/ Hip Hop News and Culture en Copyright 2014 05-23-2014 - 13:45:00 https://refinedhype.com/hyped/entry/refinedhype-is-merging-with-djbooth I know how to be completely honest with y'all, so here's the deal. Starting this coming Monday night, RefinedHype is going to merge into the mothership, aka The DJBooth. ]]> 05-23-2014 - 14:45:00 https://refinedhype.com/hyped/entry/re-up-pac-MJ Listen, it's Friday, we get it. Nobody really wants to do anything that involves using your brain. So the new "Weekly Re-Up" will provide you with both the biggest "Fails" and the most awesome "General Awesomeness"]]> 05-23-2014 - 13:45:00 https://refinedhype.com/hyped/entry/this-week-in-hype-pusha-t I rant about Logic and whether "indie" hip-hop even exists anymore, interview the one and only Pusha T about the origins of his "yuck!!!" ad-lib and much more. ]]> 05-23-2014 - 13:40:00 https://refinedhype.com/hyped/entry/mbow187 Everyone's favorite, and I do mean favorite, RefinedHype series, "Mystery Booty of the Week (MBOW)" is back. Is the series a shameless and sexist way to keep your eyeballs glued to RefinedHype? You bet it is.]]> 05-22-2014 - 13:32:00 https://refinedhype.com/hyped/entry/hypemen-podcast-lost-episodes-peter-rosenberg We're talking OJ Da Juiceman audio drops, backstage stories from the WWE, Peter taking Ms. Jones’ office at Hot97, White on White hate and more!]]> 05-22-2014 - 13:30:00 https://refinedhype.com/hyped/entry/what-rapper-represents-you If you had to pick one rapper to represent you, who would it be? In other words, who's your Hunger Games rapper?]]> 05-21-2014 - 15:16:00 https://refinedhype.com/hyped/entry/7-dope-underground-rappers-vol.-v I’m back with another batch of dope emcee’s you (probably) haven’t heard of. With everything from forgotten '90s female emcees to modern day gangster rap, there should be something for everyone in this group of hip-hop artists.]]> 05-20-2014 - 13:50:00 https://refinedhype.com/hyped/entry/find-her-girl-usher-good-kisser I've had several people hit me up about Usher's new "Good Kisser" video, because apparently this site is now the internet's definitive source for video girl thirst identification, and I'm more than happy to oblige.]]> 05-19-2014 - 18:41:00 https://refinedhype.com/hyped/entry/pepsi-just-blaze As you know, and probably are as well, we are a some big old rap nerds here at RefinedHype. One of the thing I get the most rap nerdy about is samples, especially when they come from Just Blaze. ]]> 05-19-2014 - 14:36:00 https://refinedhype.com/hyped/entry/weekly-re-up-Blackthought-solange Listen, it's Friday, we get it. Nobody really wants to do anything that involves using your brain. So the new "Weekly Re-Up" will provide you with both the biggest "Fails" and the most awesome "General Awesomeness"]]> 05-16-2014 - 17:03:00 https://refinedhype.com/hyped/entry/this-week-in-hype-alex-wiley In this special Alex Wiley edition of the podcast we talk about sandwiches, his love of the Clipse, what it's like to develop as an artist under the internet's microscope, fucking nuns (of course) and much more. ]]> 05-16-2014 - 12:03:00 https://refinedhype.com/hyped/entry/what-is-your-life-soundtrack The past month has felt like 1994 all over again. This past month, with the 20th anniversary of Illmatic, Nas has been in the headlines more times than he has the past 19 years.]]> 05-15-2014 - 14:12:00 https://refinedhype.com/hyped/entry/hypemen-podcast-lost-episodes-elliott-wilson We're talking The Source magazine, Elliott's falling out with Puffy, why Common's Be got a XXL rating, apologizing to Lupe Fiasco and much, much more! Enjoy..]]> 05-15-2014 - 12:31:00 https://refinedhype.com/hyped/entry/mbow-186 Everyone's favorite, and I do mean favorite, RefinedHype series, "Mystery Booty of the Week (MBOW)" is back. Is the series a shameless and sexist way to keep your eyeballs glued to RefinedHype? You bet it is.]]> 05-15-2014 - 09:18:00 https://refinedhype.com/hyped/entry/love-dipset I have never really been too into the whole Dipset team. They were like that kid, something about them just rubbed me the wrong way. So, when I saw Dipset had a new single, I went on living my life, but apparently the rest of the world is super excited. ]]> 05-14-2014 - 17:21:00