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“No Drake.” This was a strict law between me and my friends in college. The Canadian crooner was an easy target for our ridicule — a...

What does a hip-hop old head look like you ask? Is he the 49-year-old man on a basketball court wearing knee socks and an Everlast...

On New Year’s Eve 2020, the death of the iconic MC/producer MF DOOM was announced by his wife. He had apparently passed two months prior...

It’s long overdue that we at Lampin’ pay homage to Curren$y, known interchangeably as Spitta. Nev parses through the Jet Life CEO's vast...

In the 1993 classic A Bronx Tale, Calogero famously narrates, “the saddest thing in life is wasted talent.” Yet, talent is enigmatic, and...

When Freddy Adu was drafted by D.C. United as a 14 year-old prodigy in 2004, American soccer fans were celebrating like the GI’s...

I’m embarrassed as I write this. I just listened to Vic Mensa’s new album V TAPE, and an artist who I completely wrote off years ago has...

EDIT: I wrote this about three months ago. The content that follows is just as irrelevant now as it was then. __________ Day 12 of...

Fetti. Bandana. Alfredo. The only rappers in the past 20 years with equal three-album runs are Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, and Pusha T...

The power to steal a scene as a supporting actor is reserved for a select few. Jerry Stiller was one of them. The world was saddened to...

We’re in a time where sports are virtually nonexistent. Media outlets like ESPN and Bleacher Report are reaching further for content than...

I feel like I grew up alongside you. I was 16 when my best friend Patrick showed me The High Life in 2010 during our zero period Trig...

There's no doubting that both Kobe Bryant and LeBron James have some of the most dedicated Stan groups of any athlete, both living or...

*This article is intended for those who have seen the first four series of Netflix’s Bojack Horseman in their entirety. However, I hope...

A few weeks ago, Hall of Fame second baseman and notoriously bad color commentator Joe Morgan wrote a letter to Hall of Fame voters...

I know, I know. You’re probably thinking, “Nev, you’re from the Bay Area, if you’re going to write about a regional rapper, why not do...

That's right ladies and gentlemen (or however you identify yourself as), Lampin' is back and — excuse the cliché — better than ever. We...

Bryson Wallace is an up-and-coming MC originally from Bakersfield, CA, but currently reps the Bay Area. Nev sits down to talk to the jazz-in

We at the Lampin' Blog preview this year's highly anticipated NBA Finals. LeBron and KD going at it as the two best players in the N

"And music still on MTV..." - Bowling for Soup, 2004 The media giant MTV was spawned in 1981 as a medium to incorporate visual elements...

Photo via TheSportingNews.com There truly is no better sport to watch or play than basketball (this coming from a lifelong baseball...

Foreword: For the first time in the Lampin' Blog' history, we have a guest post, coming by way of a man simply known as Cash Daddy. When...

Censoring an art form like rap that relies so much on freedom of expression raises issues that can be turned into an article of its own....

The Lampin' Blog brings you a new series entitled #GrindsMyGears, in which we rant about shit that bothers us. Nev starts us off with his...

If you are under 25 years old, there is a 99% chance that at some point, you’ve heard someone use strange terms such as “bomb ass dank...

Every once in a while the perfect song will come on during the perfect scene of a movie. It doesn't happen often, but when it does it's...

The Lampin' Blog presents Top 10 Tuesday. On certain Tuesdays we bring you our favorite 10 tracks from one of our favorite music artists....

We conclude our two-part roasting of our least favorite basketball players on our favorite respective teams with Nev's least favorite...

*Disclaimer: These probably aren't the worst Lakers of all time, but they are definitely my least favorite. LA sports fans are...

During the 2000s, the Southern rap scene was booming. Artists like Ludacris, Lil’ Wayne, and Young Jeezy broke out into superstardom, and...

Before the Vitamin Water commercials, Kanye "beef," subpar acting gigs, and bankruptcy filing, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson

We decided to do this Top 10 in light of recent events involving our beloved Mr. West. We at Lampin’ choose to look not upon the convoluted

First of all, we'd like to welcome you to the Lampin' Blog. This has been a long process in the making, and it feels good to finally be...