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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week -- Nitty Scott, MC juggles some elaborate wordplay
2:31 PM on 05/19/2012
RAP GENIUS - Jay Rock sticks up for his crew; Nitty Scott, MC juggles some elaborate wordplay; and Yasiin Bey drops a shady metaphor. These are the lines of the week...
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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week -- veterans drop verses
5:17 PM on 05/12/2012
RAP GENIUS - This past week had an abundance of new material for hip-hop fans. Current favorites, up-and-comers, and veterans all dropped verses we hadn't heard before, and all are ably represented in our Lines of the Week...
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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week -- Kanye reminds us of best hip-hop urban legends
2:09 AM on 05/05/2012
RAP GENIUS - Kool Keith gets poetic, Diamond D throws some internal rhymes at us, Freeway gives us dieting tips, and Kanye reminds us of one of the best urban legends in hip-hop...
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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week -- Jadakiss tells us creative ways to get new cars
10:04 PM on 04/27/2012
RAP GENIUS - Consequence big-ups the lady who tells him what clothes to wear; and veteran Jadakiss tells us about creative ways to get new cars. Here is the week that was...
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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week -- Busta Rhymes makes the cut
10:46 AM on 04/21/2012
RAP GENIUS - Our favorite lines this week cover a wide spectrum, from tributes to rap heroes to dirty jokes. It was also a good week for up-and-comers, with Busta Rhymes being the only veteran to make the cut...
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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week -- Highlights from Noreaga's new mixtape
8:10 AM on 04/14/2012
RAP GENIUS - We at Rap Genius are celebrating this week, as the world has blessed us with a new mixtape by one of our absolute favorite artists. Victor Santiago, Jr., best known as N.O.R.E. or Noreaga...
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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week -- Childish Gambino takes 1st and worst
9:55 PM on 04/06/2012
RAP GENIUS - This week saw the return of some of the genre's biggest stars, with new music from Nicki Minaj, The Game, and a last-minute new tune by superstar Kanye West...
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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week -- Bragging takes the day
10:00 AM on 03/31/2012
RAP GENIUS - In the rap world, life went on more or less as normal -- bragging, drugs, violence, sex, and money, as ever, took the day. Below, the lines of the week...
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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week -- Jasiri X pays tribute to Trayvon
5:10 PM on 03/24/2012
RAP GENIUS - This week saw a mix of the tragic and the triumphant, as the Trayvon Martin case took up headlines around the country at the same time as the long-awaited return of prodigal son Earl Sweatshirt...
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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week -- Action Bronson reads the paper
3:41 PM on 03/16/2012
RAP GENIUS - Action Bronson reads the paper, Sene pays tribute to a legend, it's all Greek to El-P, Los takes a ride, and newcomer 360 gives us cooking tips. This was the week that was...
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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week -- Snoop Dogg tells us about Soul Brother #1
1:44 PM on 03/09/2012
RAP GENIUS - Homeboy Sandman plays art critic, Saigon gets vicious with your family, and Snoop Dogg tells us about Soul Brother #1...
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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week -- Bun B shows his superiority
8:37 AM on 03/03/2012
RAP GENIUS - Bun B shows his superiority, Ras Kass shouts out television's greatest comedienne, Common shills for the phone company, and Action Bronson gives us a grammar lesson. ..
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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week -- K'naan takes us to the doctor
8:26 PM on 02/24/2012
RAP GENIUS - K'naan takes us to the doctor, Nas teaches us a new word, Emilio Rojas catches Bieber fever, Pusha T returns to our list with a shout-out to New Jack Swing, and Joell Ortiz reveals what's hiding underneath his baseball cap...
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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week -- Kendrick Lamar continues recent stellar run
8:01 AM on 02/18/2012
RAP GENIUS - Phenom Kendrick Lamar continued his recent stellar run with a look back at his childhood, for both good and ill...
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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week -- Pusha T talks money
7:20 PM on 02/03/2012
RAP GENIUS - The week that was had more than its fair share of exceptional punchlines...
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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week -- Drake continues to inspire
5:00 PM on 01/28/2012
RAP GENIUS - While the Drake/Common war of words may have reached a detente recently, Drizzy continues to inspire...
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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week
8:00 AM on 01/21/2012
RAP GENIUS - This was the week that saw a song commemorating the "most widely anticipated baby since Lucy and Ricky's little one, but plenty of other childhood-related events also happened...
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The Roots' 'beautiful' evolution continues on 'undun'
9:40 AM on 12/06/2011
REVIEW - The sound and feel of 'undun' won't surprise anyone who's followed The Roots' recent evolution, but it should delight believers in hip hop's capacity to be beautiful and mind-expanding...
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Why you can thank Drake now for 'Take Care'
2:24 PM on 11/07/2011
REVIEW - Drake's sophomore album is really his first album if you consider that 'Thank Me Later' was a rush job. Now that he's actually put a quality album together, we can finally thank him...
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Why does white rapper V-Nasty keep using the n-word?
12:40 PM on 07/29/2011
This raises a number of fascinating issues around race, hip-hop, and the relationship between subcultures and mass culture...
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