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Original Content 28 Grams: Hip Hop Instagram Recap (August 1-7) Looking back at some of the best hip hop Instagram posts of the week. By Danny Schwartz August 08, 2015 12.2K Views
Original Content Classic Rotation: N.W.A's "Straight Outta Compton" Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. We now take a look back where it all started, N.W.A's unarguable classic, "Straight Outta Compton", which dropped 27 years ago to this day. By Eve Stern August 08, 2015 253 Views
Original Content 140 Bars: Tweets Of The Week (Aug 1 - 7) The best tweets of the week. By Patrick Lyons August 07, 2015 96 Views
Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (August 7) Find out the HNHH staff's favorite songs from the past week. By Rose Lilah August 07, 2015 90 Views
Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (August 7) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden August 07, 2015 99 Views
Original Content 12 Most Positive Moments From Chance The Rapper & Lil B's "Free Based" Mixtape Chance The Rapper and Lil B are full of positive and uplifting vibes on their free mixtape. By Chris Tart August 07, 2015 13.3K Views
Original Content The Greatest Album That Never Was: A Eulogy For "Detox" We pay our respects to the never-was cap to the "Chronic" Trilogy. By Nicholas DG August 07, 2015 232 Views
Reviews Review: Chief Keef's "Bang 3" Rap's chaotic glory boy continues to rampage and bewilder on "Bang 3." By Maxwell Cavaseno August 06, 2015 234 Views
Original Content Five Things We Want From Mac Miller's "Good A.M." Mac Miller's new album is out this September. Here are a few things we want to hear on it. By Trevor Smith August 06, 2015 33.8K Views
Original Content #TBT: '08 Mixtape Curren$y Curren$y released 7 mixtapes in '08. Let's revisit them. By Chris Tart August 06, 2015 7.0K Views
Original Content Is G.O.O.D. Music A Good Label? 5 Artists Whose Careers Stalled While Signed Examining five careers that stalled, hit roadblocks or faded out on G.O.O.D. By Patrick Lyons August 05, 2015 94.1K Views
Reviews Review: Gunplay's "Living Legend" The most slept-on gives us product that's stepped on. By Maxwell Cavaseno August 05, 2015 18.4K Views