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Original Content Radio Killa: The-Dream's R&B Diva Writing Credits The-Dream, a multi-talented, songwriter, producer, and artist in his own right, has written an unbelievable amount of hits for R&B divas. By Mike De Leon February 10, 2014 8.6K Views
Original Content Classic Rotation: Kanye West's "The College Dropout" 10 Years Later Our recently-launched "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release.Today we take a look at Kanye West's debut album, "College Dropout", which dropped ten years ago on February 10th, 2004. By TWL February 10, 2014 15.7K Views
Reviews Review: J. Cole's "Revenge of the Dreamers" Compilation J.Cole's recent release of the compilation mixtape, "Revenge of the Dreamers", is a nod to his career so far, and the launch of his label Dreamville. By Rula Al-Nasrawi February 09, 2014 33.9K Views
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: February 9 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah February 09, 2014 136 Views
Original Content Underrated Audio: February 1- February 7 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah February 08, 2014 90 Views
Original Content Dom Kennedy And Skeme Discuss Their Roots On The Damon Campbell Show In HNHH's new segment, Damon Campbell talks to Skeme and Dom Kennedy about their origins, background, and ongoing work in an in-depth interview. By hnhh February 07, 2014 5.1K Views
Original Content Everything We Know About ScHoolboy Q's Debut Album "Oxymoron" So Far A summary of everything we know so far about the highly anticipated debut album of Top Dawg Entertainment, ScHoolboy Q, "Oxymoron" By Mike De Leon February 07, 2014 7.9K Views
Original Content Hip-Hopera HotNewHipHop presents 13 hip-hop songs with operatic backing vocals. By Patrick Lyons February 07, 2014 11.9K Views
Original Content Samples Of The Week: February 6 In this feature, we break down some of the past week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons February 06, 2014 91 Views
Original Content The TDE Timeline: A Magnified Look At Top Dawg's Rise To The Top HotNewHipHop provides you with a magnified look at Top Dawg Entertainment's come-up. By Matt Aceto February 05, 2014 574 Views
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: Jan. 27- Feb. 2 A selection of the biggest tracks from January 27th to February 2nd. By Trevor Smith February 04, 2014 5.7K Views
Original Content Trophies: Counting Down Drake's Number One Hits Drake has the most number one songs on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, and we've decided to count them all done, starting from the classic "Best I Ever Had." By Mike De Leon February 04, 2014 43.4K Views