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• What Does Trust Mean in the Rap Game?
• A$AP ROCKY INTERVIEW: Maboo v. Nardwuar
• Bragging in Hip Hop
• Professor Rapper: 7 Uncommon Black History Facts as Told by Kendrick Lamar
• Rap Genius goes Inside the Lines with Mac Miller
• Interview With B Horowitz: RG Verified Blogger
• Operation Free Earl
• Rap vs. Ronald Reagan
• Are the fans getting more ignorant?
• Rap Genius Interviews B.o.B.
• Rap Genius Nas interview PREVIEW
• An Open Letter from Donald Glover
• Rap Genius of the Month: Big Ghostfase
• What to Expect from Rap Albums in 2012: The RapGenius Guide to Listening Safely in a Hype-Cycled Universe
• Why There Will Never be a 'GOAT' in Hip-Hop: An Extensive Analysis
• The Top 10 Mixtapes of 2011
• SUBJECT: Jones, Russel Tyrone
• Top 100 Rap Songs of 2011
• The Direction of Hip-Hop
• Machine Gun Kelly Inside the Lines
• Five Tips For Unsigned Rappers
• The Recent History Of Mixtape Trolling
• My Philosophy on Socrates References in Rap
• FATHER & SON: Nas & Kembe X (Rap Genius verified rappers)
• Is Pete Rock's Disappointment Justified?
• Is The Rap Game Pretentious?
• WTF is a Basquiat?
• "Six Minutes, Slim Shady, You're On"
• "Triple Beam Dreams": A Reinvigoration of Tradition
• Rap Genius Political Appointees 2012
• Retrospect for Lu: One Year Later...
• You Can't Rap, But You Can Make A Song
• Inside the Rappers Studio: A Witty Nicki Minaj?
• Rap Geniuses of the Month: Kembe X / Alex Wiley
• Freak Wit It - The Five Greatest Censored Versions of Hip Hop Songs
• Black Star: Let's ALL Get Down!
• Top 10 Lines From Drake's "Take Care"
• All in the Name of P***Y: 7 Women Who Made Fresh Beef Into Poison Meat
• Fuck You; Pay Me (By Not Buying My Music)
• The Many Nicknames of Lil Wayne
• Can’t Wait To Be King: If J. Cole Really Were Simba
• Don’t Become a Rapper If: A Checklist
• Kill Whitey: Top 10 Corporate Greed Rap Lyrics
• Lupe Fiasco: The Proust of Rap
• Is it right to hate fame?
• Rappers: they're just like us!
• Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor: All the Lyrics Explained
• Introducing the Rap Map™ - your guide through the gangsta terrain of the planet
• 10 Last-Minute Christmas Gift Ideas For The Hip Hop/Music Lover
• Which Throne are You Watching?
• Hella Based: The Many Faces of Lil B
• Bad Meets Evil Hell: The Sequel Lyrics
• Big Sean's "Finally Famous"
• The Five Nastiest, Most Explicit Sex Scenes in Rap History
• My Kingdom For A Platinum Football Field
• Eminem's Infinite Explained
• Marvin's...Rooms
• THE HISTORY OF HIP HOP (as told by Rap Genius)
• Eatbox: rappers eat pussy sometimes, too
• Tyler the Creator - Goblin
• Wale: The Antithesis of J. Cole
• Track-by-Track Guide to Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
• Tyler gets pizzunked
• Common: "A Letter To The Law" Video Breakdown
• ALL of Tyler, The Creator's "Bastard" Explicado
• That Shit Cray: Top Ten Meme Lines of the Year Thus Far
• Wax: From YouTube To Def Jam
• Al Qaeda / Taliban rap paper plate awards: a discussion of Jihadi references in rap lyrics
• Notes on "Ready To Die"
• "Don't Ask Me How": The Elusive TRIPLE Entendre in Hip-Hop
• Rappers and the Alphabet: A Romance on the D.L.
• Lil Wayne Carter 4 Cover
• The Many Nicknames of Tyler, the Creator
• Tyler, The Creator vs. Woody Allen
• Curren$y "Covert Coup": All The Lyrics Explained
• "These n*ggas be mad -- that's why they stay hating" : Thoughts on V-Nasty
• Rage Against the Machine: Rap, Rock and Revolution
• Curren$y's Weekend At Burnie's Syncs With The Film
• ENTER THE WU: 36 Chambers
• Big Sean is Finally Famous...boiiiii
• Rap Genius LLP: A NEW Legal Service for the Rap Community
• One Love. Elzhi's "Elmatic"
• Rap Genius Watch The Throne Cover
• Raponomics: Top Ten Foreign Currency References Of All Time
• Interview With Jay-Z's Financial Biographer: Rap Genius Editor SnoopZoggyZogg
• Top 25 Rap Albums of 2011
• An Intro to Break Beats
• Excerpt: They call me Jay Electronica
• Belief in Based God
• International Underground: Hip Hop as Global Rebel Music
• Rap Genius in the OED
• 2011's Best Twitter Moments
• Frank Ocean Nostalgia Ultra - all the lyrics explained
• We Found Earl!
• Pass Through, Ghost-like: A Multi Before I Die Mixtape
• An Open Letter Regarding OFWGKTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All)
• Gil Scott Heron - Father of Rap
• "Tastes like Swag": Cooking with Lil B (Part1: Wonton Soup)
• Hip-Hop's TECHNOlogic Revolution
• M-m-m-maybach Music
• Jay-Z: "Rap Is Poetry"
• Wiz Khalifa: probably fucked your bitch
• Subliminal Satanic Messages in Jay-Z
• A Modest Proposal: Why those white-bread, hella suburban rappers matter
• Donald Glover Interview: "What the fuck is a Childish Gambino?"
• XV Reasons Why XV's The Next Big Thing
• Nas interview PREVIEW
• Rhyming Words with Themselves, sort of: Top Ten Homophone Rhymes of All Time
• Crooked I Decodes Crooked I
• Kendrick Lamar - #Section.80
• Most commonly misheard rap lines
• Tyler the Creator: Tron Cat
• Dominic Strauss Khan & Ghostface
• Bad Meets Sequel?
• Nas, Illmatic: All the lyrics to every song explained
• Lupe Fiasco's LASERS
• Lil Kanye Recites a Poem to Martin Luther King
• Interview: Vince Staples
• RAP GENIUS EXCLUSIVE: Despot reveals a supergroup and gives his fans a SPECIAL MESSAGE!
• Cadence & Flow -- A Study in MMG
• On "Blue Slide Park": A Review of Moderate Proportions
• The Classic Yo! MTV Raps Returns, One Night Only!
• Adrien Brody Reciting 10 Crack Commandments
• Pusha's "Fear of God" Mixtape: Don't Be Scurred
• Jay-Z on Biting Biggie's Rhymes
• Fabolous SOUL Tape
• Dre - Is Detox coming?
• Fabolous "I'm Raw": A Close Reading
• Lupe Fiasco's "Words I Never Said" Music Video
• Psychiatrist Advises Degenerate Geniuses to "Check Your Head"
• DIY: Turning the RG shirt into an RG Lady-Tee
• Lil Wayne Explains Lil Wayne
• Osama Got Popped..
• Virginia's Finest: Intalek Interview
• Hell: The Sequel
• Rap Genius on German MTV!
• Rappers: Suckered by Obama's Charm, Just Like the Rest of Us...
• Curren$y Interview With DDS
• "Well I guess, this is my dissertation"- Graduation: Decoded
• I Love Hip-hop, But...Part I
• Interview with producer and OFWGKTA affiliate BrandenBeatBoy
• V-Nasty Saying The "N-Word"
• "Empire State of Mind" video breakdown
• Cole Summer Saga Continues..
• Jay-Z vs. RapGenius.com: Who's Better at Decoding Jay-Z's Lyrics?
• Nicki Minaj Pink Friday: ALL the lyrics to EVERY song decoded
• Rap Genius of the Month: Don Trip
• Drake, Thank Me Later: ALL the lyrics to EVERY song explained
• Congressman Tweets Dickpic: Inspired by Kanye? Or Mannie Fresh? Who knows?
• Paid tha Caust to be tha Boss: Rappers discussing the Nazis
• "Well I Guess, This Is My Dissertation" - Notes on Graduation
• ALL the lyrics to Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" Explained
• RIP Biggie Smalls (the Rap Genius)
• RIP Macho Mane - Wrestler, Rapper, Baller
• RAP GENIUS EXCLUSIVE: Nicki Minaj's Titty
• Hip Hop & Islam: The Sacred Nexus
• "Don't Wanna Go Home" lyrics – Jason DeRulo
• Woman's work: transporting drugs for rappers
• Thank You Bouillabased God
• "Yonkers" Video Breakdown
• Lil B "Charlie Sheen" music video breakdown
• Eminem, Recovery: ALL the lyrics to EVERY song explained!
• All of the Lights: Seizure-tastic
• Hip-hop Superbowl: Black and Yellow vs Green and Yellow
• INSIDE GAME: The Making of Martians vs Goblins
• Rap Genius of the Month: Touré
• Kreayshawn's Ballinest Fan? Drake
• A$AP FERGENSTEIN: on the origins of "A$AP"
• "Watch The Throne" Preview
• Ambition 2: BEHIND THE SCENES
• J Cole on How Jay-Z REALLY Feels About "Cole World: A Sideline Story"
• Introducing RapMetrics™: The Birth of Statistical Analysis of Rap Lyrics
• Game's track-by-track breakdown of the Red Album
• "Get it?" Why do rappers explain their own lines in the Age of Rap Genius?
• Either Kanye and Ghostface both sleep head to toe with their respective cousins, or Kanye is biting
• The Top Ten Verses of 2011
• Jay-Z 101 at Georgetown University
• Young Dr. Dre on TV!
• Drake care...
• Lil B's "I'm Gay"
• #Ambition (cover)
• Freddie Gibbs: Cold Day In Hell Cover
• BEEF: Fox News vs. Jon Stewart (& Common)
• The 5 degrees of decadence in "Fashion Rap"
• "Can't Knock The Hustle": How Jay-Z Came Up on Ace of Spades
• Young Jeezy's TM103: Hustlerz Ambition Review
• Was Slug the O.G. Drake?
• Lil Wayne and Birdman's Notorious K.I.S.S.
• "I Got More at Stake Than Philly": Reasonable Doubt decoded
• Siri vs Biggie
• Imagine....
• Woman sleeps with Nas, Jay-Z, and Allen Iverson; reveals penis secrets
• Bad Meets Evil on Fuse TV at Bonnaroo
• Eminem vs. Weezy: Who's the King of these rude, ludicrous, lucrative lyrics?
• Jay-Z, Eminem, and "Renegade": Who Killed Whom?
• Lupe Fiasco's Long-Awaited Lasers...Cover Art
• Thurnis Haley: Really Into Golf
• Tyler Arrested In L.A.
• IT'S OFFICIAL: Cyhi is an Otis Fan
• Tyler the Creator & Odd Future on Tim Westwood
• Goblin L.A. Concert
• Lil Wayne Carter IV Release Date
• Odd Future Is The New Beatles
• Hipster Girl Raps "Look At Me Now"
• Lil B album to be called "I'm Gay"
• 420 NEWS: Kid Cudi quits quitting weed
• "Dreams Money Can Buy" by Drake
• "Return Of Simba" by J. Cole
• FREESTYLE BATTLE: Lupe Fiasco vs. Bill O'Reilly
• Annals of the Rap Orientalist: Talk of Money in Rap
• "Acura Integurl" by Frank Ocean
• "She Wanna Have My Baby" by The Game
• Kendrick Lamar "Hiii Power" Music Video Breakdown
• "Marvins Room" by Drake
• Mac Miller "Blue Slide Park" Tracklist
• Carter IV Preview: Lil Wayne rolling with a cougar
• Tat My Name On You So I Know It's Real
• "Everywhere I Go" by 2Pac
• "Tree" - Kid Cudi & Wiz Khalifa
• "Loud Noises" by Bad Meets Evil
• 2Pac on Intellectual Property
• ALL of the "All of the Lights"
• "Words I Never Said": Lupe Fiasco's Anthem for the Egyptian Revolution?
• "Ronald Reagan Era" by Kendrick Lamar
• Q: what will be this year's MOST MEME Halloween costume?
• Detox - July 26 Release Date?
• Lil Wayne: "Dear Anne" Lyrics Explicado..
• "Her Room" by Teyana Taylor
• Wiz & Amber sitting in a tree.. T - A - T - T - O - O - I -N -G
• Interview - Indie Artist "b.a.sick"
• RUH ROH: Tyler the Creator Arrested (Again)
• Obama sings "Let's Stay Together"
• Hip Hop's Hero's Hubris?: RG Introduces Asaad
• Lupe Fiasco (and Big Sean) - "Wait for Me"
• "Snapbacks Back" by Tyga
• Drake Interview
• Poll: What are the best "fuck songs" / "love songs" in rap music?
• Lyrics to Tyga's Well Done 2 Mixtape
• Norwegian Mass Murderer Hates Hip-hop
• The Bullitts X Jay Electronica MOOVIE
• "I'm On One" lyrics – Tyga
• "Oh My Remix" lyrics – DJ Drama
• Odd Future in Germany
• MeLo-X = Sade + The Weeknd
• J Cole Breaks Down His Album Title
• Lulu's son shine: What is Jay-Z talking about in "A Star is Born"?
• Soulja Boy: The Movie (Trailer)
• "Trouble on My Mind" lyrics – Pusha T
• "I'm On One Freestyle" lyrics – Chamillionaire
• What's Wrong With John Galliano?
• Tyler The Creator Bonds With Tim Westwood
• "Uncle Otis" lyrics – The Game
• Consequence's "Pusha T Diss"
• Rap Genius University: Rhyme Types
• Frank Ocean on "Watch The Throne".. Good Move? Bad Move?
• Nardwuar Interviews Casey Veggies
• MJ Faded Way: Perfect
• RIP Big Pun
• Big Sean Arrested
• Wiz Khalifa x Curren$y x Big Sean = STONER MIXTAPE OF THE CENTURY
• Cam'ron Threatens iTunes
• Lil Wayne on Roman's Revenge 2.0: Only One Verse?
• Black Hippy Interview
• Watch The Throne (Snippets)
• Birdman Forbes Interview
• Wale Attention Deficit: DECODED
• Watch The Based
• The Game R.E.D. Album Preview
• Roots, How I Got Over: ALL the lyrics to EVERY song explained!
• In the Zone: Jay-Z and Kanye West Live at Bank Atlantic Center
• EARL IS FREE!
• Rap Genius Interview: Adam Bradley, editor of the Yale Anthology of Rap
• Rap Genius Editor Teaches Kreayshawn Makeup Techniques
• Big K.R.I.T. booed at Highline Ballroom
• N***AWATCH 2011: V-Nasty Calls A Black Man "N***a" In A Fight
• Prodigy's Book: The Anti-Decoded
• Dreamboats
• TV Night at Cam's