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  Weekly Re-Up: Hip-Hop Goes To College With 9th Wonder, Wu-Tang Beef, & More

  Posted by Lucas G. on 04/18/14 |
  Filed under 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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  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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  In Which I Honestly Try to Like Future’s “Honest” Album (Stream)

  Posted by Lucas G. on 04/15/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, Streams, Album Reviews, Future

  Sure, as a blogger, I don't have to put on pants until 6 PM and don't have to commute, but every so often my boss makes me listen to something that, quite frankly, I'd rather not. Such is the case today.See more...

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  Classic Hate: The Internet Hates On Nas’ “Illmatic”

  Posted by Lucas G. on 04/15/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, Nas, Classic Hate, Illmatic

  There is one thing which all hip-hop heads regard as a universal truth, Nas' Illmatic is the greatest hip-hop album ever made. It's time for Classic Hate: The Illmatic Edition.See more...

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  Meet Niykee Heaton

  Posted by Lucas G. on 04/14/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Girls, Meet, Covers

  As you are probably already aware of, the purpose of these Meet pieces is to show you something a little different than your typical rapper, but equally as enjoyable. I always try to find that unique, RefinedHype hook, that'll ensure you all like it.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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  Weekly Re-Up: Unearthed Big Boi Footage, Drake Bandwagoning & More

  Posted by Lucas G. on 04/11/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Fails of the Week, Weekly Re-Up, General Awesomeness

  iI'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", as well as some other must see shit from the weekSee more...

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  Five Guilty Pleasure Songs Of 2014

  Posted by Lucas G. on 04/10/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, Videos, Guilty Pleasures

  In general my policy on music is if you love it, fuck what everybody else thinks. Life is too short to worry about what other people think, especially about music. If you dig it, fucking own the shit out of it.See more...

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  RefinedHype Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Samples Pt. 10

  Posted by Lucas G. on 04/10/14 |
  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...

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  Five 50 Cent Songs Even Haterz Love

  Posted by Lucas G. on 04/09/14 |
  Filed under Top Stories, Opinion, 50 Cent, Haterz Love

  50 Cent seems to be a hot topic as of late. I don't consider myself a hater, but in this day and age, apparently not really caring means you are a hater who wants nothing but bad things to happen to someone.See more...

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  Meet The Narcicyst

  Posted by Lucas G. on 04/09/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, Meet, The Narcicyst

  Hip-hop has become a global cultural force that gives anyone and everyone with something to say a shot to (hopefully) rattle the cage and change the way we look at some one or something a opportunity to say their peice and hopefully, make the world a better place. Nobody represents that better than last nights performer, The Narcicyst.See more...

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  Black Girls Rock: The State of Women In Hip-Hop With Rapsody

  Posted by Lucas G. on 04/08/14 |
  Filed under Opinion, Rapsody, Interview

  I'm a hypocrite. After studying gender roles (especially in hip-hop) for a good chunk of my college career, I swore to myself that if given the chance, I would never help feed into the gross misrepresentations of masculinity and femininity in the music I loved. See more...