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Original Content Wayno Crowns These Modern-Day Hip-Hop Albums As Classics & Dives Into His Come-Up Wayno, host of the new Amazon Music series "Connected," talks modern hip-hop classics, winning over new audiences, and his top-five rappers. By Mitch Findlay July 20, 2021
Original Content The Best Hip Hop Songs (On Spotify) Of October 2016 The most fire songs to come out this month: By Danny Schwartz November 03, 2016
Original Content Samples Of The Week: May 29 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons May 29, 2014
Original Content Quiz: Which TDE Rapper Are You? Have you ever wondered which TDE rapper you'd be, if you were a TDE rapper? By Mike De Leon March 17, 2015
Sports Can Patrick Mahomes Surpass Tom Brady With A Third Super Bowl Ring? The outcome of Chiefs-49ers has a vital part to play in the Mahomes v. Brady debate. By Ben Mock February 08, 2024
Original Content 9 Underrated Albums You Should Check Out Look beyond the traditional canon. By Mitch Findlay November 18, 2019
Sports Why Kyle Lowry Is The Greatest Player In Raptors History After almost being traded at the deadline, it's important to remember just how much Kyle Lowry means to the city of Toronto. By Alexander Cole April 03, 2021
Original Content Beast Coast Edition: Who Had The Better Verse? A month on from its release, it's time to break down each track on Beast Coast's "Escape From New York" and designate an MVP By Robert Blair June 30, 2019
Original Content Exclusive: DaBaby Relishes The Pressure Of Competing With Other "Babies" In Hip-Hop INTERVIEW: DaBaby details his comedic rap style and attitude, talks Ludacris comparisons and fellow "baby" colleagues. By Devin Ch March 08, 2019
Original Content Ten Essential Ratking Tracks An introduction to New York trio Ratking. By Chris Tart December 13, 2015
Original Content Lyrics Of The Week: August 1-8 HNHH's Lyrics of the Week breaks down the most noteworthy bars of the past seven days into ten categories that will rotate according to the type of content that drops. By hnhh August 10, 2013
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: February 22 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah February 22, 2015