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Original Content Ranking Jay Z's 12 Albums From Worst To Best We order Jay Z's solo efforts from worst to best. By hnhh December 11, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: December 11 (J. Cole Edition) A special, J. Cole-centric edition of "Samples Of The Week." By Patrick Lyons December 11, 2014
Original Content Pulling A "Beyonce": The Surprise Album Phenom Albums are being released with less notice, and in some cases, no notice at all. We dive in to the trend and dissect why this might be happening. By Chris Tart December 10, 2014
Original Content Most Searched Artists On HNHH Of 2014 HNHH counts down the most searched artists on our site from 2014. By Rose Lilah December 10, 2014
Original Content Top Tracks of the Week: Dec. 2- Dec. 9 A selection of the biggest tracks from December 2nd to 9th. By Alex Galbraith December 09, 2014
Reviews Review: Ghostface Killah's "36 Seasons" Ghostface Killah's '36 Seasons' quickly follows up Wu-Tang Clan's 'A Better Tomorrow,' an album he was relatively quiet on. By Chris Tart December 09, 2014
Original Content Remix Fix: MJ Cole Remixes "Illuminate" By Tourist London bloke MJ Cole made a version of fellow London bloke Tourist's jam, and it's bloody brilliant. By Kayla Lee December 09, 2014
Original Content 10 Remixes That Were Better Than The Original Let's take a look at 10 remixes that outdid the original from hip-hop and R&B records. By Chris Tart December 09, 2014
Original Content 10 Essential Jay Rock Tracks We pick our 10 essential tracks from Jay Rock, the Black Hippy / Top Dawg Entertainment MC. By Chris Tart December 08, 2014
Original Content Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It: Subconscious Racism & Hip Hop "Fuck the police." By Lloyd Jaffe December 08, 2014
Reviews Review: Shady Records "Shady XV" Strong performances from the rest of the Shady label aside, acceptance of "Shady XV" will purely depend on your acceptance of Eminem’s savant syndrome manifestation. By Kahron Spearman December 08, 2014
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: December 7 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah December 07, 2014