The Root

The Best Hip-Hop Producers and Their Most Iconic Beats

This story is part of our new Hip-Hop: ’73 Till Infinity series, a celebration of the genre’s 50th anniversary. Producers are just as (if not more) important than MCs on a track. As much as fans care ...
AllHipHop

10 Underrated And Very, Very Dope Rap Artists

(AllHipHop Features) While some fans beg for “real rap,” there are tons of talented rappers struggling to get on. Sometimes it’s about beat choice or subject matter, and sometimes it’s seemingly for ...
Billboard

Common Rejected ‘At Least 10’ Beats Kanye West Used on ‘Graduation,’ ‘Late Registration’: ‘I Got More Memories of Joints I Passed On’

Speaking on the "7PM in Brooklyn" podcast, the actor/rapper also talked about Michael Jordan trash-talking him on the court and the Drake-Kendrick Lamar beef. By Gil Kaufman Common has been a legend ...
AOL

HIP HOP IS DOPE, AND AMERICA IS A DOPEFIEND HOOKED ON THE FRUIT OF ITS OWN BRUTALITY

I’m driving with Truth, a friend who is a music producer. We both make rap music, but he makes beats, too. I’m an undergraduate at the small, private university in my hometown, Decatur, Illinois. He ...