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Big Hit, Boom Bap

What happens when hip-hop leaves the glossy stuff at the door and gets back to the business of bars? There is a reason boom bap keeps finding its way back into the...

TEGA Makes Waves

What happens when the world gets loud, the pressure rises, and somebody decides to speak instead of sit quietly on the sidelines? TEGA’s “Bubble in the...

BabyT’s “BUCKSHOT”: Drill With Its Finger on the Trigger

What happens when a drill record comes through the door without asking for permission—does it earn its place in the room, or just make the walls shake?...

TheRealSkitso’s “Mercy” Brings Buffalo Grit to a Heavyweight Hip-Hop Link-Up

What happens when Buffalo’s independent grind meets Yonkers street wisdom, Brownsville’s full-force aggression, and West Coast funk? Somebody better turn the...

Matty Ice 1990’s “I Got Everything I Need” Is a Different Kind of Flex

When life has put you through the wringer, is having everything really about what you own—or what you’ve managed to survive? In a rap landscape where the...