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In 2012, Philly native Meek Mill dropped his debut album after a slew of features and free material via mixtapes. Quickly gaining recognition for his fierce flow, incredible energy and street bars; Meek has become one of the nicest rappers in the game. Though his lyrics don’t speak to everyone, his core audience (the streets) fux with him heavy and that’s…

After building crazy momentum with a banging 2014, Detroit native Big Sean set out to release his third studio album with Def Jam and GOOD Music. Big Sean’s third major release, Dark Sky Paradise is a great example of how an artist can evolve and find his voice. Following through on his creative vision, this project is Sean’s best work to date.…

Halfway through November, J.Cole announced that he would be dropping 2014 Forest Hills Drive on December 9th. With limited promo, no press runs, no supporting singles and an overall unconventional rollout, J.Cole released his third album. Named after the house he grew up in Fayetville, North Carolina 2014 Forest Hills Drive is an album that walks us through J.Cole’s journey…

Last night (June 24, 2014), Logic brought his While You Wait Tour to the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto. If you frequent our site, you know that we’re huge fans of the talented up-and-coming artist. So much so, that we named him the Best Rapper Without an Album Out a few months back. I’m pretty sure it goes without saying that…

Last night (4/10/2014) Ryerson University’s Student Union held their end of the year DeBASHMent party. The event took place at one of Toronto’s hottest clubs (The Hoxton) and featured Canadian DJs Thugli and Skratch Bastid. The night kicked off with J-Statik spinning top 40 and club tracks to get things warmed up. As they began to lower his stage and set-up Thugli’s equipment…

Whoa. CyHi is probably one of the “non-active”, if you will, artists on Kanye West’s GOOD Music label. But the recent release of his Black Hystori Project will definitely have you thinking otherwise. He’s been dropping guest verses for a minute, but he really shows us that he can hold his own and craft a great body of work with…

ScHoolboy Q has been around for a minute. He’s been featured on a handful of bangers throughout his tenure in the mainstream rap game (A$AP Ferg’s Work Remix) and we all know him for his famous ad lib. He’s also dropped 2 mixtapes of his own: Setbacks in 2011 and Habits and Contradictions in 2012 that did relatively well. Being…