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Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: November 16 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts By Rose Lilah November 16, 2014 147 Views
Original Content Classic Rotation: Beastie Boys' "Licensed to Ill" Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. Today we take a look at the Beastie Boys’ classic album, "Licensed to Ill", which dropped twenty-eight years ago on November 15, 1986. By Kahron Spearman November 15, 2014 279 Views
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (Nov. 15) HNHH brings you the most dope, weird, interesting, shocking and funny photos posted by hip hop artists on Instagram. By Glennisha Morgan November 15, 2014 111 Views
Original Content Underrated Audio: November 8 – November 14 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah November 15, 2014 100 Views
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (November 13) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs November 14, 2014 107 Views
Original Content What's New In Battle Rap (November 14) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden November 14, 2014 167 Views
Reviews Review: Bobby Shmurda's "Shmurda She Wrote" EP Bobby Shmurda has undeniable star power and a strong ear for production, but "Shmurda She Wrote" leaves more technical (and sociological) questions than definitive answers. By Kahron Spearman November 14, 2014 27.7K Views
Original Content The 10 Most Outrageous DMX Videos On YouTube 10 of X's most viral moments, from the hilarious to the downright bizarre. By Angus Walker November 14, 2014 9.9K Views
Original Content Samples Of The Week: November 13 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons November 13, 2014 82 Views
Original Content #TBT: Nas' Portrait Albums We're throwing it back this Thursday to Nasir Jones' first four albums, aka the 'portrait albums.' By Chris Tart November 13, 2014 5.5K Views
Original Content Sports-Mad Rappers We take a look at some of hip hop's biggest sport fanatics. By Nikita Rathod November 12, 2014 170 Views
Original Content On The Come Up: A$ton Matthews For this week's edition of On The Come Up, we chop it up with California rapper A$ton Matthews. By hnhh November 12, 2014 101 Views