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Original Content The 10 Best Drake Covers On YouTube From Erykah Badu to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, here are 10 of our favorite Drake covers on the web. By Angus Walker March 28, 2017
Original Content Meet SiR: TDE's Not-So-Secret Weapon Interview: SiR talks growing up in Inglewood, working with Stevie Wonder, and signing to TDE. By Danny Schwartz March 28, 2017
Original Content 5 Things We Want From Kendrick Lamar's Next Album A 5-part wishlist. By Danny Schwartz March 27, 2017
Original Content Top Tracks: March 20 - March 26 Kendrick Lamar tops the list in a week otherwise dominated by Mike Will Made It and Drake. By Patrick Lyons March 27, 2017
Original Content 10 Essential Hit-Boy Productions This week's 10 essential tracks feature puts the spotlight on the hitmaker himself, Hit-Boy. By Devon Jefferson March 26, 2017
Original Content Classic Rotation: The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Life After Death" The Notorious B.I.G. predicted his own death and conquered the world on "Life After Death." By Patrick Lyons March 25, 2017
Original Content SoundCloud Staff Picks Playlist (March 24) HNHH's weekly round-up of our favorite SoundCloud tracks of the week. By Angus Walker March 24, 2017
Original Content Kendrick Lamar's "The Heart" Series: Revisited Listen to all four installments of Kendrick Lamar's "The Heart" series. By Danny Schwartz March 24, 2017
Original Content Word On The Street: SXSW 2017 With A$AP Ferg, Denzel Curry, & More A$AP Ferg, Denzel Curry, CyHi the Prynce, Saba, and a host of other artists dish on their SXSW experiences. By Danny Schwartz March 24, 2017
Reviews Drake's "More Life" (Review) Drake's eclectic "More Life" is too scattered to be a classic, but it's just what he needed after "Views." By Patrick Lyons March 23, 2017
Original Content #TBT: Ol' Dirty Bastard Celebrating the genius of ODB. By Danny Schwartz March 23, 2017
Reviews Rick Ross' "Rather You Than Me" (Review) Rick Ross skillfully combines all of his personas and investigates Southern rap business practices on "Rather You Than Me." By Patrick Lyons March 22, 2017