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Original Content "Cut Her Off" Freestyles: Vote For Your Favorite Whose take on K. Camp's "Cut Her Off" was the hardest? By Patrick Lyons July 17, 2014 130 Views
Original Content Samples Of The Week: July 17 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons July 17, 2014 119 Views
Original Content 10 Independent Rap Labels On The Rise Independent labels are taking over the game, and we're here to highlight a selection of them. By Matt Aceto July 16, 2014 348 Views
Original Content Can Hip-Hop Stop The Violence In Chicago? Over Memorial Day weekend Chance The Rapper started the #SaveChicago campaign to curb violence in the "Windy City." With more meaningful new artists coming from that region than ever before, can there be a unified movement for peace in the streets of "Chiraq?" By Jake Rohn July 16, 2014 178 Views
Original Content On the Come Up: Jigz the Flyer We resurrect our On The Come Up series and continue the "Dual Threat" trend with one of hip hop's most talented up-and-coming rapper/producers, Jigz the Flyer. By hnhh July 16, 2014 163 Views
Original Content When Rappers Attack: 10 Rapper/Fan Altercations HotNewHipHop takes a look at 10 different altercations between rappers and their fans. By Jake Rohn July 15, 2014 164 Views
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: July 7-13 A selection of the biggest tracks from July 7th to 13th. By Trevor Smith July 15, 2014 8.5K Views
Original Content Ticket Giveaway: See Chevy Woods & Kevin Gates Live For "By Any Means" Tour Find out how you can win tickets to see Chevy Woods and Kevin Gates live on their "By Any Means" tour! By Rose Lilah July 14, 2014 8.5K Views
Reviews Review: B.o.B.'s "No Genre 2" Three years, two albums and two mixtapes after dropping his first “No Genre” mixtape, B.o.B. returns with a worthy sequel. Can B.o.B be contained in one genre? By Chris Richburg July 14, 2014 12.7K Views
Original Content Top 10: Dual Threats We continue our Top 10 series by counting down the best beat-making rappers...or rapping beat makers. By hnhh July 14, 2014 110 Views
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: July 13 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah July 13, 2014 213 Views
Original Content Underrated Audio: July 5- July 11 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah July 12, 2014 95 Views