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Original Content Samples Of The Week: September 11 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons September 11, 2014 89 Views
Original Content On The Come Up: Nikko Lafre Our latest edition of On The Come Up features Nikko Lafre, one of Minneapolis, Minnesota's most promising young voices. By hnhh September 10, 2014 308 Views
Reviews Review: Jhene Aiko's "Souled Out" "Souled Out" features songstress Jhene Aiko bravely stretching out on her own, for which she should be commended. However, the album's lack of diversity and dynamism, in overall production, nullifies Aiko's magnetism to a considerable extent. By Kahron Spearman September 10, 2014 27.0K Views
Original Content Sadboys: The Saddest Rappers & Their Saddest Songs In honor of the Sad Boys movement, we look through the back catalog of real hip-hop to determine who were the original tragic figures in hip-hop and what were their saddest songs. By hnhh September 09, 2014 91.7K Views
Original Content 10 Hip-Hop Artists Who Blew Up Off A Mixtape We peep ten hip-hop artists who got famous thanks to one dope mixtape. By Newton Stern September 08, 2014 54.0K Views
Original Content Top 10: Hottest Songs You May Have Missed This Summer In this week's Top 10, we countdown the hottest songs this summer that were just under the radar and might have slipped through the cracks of your playlist. By hnhh September 08, 2014 121 Views
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: September 7 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah September 07, 2014 106 Views
Original Content Underrated Audio: August 30 - September 5 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah September 06, 2014 93 Views
Original Content Photos: Fool's Gold Day Off + Word On The Street Take a look at photos of Action Bronson, 40 Oz Vans, Cam'ron, Smoke DZA and more from the Fool's Gold Day Off, and watch our new Word On The Street segment. By Rose Lilah September 05, 2014 200 Views
Original Content Best Friends 4 Life: Frequent Collaborators We take a look at some of the BFFs in the rap game. By hnhh September 05, 2014 141 Views
Original Content Samples Of The Week: September 4 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons September 04, 2014 75 Views
Original Content On The Come Up: A$AP Ant In this week's edition of On The Come Up, we talk to one of the illest young rappers to come out of the DMV in a minute, A$AP Ant. By hnhh September 03, 2014 129 Views