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Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (December 12) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden December 12, 2014
Original Content What Is Bounce Hip-Hop? A new feature showcasing a distinct subgenre of hip-hop. This week: Bounce. By Alex Galbraith January 07, 2015
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: September 21 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah September 21, 2014
Original Content 10 Rap Battles We Would Love To See We're running through 10 dream match ups in the world of battling. By Dallas Darden August 13, 2014
Original Content SoundCloud Staff Picks Playlist (March 17) The hottest tracks to drop on SoundCloud this week. By hnhh March 17, 2017
Original Content Gov Ball Had An Opportunity To Make A Statement, Instead, They Played It Safe New York’s biggest music festival reflected the city’s uncomfortable relationship with its biggest sub-genre. By Cole Blake June 13, 2022
Original Content Lil Uzi Vert Debuts Crazy Mohawk & More Photos From Made In America 2022 Pusha T, JID, Lil Uzi Vert, and more descended upon Philidelphia over the weekend for Jay-Z's annual Made In America festival. By Cole Blake September 06, 2022
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: January 19 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah January 19, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: October 27 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah October 27, 2013
Original Content Lyrics Of The Week: May 17-23 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 May 26, 2013
Original Content Underrated Audio: May 21- May 27 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah May 28, 2012
Original Content Word Up: Hip-Hop Through The Wire Listen to some hip-hop music that references "The Wire." By Rose Lilah April 03, 2012