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Original Content Underrated Audio: September 27- October 3 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah October 04, 2014
Reviews Review: SBTRKT "Wonder Where We Land" The highly anticipated second full-length SBTRKT album offers a plethora of special features and futuristic beats. It lacks the danceability of the first record, but really solidifies the producer's niche in the burgeoning alternative/electronic genre. By Chris Tart October 03, 2014
Original Content 15 Unexpected Yet Dope Collaborations HotNewHipHop takes a look at the hip-hop collaborations you never expected, but actually turned out to be pretty dope. By Layne Weiss October 03, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: October 2 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons October 02, 2014
Original Content #TBT: 10 Killer Death Row Records Cuts We're throwin' it back this Thursday to look at Death Row Records. Let's check out some classic West Coast cuts, along with some tracks that may have been overlooked. By Chris Tart October 02, 2014
Original Content On The Come Up: Amir Obe This week's On The Come Up focuses on Amir Obe, the rapper behind this summer's stellar Detrooklyn mixtape. By hnhh October 01, 2014
Original Content Rap Industry Recap: September Your monthly recap of what went down in the hip-hop industry. By Chris Tart October 01, 2014
Original Content Hands Up: Street Anthems 4 Justice In the wake of the Mike Brown tragedy and so many other instances of police brutality, the hip-hop community has been rallying together to make uplifting street anthems and movements. By Mike Philson October 01, 2014
Original Content Ticket Giveaway: Ab-Soul's "These Days..." Tour In NYC We're giving away one pair of tickets for Ab-Soul's show in NYC on October 6th! By Rose Lilah September 30, 2014
Original Content 10 Things You Need To Know About ILoveMakonnen We break down ten essential facts about OVO's newest addition, ILoveMakonnen. By Chris Tart September 30, 2014
Original Content Remix Fix: Check Out Kygo's Remix Of The Weeknd's "Often" Kygo is a 23-year old remixer who recently dropped his most impressive track yet with his own version of The Weeknd's "Often" By Kayla Lee September 30, 2014
Original Content Top 10: A$AP Rocky Tracks With the bittersweet news yesterday that the A$AP Mob album would be scrapped and replaced with a new Rocky album, we decided to count down his Top 10 best tracks ever. By hnhh September 29, 2014