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Original Content Damn Son, Where'd You Find This: 10 Unexpected Samples In Hip-Hop Not all samples come from old funk and R&B records. Here are some peculiar sampling choices that have been made over the years. By Patrick Lyons March 26, 2014
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week (March 17-23) A selection of the biggest tracks from March 17th to 23rd. By Trevor Smith March 25, 2014
Original Content It's Yo Birthday: 20 Top Big Sean Tracks We celebrate Big Sean’s birthday by taking a looking at 20 of his dopest tracks. By Nikita Rathod March 25, 2014
Original Content Young Money/Cash Money: The Complete Current Roster A infographic providing a complete breakdown of artists currently signed to YMCMB. By Matt Aceto March 24, 2014
Original Content Classic Rotation: MF Doom & Madlib's "Madvillainy" 10 Years Later Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. Today we take a look at MF Doom & Madlib's classic album, "Madvillainy", which dropped ten years ago, on March 23rd 2004. By TWL March 23, 2014
Original Content How Hip-Hop Has Permeated Pop Culture From what was initially a neighbourhood-based cultural practice, Hip-Hop has permeated societal culture in an unprecedented way. Hip-Hop extended it's boundaries before breaking them down entirely to accept any and everyone; gender, economic class and race extinguished as the genre's influence washed over society and in a way, unified a diverse group of people. By Dhruva Balram deleted March 22, 2014
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (March 22) HNHH brings you the most dope, weird, interesting, shocking and funny photos posted by hip hop artists on Instagram. By Glennisha Morgan March 22, 2014
Reviews Review: Kevin Gates' "By Any Means" Gates follows up two banger-filled projects with another strong release. By Ben Shatzman March 21, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (March 15-21) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Trevor Smith March 21, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: March 20 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons March 20, 2014
Original Content Hip-Hop Ink: Gang Tattoos Explained HNHH examines gang tattoos and their relationship with hip-hop’s ever growing culture of ink. By Nikita Rathod March 20, 2014
Reviews Review: Freddie Gibbs & Madlib's "Piñata" The product of a street-hardened G from Indiana and a blunted beatsmith from Cali joining forces. By Patrick Lyons March 19, 2014