Fails of the Week: Meet MC Serena Williams, Unfollowing Celebrity Hype & More

Posted by Nathan S. on 05/12/12 | Filed under Top Stories, Features, Fails of the Week, Humor

In the latest of an ongoing series that will include the best...or worst...fails of the week from the world of hip-hop, sports, pop culture and beyond. In this week's very special edition, I examine Serena William's new rap career, the latest in Chris Brown and Rihanna's travachamockery and more...

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RefinedHype Weekly Re-Up Vol. 67 ft. Ab-Soul, Krizz Kaliko & More (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 05/12/12 | Filed under Downloads, Weekly Re-Up

Thank you - because of your deep desire to procrastinate during work by flipping through our virtual pages I've got enough money to buy some scotch and a nice cigar this weekend. To truly show my appreciation, I've rounded up the week's top tracks into a new-and-improved "Weekly Re-Up". Download and vote now....

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Krizz Kaliko, Rittz & Chamillionaire Send Out a “Mayday” to Real Hip-Hop Fans (Listen)

Posted by Nathan S. on 05/12/12 | Filed under Refined Picks, Downloads, Chamillionaire, Rittz, Krizz Kaliko

Speaking of Mayday, I have no idea if Krizz Kaliko's new single "Mayday" is a reference to his Strange Music label mates or merely a concept track, but either way Krizz has dropped off yet more music tailor made to fucking pistachios too. Listen...

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Can Meek Mill Succeed Without Rick Ross? “Dreamchasers 2” Mixtape Review

Posted by Nathan S. on 05/12/12 | Filed under Meek Mill, Album Reviews

I'll try to up the reviews that hit RefinedHype's pages, and in the meantime I thought I'd post some select cuts from The DJBooth review, at least enough to spark some conversation here. And what better way to start than Meek Mill's "Dreamchasers 2"? See more...

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Kendrick Lamar Just Murdered You On Your Own Shit: The Complete Collection

Posted by Nathan S. on 05/12/12 | Filed under Top Stories, Kendrick Lamar

At this point any rapper who invites Kendrick Lamar onto their track is making a deal with the hip-hop devil: Kendrick will murder them on their own shit, but the track will get more attention than it would have without the TDE leader.

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Ab-Soul & Kendrick Lamar “ILLuminate” Hip-Hop’s Darkness (Listen)

Posted by Nathan S. on 05/12/12 | Filed under Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul

How fitting. Just an hour after I open up a conversation on Kendrick Lamar killing emcees on their own track, Kendrick shows up and absolutely crushes Ab-Soul's new joint, "ILLuminate". Although it feels a little strange to talk about Kendrick killing another TDE member. Maybe it's more like friendly fire. See more...

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Your Favorite Rapper is Poor: Who’s Getting Paid Off Pepsi’s Nicki Minaj Commercial?

Posted by Nathan S. on 05/12/12 | Filed under Top Stories, Features, Your Favorite Rapper is Poor, Opinion

If you're the average person you watched Nicki Minaj's new commercial for Pepsi and either talked some shit or didn't give two fucks. But if you're a true scholar of RefinedHype you watched Nicki Minaj's new Pepsi commercial and thought, "Huh, they switched up the production. I wonder how that affects the publishing pay outs?" See more...

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Yes, It’s True. 9th Wonder Just Gave You 40 Dope Beats on “Tutankhamen” (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 05/12/12 | Filed under Downloads, Mixtapes, 9th Wonder, Beats

The mothership has teamed up with legendary beatsmith 9th Wonder for a new beat tape, "Tutankahmen". Included on "Tutankhamen" are a full 40 beats, including some of 9th’s classic instrumentals (The Bodega, BarberShop, The End) and more, as well as exclusive, previously unreleased treats. Listen and download...

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Obama, Fat Joe, Game & Hip-Hop’s Evolving Stance Towards Homosexuality

Posted by Nathan S. on 05/12/12 | Filed under Features, Opinion

Like Obama's willingness to now speak on the issue, we're now starting to see major rappers at the very least support gay marriage/gay rights/"who cares, just let people do what they want," even if that support often comes with a laundry list of disclaimers and weird other shit:

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Only the Backshots From Rihanna & Terry Richardson’s Photo Shoot (Pics)

Posted by Nathan S. on 05/12/12 | Filed under Rihanna, Girls

Rihanna linked up with Terry Richardson for a new photo shoot that largely features Ri Ri looking good, but after this and this most of the pics frankly aren't that exciting. But that's why you have me, to filter out all the weak shit and get right to what (let's be honest) we all want - backshots. See more...

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