AllHipHop — The nominees are: Rae Sremmurd – Black Beatles ft. Gucci Mane Kevin Gates-  2 phones Fat joe and Remy Ma – All the way up Young Ma – Ooouu Chance The Rapper Feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz – ‘No Problem A$AP Ferg – New Level ft. Future The ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The year 2016 was good for just about three things: new music, TV and memes. A terrible year that took Muhammad Ali and Prince had a few bright spots — “Insecure,” “Atlanta” and “Queen Sugar,” plus new mu... more info

New York Times — The musician appeared on albums by Kanye West and Chance the Rapper this year, as barriers between genres continued to soften. more info

Consequence of Sound — A final gift from 2016's brightest star. more info

411 Mania — It wasn't the case... more info

New York Times — Our pop critics on Jeremih and Chance the Rapper's surprise holiday release and more seasonal songs. more info

Stereogum — Chance The Rapper was a guest on the latest episode of Hannibal Buress' Handsome Rambler podcast. They recorded it shortly before Chance released his surprise Merry Christmas Lil Mama mixtape with Jeremih yesterday. (The comedian makes a guest appe... more info

Stereogum — Last night, Big Sean announced that his fourth album, which is called I Decided, will be released on on 2/3. It's the follow-up to 2015's Dark Sky Paradise and his Twenty88 collaboration with Jhené Aiko earlier this year, and comes on the heels of "... more info

Consequence of Sound — Recorded as Chance and Jeremih were putting the finishing touches on their Merry Christmas Lil Mama mixtape. more info

Discobelle.net — Christmas treat from Chance The Rapper and Jeremih, 9 tracks to hold you over until Christmas is over. more info