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Top 10 Rap Albums for February

Dive in for the hottest new hip-hop albums out this month, including projects by Too $hort, Copywrite, and Big K.R.I.T. Here's February's Top 10.

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Kanye West Sweeps Rap Grammys

Monday February 13, 2012

Kanye West won more Grammys from his couch than any other artist last night. West scored in every hip-hop category, including Best Rap Album for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Best Rap Performance for "Otis" with Jay-Z, also a no-show at the 54th Grammys.

Not every rapper shared Yeezy's fortune. Young Money rap performer Nicki Minaj and Roc Nation MC J. Cole lost the Best New Artist nod to Bon Iver. Bummer.

See all are your rappity rap winners below:

Best Rap Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West
Best Rap Performance: "Otis," Jay-Z and Kanye West
Best Rap Song: "All of the Lights," Kanye West [Writers: Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter, and Kanye West]
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "All of the Lights," Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie

Related: Live-blogging the 2012 Grammys

Liveblogging the 2012 Grammys

Sunday February 12, 2012

If you watched the 54th Grammys you were part of the second largest audience in Grammy history. Many tuned in to see winners announced; I watched strictly for the sophisticated bow-ties. Here's my play by play recap of the 2012 Grammys. Good luck to you and your brain cells.
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Questlove Explains Why J Dilla is the Greatest

Friday February 10, 2012

It's frustrating trying to explain J. Dilla's legacy. The biggest frustration in introducing people to him is in trying to get them to appreciate his work without invoking (consciously or otherwise) any sort of sentimentality -- a challenge amplified by his death.

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Top 10 New Rap Albums for February 2012

Wednesday February 8, 2012

This month: Too $hort drops his 19th album; Ja Rule and 7 Aurelius try to reignite their magic; Knowledge Medina mulls existentialism. Proceed for February's Top 10 Rap Albums.

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