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  See Kevin Gates Unravel Hood Horror Stories in 'IDGAF' Video

  April 9, 2013 – Based upon the strength of his latest mixtape, The Luca Brasi Story, unsung Young Money-Cash Money rapper Kevin Gates not only became one of SPIN's Best New Artists for the month of March, but ranked No. 6 in our Real Hottest MCs list. His song "IDGAF" made Brandon Soderberg's write-up of the impressive free full-length because "the rub is that he totally gives a fuck. That's the power of this tape. …
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  No Trivia's Friday Five: Rating Gucci Mane's 'Spring Breakers' Performance, Chief Keef is Free

  March 15, 2013 – This the first installment of the new Friday Five, a weekly rundown of five things that made rap music really interesting this week. Bentley's Verse on ST 2 Lettaz's "Wasted Youth": Ex-G-Sider ST 2 Lettaz's solo album G: Growth & Development certainly delivers on the promise of both growth and development. …
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  MTV T.R.U. Life: The REAL 10 Hottest MCs in the Game

  March 5, 2013 – MTV has been steady picking rap's 10 hottest MCs since 2007 and, when it comes to the completely arbitrary metric of hottest-ness, they're usually more right than wrong. But their criteria are slanted towards the academic and traditional, giving too much weight to too-big-to-fail popularity (ruh!) and propping up the platinum establishment. …
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  5 Best New Artists for March '13

  March 1, 2013 – From a San Franciscan power-pop craftsman to a Glaswegian trio of synth-pop supernovas to a veteran Louisiana rapper finally on the rise, here are five artists you should hear — right now. DAVID BEVAN, PHILIP SHERBURNE, and BRANDON SODERBERG …
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  No Trivia's Friday Five: Lil Wayne, the Rap Game David Cronenberg?

  February 15, 2013 – So, Fox News hired Herman Cain. This will be fun. More importantly though, it is a chance to resurrect my dream remix project: Jamie xx & Herman Cain's We're New Here. Come on bored DJs. The instrumentals for Jamie xx & Gil Scott Heron's remix record are readily available. By the end of week one, Cain will have delivered enough legendary nonsense to flesh this thing out. …
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  Rap Release of the Week: Kevin Gates' 'The Luca Brasi Story'

  February 7, 2013 – Kevin Gates has been a rapper to watch for a few years now — last year's Make Em Believe, in particular, stood out for its totally comfortable combination of emotional honesty and rapping-ass rapping. Like way too many rappers, singers, and even a nu-metal band right now, though, Gates is withering away on Young Money-Cash Money, mostly unacknowledged. …
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