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Men lie, women lie, year-end lists are generally pretty good. With their second collaborative record in two years, Run The Jewels 2, dominating every fan poll and critics' list, Killer Mike and El-P have a new lease on life (and maybe on a couple of cars as well)...

Last night (Dec. 31), Kanye West dopped "Only One," a previously unannounced collaboration with Paul McCartney. In the track, West speaks as his mother, the late Donda West, to his year-old daughter North. It is the first official release from West since his divisive 2013 album, Yeezus...

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New Year's Day is a time where people try to be honest with themselves--whether you're packing a few extra pounds or on unstable financial ground, you take a moment to acknowledge your shortcomings and resolve to be better. Who better to ferry us through this period of self-reflection than Future himself...

Everything is not as it appears. On Monday (Dec. 29) the internet erupted with the news that YG and DJ Mustard had suffered a major falling out. Instagram posts appeared to catch the two fighting over album royalties and more, with an agitated YG even taunting Mustard with outgoing call logs to imply the latter dodging physical confrontation...

"Everyone asks me what my favorite Kanye song is," wrote Kim Kardashian West. "It's 'Only One.'" Well, that settles it. Taking to Instagram to tease her husband's new cut with Paul McCartney, Kim added that the song--a tender dedication to the couple's daughter, North West--makes her cry "every time it...

Earlier today, A$AP Rocky shook Twitter when he announced "Pretty Flacko Pt. 2" would be hitting the 'Net this afternoon. The OG version of the song was one of Rock's most coveted early tracks and included a highly anticipated remix. Today, he unveils the latest version which is sure to get some serious burn in the clubs for New Year's...

Gunplay has one last statement to make before the clock strikes 12. The MMG rapper wants everyone to know about his ownership status over the third planet from the Sun with his new track "The World Is Mine." The uncharacteristically uptempo dance track is the latest single off his forthcoming LP, Living Legend...

The Windy City continues to blow in new talent. If you still haven't heard of Chicago's latest female MC, Dreezy, get familiar. The hard-spitta caught the attention of the masses earlier this year with her remix of Nicki Minaj's "Chi-raq" and continues to garner more attention...

If you guessed OG Maco would drop another video before midnight, you was right. The Atlanta upstart has one more piece of media he wants to get off before the peach drops. He has been going pretty hard for the latter half of the year and closes out 2014 with the video for his Skippa Da Flippa assisted track, "How We Planned It...

Hip-hop has been morphing into a singles-driven genre for years now, and 2014 seemed to be the year when individual songs mattered more than ever. Tracks like "Loyal" and "We Dem Boyz" ruled the first half of the year before "Tuesday," "CoCo" and "I Don't Fuck With You" emerged to dominate the airwaves in the second half...

Fabolous' The Young OG Project had a solid first week of sales almost cracking Billboard 200's new top 10, reaching No. 12. Loso moved 71,000 digital units of his seventh studio album. Nicki Minaj's The Pinkprint is holding strong at No...