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Original Content Rise & Grind: Duke Deuce Is The New Purveyor Of Crunk Music Quality Control signee Duke Deuce stars in this week's edition of "Rise & Grind," where he explains how Offset helped him sign his deal, the crunk revival, developing his own weed strain, and much more. By Alex Zidel March 22, 2021
Original Content Top Tracks: October 24 - October 30 It's all Drake this week on Top Tracks. By Patrick Lyons October 31, 2016
Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (October 21) HNHH's weekly round-up of our favorite tracks of the week. By Angus Walker October 21, 2016
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: August 3 Take a look at the performance of hip-hop and r'n'b albums this past week. By Chris Tart August 03, 2016
Original Content Quiz: Which Snoop Are You? Take the quiz to find out which version of Snoop you are. By Rose Lilah May 05, 2015
Original Content #TBT: AZ's Early Cuts AZ is one of the main players on Ghostface Killah's upcoming "36 Seasons" records, but he also had a helping hand at making "Illmatic" legendary. Let's revisit some of AZ's early cuts. By Chris Tart December 04, 2014
Original Content What's New In Battle Rap (October 31) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden October 31, 2014
Original Content On The Come Up: Jitta On The Track For this week's On The Come Up, we catch up with Jitta On The Track, a talented rapper from Connecticut who's about to pop off in a major way. By hnhh September 24, 2014
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (Sept. 20) HNHH brings you the most dope, weird, interesting, shocking and funny photos posted by hip hop artists on Instagram. By Glennisha Morgan September 20, 2014
Original Content Top 10: Hottest Songs Of 2014 So Far There's been a ton of dope tracks so far in 2k14, and for today's Top 10 we're running through the best of the best! By hnhh August 20, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: July 13 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah July 13, 2014
Original Content The "Weirdo Rap" Divide A divide is growing in hip-hop between genre traditionalists and the artists many of them call "weirdo rappers." In this editorial, we examine the various differences between the two camps, and explain why they're both vital to the future of hip-hop. By Patrick Lyons June 12, 2014