Trend Watch: The Birth (& Death?) of Swag

Posted by Adeshola Adigun on 09/15/11 | Filed under Top Stories, Features, Trend Watch

I thought that word was done for. In fact, there was a point where if you said that word or even almost used it around my peeps circa '08 you was instantly crowned king or queen of The Lames. Even though T.I. used swag and stated his swag philosophy on his ’07 track “My Swag” I feel like the word really blew up when "Swagger Like Us" dropped. See more...

TheChuckness Presents: The Top 5 (Non) Hip-Hop Songs Of The Week

Posted by The Chuckness on 09/15/11 | Filed under Features, Top 5 Non Hip Hop, The Chuckness

Here we have another set of five songs from the past week or so that have captured my attention. All sorts of genres to work with here, so let me know your thoughts. Whether you absolutely despise a jam, or you're infatuated with one, keep me in the loop so I know for the future.

Is Louis CK the Best Comedian Alive? (Video)

I know I need to be issued an extremely belated late pass, but I just got into watching "Louie" on FX and now I'm slowly but surely becoming convinced that Louis CK is the best stand-up comedian alive. Or at the very least he's the realest comedian alive. Watch....

Meet the Mystery Booty of the Week, Eva Mendes (Pics)

Posted by Nathan S. on 09/15/11 | Filed under Top Stories, Features, MBOW

Everyone's favorite, and I do mean favorite, RefinedHype series, "Mystery Booty of the Week (MBOW)" is back. Is the series a shameless and sexist way to keep your eyeballs glued to RefinedHype? You bet it is. Do I hear any complaints? Yeah, that's what I thought.

This Is My Rifle: Life is Good

Posted by Jason James on 09/14/11 | Filed under Top Stories, Features, This Is My Rifle

Life is good. For the past few months those 3 words have been pushing their way to the front of my brain constantly. Maybe it's because I spend a large amount of my time analyzing the evils of the world, but I've found that I haven't taken many moments to step back and just enjoy being here. See more...

Bitemarks: Jay-Z Uses Biggie’s “Any Mike” Line on “Ni**as in Paris”

Posted by Aric Linkins on 09/13/11 | Filed under Top Stories, Features, Bitemarks

Damn, seriously? Biggie’s line undoubtedly sounds doper, especially since ‘Victory’ came out when all three stars were still ruling shit. In fact, his entire first verse in the song is incredible, but not incredible enough to disguise the line to a point where its ok for Jay-Z to borrow. See more...

10 Years Later, How Jay-Z’s “The Blueprint” Changed Everything

Posted by Brando on 09/12/11 | Filed under Top Stories, Features, Jay-Z, Speak of Freedom

I agreed with him in that respect but sorry, the war of my generation on a smaller scale happened to occur in New York between two rappers, one of whom would wind up becoming the most successful rapper ever and the other arguably it’s most hailed poet with a street education. 9/11 made me leave school. 9/13 made me go out and buy my second Jay-Z album. See more...

Your Favorite Rapper is Poor: How to Get Your Music Posted Online

Posted by Andrew Lewis on 09/12/11 | Filed under Features, Your Favorite Rapper is Poor

For instance - I used to manage a few up & coming bands and artists back in 08' and while being roughly new and not knowing which came first the chicken or the egg, I knew that I would encounter resistance if I tried to push artists into some people's faces. So I sat down and thought "How can I interest people to listen, willingly?" See more...

Fails of the Week: T.I. Goes Back Behind Bars, Lil Wayne Enjoys BET BJ & More

Posted by Nathan S. on 09/09/11 | Filed under Top Stories, Features, Fails of the Week

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 T.I.'s latest parole violation, Lil Wayne's domination of the BET Awards and much more....