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(Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage) 10 Mixtape-Era Bangers That Could Only Have Existed in the 2000s
Noisey selects 10 vital mixtape-era classics for anyone feeling nostalgic for the 2000s and the days before we were ruled by the internet.
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(Photo by Paras Griffin/WireImage) Jermaine Dupri Takes Sony to Court for Withholding Over 30 Years Worth of Royalties
Jermaine Dupri sues Sony Music Entertainment for over 30 years’ worth of unpaid royalties, demanding upwards of $18 million.
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(Photo by Julia Beverly/Getty Images) 10 No-Skip Hip-Hop and R&B Albums That Are Officially Old Enough to Drink
Noisey looks back at the classic hip-hop and R&B albums of 2005, which are officially old enough to legally drink.
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(Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images) On This Day 10 Years Ago, This West Coast Rap Star Released His Magnum Opus After Almost Quitting Music Altogether
West Coast rapper ScHoolboy Q released his best album to date, ‘Blank Face LP’, on this day ten years ago to massive acclaim.
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(Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images) These 4 Ringtone Rap Songs Secretly Still Go Hard Today
Noisey selects four songs from the ringtone rap era that still sound just as fresh and catchy as they did upon their release.
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Photo by Andrew Wevers/Getty Images 4 Post-Crunk Rap Songs From the 2000s That I Shamelessly Still Crank Loud
The Ringtone Rap era in the 2000s was a wild one, full of hard-hitting bangers like E-40 and T-Pain’s “U and Dat”, with Kandi Girl.
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(Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images) After a Tense Run-In With This Federal Agency, YG Has No Plans of Recording a Sequel to This Iconic and Divisive Song
YG explains why he’s not inclined to record a sequel to one of his most iconic songs and how it nearly cost him a lot of money.
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Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images for BET Lil Wayne Last Minute Concert Cancellation: Rapper Says ‘Bad-A** Migraine’ Put Him at Risk for Seizures
Lil Wayne says that he missed his Bangor, Maine concert due to having “migraines” that can lead to him having a seizure.
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(Photo by Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images) Why Nas Initially Didn’t Want to Record One of the Biggest Hits of His Career 30 Years Ago: ‘He Was Definitely Resistant’
Iconic producer duo The Trackmasters recalled how Nas nearly didn’t record one of the biggest hits of his career in 1996.
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