Andre 3000 Continues to be Infuriatingly Dope on “Do Ya Thing” (Listen)

Posted by Nathan S. on 02/22/12 | Filed under Andre 3000

Every day that goes by I grow more and more convinced that Andre 3000's just fucking with us. He won't appear in any music videos, but he'll do a commercial for Gillette? He won't get back together with Big Boi, but he'll pump out guest verses for Ke$ha? And to make matters worse, he fucking kills every microphone he touches, just to remind us of what we're truly missing. Listen and download...

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Why Can’t J. Cole Put Out More Dopeness Like “Grew Up Fast”? (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 02/22/12 | Filed under Top Stories, Refined Picks, Downloads, J. Cole

I'm not saying he needs to be dropping daily freestyles over industry beats, but this new "I got 2 million followers!" cut "Grew Up Fast"? Goddamn, this shit is just straight dope. The man's rhymes are continuing to improve, especially when he's just relaxed and having fun. Listen and download...

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Rittz, “Walking on Air” & The Sweet Science of Dope Raps (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 02/22/12 | Filed under Refined Picks, Downloads, Shane Eli, Rittz, RefinedPicks

This is some of that aforementioned "I can fucking rap, and I can fucking rap fast" shit you're legally obligated to turn the volume up on. New single "Walking on Air" takes a beat from RefinedHype regular Shane Eli that's part rock, part gospel and part trap house and gives some instrumental fuel to lose his goddamn mind. Listen and download...

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Quick Hit: Jean Grae’s “Cake or Death” Trailer is Badassery At Its Finest (Video)

It doesn't get much more bad ass then Jean Grae, so it's only natural that the trailer to her upcoming "Cake or Death" album is an exhibit in Grade-A badassery. I have no idea what it means, I have no idea what it's about, but I do know I'll be listening to "Cake or Death" the second it drops. See more...

Your Favorite Rapper is Poor: Cashing In on Whitney Houston’s Death

Posted by Nathan S. on 02/21/12 | Filed under Top Stories, Features, Your Favorite Rapper is Poor

They'll of course never admit it, but executives at Sony had been waiting a long time for the call that Whitney Houston was dead. When famous artists die there's a huge rush to buy their previous work, a rush that the labels can cash in handily. See more...

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Cop “HNIC 3” or Prodigy Will Slap Your Grandma (Mixtape Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 02/21/12 | Filed under Downloads, Mixtapes, Mobb Deep, Prodigy

On the real, I feel like Prodigy's look straight at me on that cover, and he's saying "Yo dun, I thought this was a hip-hop site. And you're posting about Rihanna and Chris Brown and B.o.B. and shit? Give me one good reason why I shouldn't smack the bi**h out of your right now."

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Goddamnit, I Really Dig This Santigold “Disparate Youth” (Listen)

Posted by Nathan S. on 02/21/12 | Filed under Santigold

Over the years I've gone from a big M.I.A. supporter to a pretty ardent hater of all things M.I.A., and since Santigold's long been considered M.I.A.'s protege, I haven't felt any particular urge to
give the woman's much spin in front of RefinedHype Nation. And as much as I really, really hate hipsters....goddamnit, this "Disparate Youth" is actually pretty dope. Listen...

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Is B.o.B.‘s “So Good” Good Enough to be a Hit? (Listen)

Posted by Nathan S. on 02/21/12 | Filed under B.o.B.

It'll be interesting to see how B.o.B.'s upcoming "Strange Clouds" album does. The man's obviously far more established than when he put out hugely selling "The Adventures of Bobby Ray", but nothing drive album sales like hit singles, and B.o.B. had two of 2011's biggest with "Nothin On You" and "Airplanes". Listen...

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Quick Hit: Fast People Doing Things Fast: Cam Newton & AraabMuzik for UnderArmour (Video)

I've heard a lot of people say that AraabMuzik can't actually "produce", he can only play the MPC really f**king fast - and that's largely true. But if you do something better and faster than anyone else, and you do it so often that you become "the guy who plays the MPC really fucking fast," you get paid to do commercials with Cam Newton and UnderArmour.

Can You Guess the Mystery Booty of the Week? (Pics)

Posted by Nathan S. on 02/21/12 | Filed under 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.

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