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When Soulo was breaking down his latest bars from “Only 1” with RG, he put a call out to the fans suggesting his lyrics needed some unique visuals (peep the video explanation below)… So we decided, if you really take Soul up on his suggestion, we’ll really show it to him.

And whoever has the best drawing wins…. a pack of backwoods?! (THAT good!)

Welcome to Rap Hoods, a sight-by-sight breakdown of rap (and music’s) traditional homelands. This week, Hampton Roads, Virginia, my home region, graces the stage. — Gavin Matthews

Last time we gave you some explanations from COMMON on his album, One Day It’ll All Make Sense, as part of an ongoing celebration of his 20th anniversary in Hip Hop...

Verified artist Bilal shares a very inspirational story about the late great J Dilla and his masterful process

Are you Big Boi’s biggest fan? … Okay, but are you Big Boi’s Top Scholar on Rap Genius?!

Peep the details of the contest for your chance to win Big. And if you haven’t already, make sure you pick up the masterful solo album on iTunes now!

We did this list last year and a few things happened that we didn’t anticipate. Things like Flying Lotus rapping and Chief Keef coming back from the dead. Hip hop will continue to spark phenoms we won’t see coming and who can’t be included in lists like these. But I’m still interested in talking about the expectations we have of rappers, especially now, in a year where it made perfect sense to us as editors to include Big K.R.I.T’s Live From The Underground as both one of best and most disappointing albums of 2012’s first half. It was good, but maybe not as good as I thought it would be, but not in the ways I thought. If that makes any sense to you then I think you’ll like this list.

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Everyone wants to know “ why” so that they understand the world — don’t you?

The mission of Rap Genius is “to critique rap as poetry.” So one day we thought, why not critique other poetry too? That’s how Poetry Brain got started, and that’s why it is TAKING OFF thanks to your love and support. But we could always use more…

This week on Outside the Lines With Rap Genius, we talk to Peter Rosenberg, DJ at NYC’s legendary Hot 97. Peter is a co-host of the popular morning show and also has a Sunday night underground program. He’s the host of the game show Hip Hop Squares, runs the popular Noisemakers interview series, and has his own Juan Epstein podcast. He talked to us about his history, the Summer Jam controversy, his definition of “real hip-hop,” and more

We’ve been keeping tabs on the entire 2008ighties crew for quite some time now. It’s with great pleasure RG announces...

If 2012 really does signify the apocalypse, let the record show that its rock and pop musicians went out with a sonic boom