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Daryl "Chill" Mitchell: Survival Skills

Star of House Party and Brothers tells DX about childhood friend Rakim, onetime group Groove B Chill, and much more.

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Apathy Previews New Album, Produces For Cypress Hill

Update: Apathy talks to DX and previews three songs from the album. Tracklisting included, B-Real & Little Brother featured.

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Lil Flip Talks "Respect Me," Rap-A-Lot Records

The Freestyle King tells DX about new projects, possibly signing with Rap-A-Lot, and if he still has beef with T.I.

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Kid Cudi: The Dark Side Of The Moon

Kanye and Jay-Z’s new favorite collaborator tells DX about personal darkness, and addresses critics of his unique rhyme style.

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Brother Ali Previews

Exclusive: Ali explains the apolitical focus on Us, including songs about living comfortable, haters, and Joell Ortiz

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R.A. The Rugged Man Talks New Film And Music Projects

UPDATE: R.A. The Rugged Man responds by video to the DX comment section about why he feels he's nicest.

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Brother Ali Previews "Us" To HipHopDX, Part One

Exclusive: The underground legend explains the narrative-driven half of his new album, including songs about slavery and white guilt.

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interview

Q-Tip: The Twitterview

Forget a regular ol

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Warren G: The G-Code

The G-Child explains why Drake is G-Funk, and reveals whether a longstanding Suge-related rumor involving Warren is fact or fiction.

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Warren G Clarifies Raekwon/Budden Twitter Post

Exclusive: The G-Child explains to DX why he weighed in on the Raekwon/Budden beef via Twitter.

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Big Pun's Widow Breaks Down The Numbers

Exclusive: Liza Rios responds to Fat Joe and other critics with some math, claims new soundtrack won

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Shyne Parole Hearing Tomorrow

Exclusive Update: Shyne receives shortest parole sentence available, his lawyer speaks on rumors of

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Tha Realest Talks Tupac, Suge Knight And D.O.C.

Exclusive: The former Death Row inmate tells DX about auditioning for

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O.C. & A.G.: The Last Ones Left

One-third of D.I.T.C. reveal the future of their crew and if Joell Ortiz will replace Fat Joe as Diggin

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Mack 10: Original Gangster

The westside o.g. reveals what will happen if he runs into Ice Cube, and candidly addresses his rumored violent split with T-Boz.

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Twista: The Legendary Twista

The fastest rapper alive speaks on reuniting with The Legendary Traxter, Jay-Z and Auto-Tune, and reveals plans to officially join Bone.

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Killer Mike Talks Underground Atlanta, And OutKast

Exclusive: Killa Kill speaks on his new compilation, and explains why he might not work with OutKast ever again.

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Ace Hood Talks

Exclusive: Miami’s young gunna tells DX about his sophomore disc, and his stance on Ross vs. Trick.

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Cunninlynguists - Strange Journey Volume One

A handful of highlights can't completely salvage the mixed bag found on Vol. 1. Sadly, the almost compilation-style/mixtape feel of the album is too disjointed for anyone anticipating a true follow-up to Dirty Acres to completely appreciate

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Grand Puba: Back To The Future

The Brand Nubian frontman explains why he