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Original Content Samples Of The Week: April 24 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons April 24, 2014
Original Content Most Influential NYC Female Rappers By Borough While the men of hip-hop may be more widely recognized, what about their female counterparts that grew up alongside these men on the same turfs? Today we're taking a look at some of the most influential female rappers divided by their New York boroughs. By Vanessa Oswald April 23, 2014
Original Content DJ Mustard Vs. Mike WiLL Made It: Who Has More Hits? It's a battle between the sounds of DJ Mustard and Mike WiLL Made It, two hip-hop producers currently sitting atop the game. Let us know who you're digging the most by voting below, and check out the numbers when it comes to who makes more hit singles. By Rose Lilah April 23, 2014
Original Content Bizzy Crook Speaks On Hitting Studio With Mannie Fresh & Lloyd, "No Hard Feelings" Mixtape Bizzy Crook speaks to HotNewHipHop about being on Kid Ink's "My Own Lane" tour, his upcoming mixtape, studio sessions with Mannie Fresh and Lloyd, and much more. By Rose Lilah April 23, 2014
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: April 13-20 A selection of the biggest tracks from April 13th to 20th By Trevor Smith April 23, 2014
Reviews Review: Future's "Honest" It took a long time for Future to get out his album, but ultimately "Honest" was worth the wait. By Matt Aceto April 22, 2014
Original Content Ranking Nas' 12 Albums From Worst To Best Following the anniversary of Nas' seminal "Illmatic", we decide to take a look at how all his other albums stack up against it. You can probably guess what makes No. 1, but where do some of his other efforts place? By Brian Josephs April 22, 2014
Original Content HNHH Presents Seagram Gin's 2015 Calendar Model Search Allow us to present the Seagram's Gin 2015 Calendar Model Search. View the gallery of last year's calendar models above. By hnhh April 21, 2014
Original Content 20 Dope Hip-Hop Songs Made For Film We look at 20 dope hip-hop tracks made specifically for movies on the big screen. By Lloyd Jaffe April 21, 2014
Original Content Happy 4/20: Hip-Hop's Weed Connection For years, we've heard some of our favorite hip-hop artists rap about weed; from Snoop Dogg and Devin The Dude to Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa. By Layne Weiss April 20, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: April 20 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah April 20, 2014
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (April 19) HNHH brings you the most dope, weird, interesting, shocking and funny photos posted by hip hop artists on Instagram. By Glennisha Morgan April 19, 2014