA Player-Rapper Comparisons Complex Got Wrong

  Posted by Nathan S. on 11/18/13 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, Debates, Sports, Rap Game

  When people started hitting me on Twitter asking if I'd seen Brian Joseph's article for Complex, I had to read it, and what I found inspired one of the most in-depth editions of this series yet. See more...

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  Rap Game Allen Iverson: Lil Wayne

  Posted by Lucas G. on 11/04/13 |
  Filed under Opinion, Lil Wayne, Rap Game, Allen Iverson

  We meant to get to this last week but Eminem kinda sorta totally took over the interests with MMLP2. What as lost last week was the new that Allen Iverson is retiring.See more...

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