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Original Content #TBT: Kid Cudi "Man On The Moon" Phase Cudders gets the throwback treatment, highlighting his "Man on the Moon" phase. By Chris Tart April 23, 2015
Original Content Poetic License: The Art Of Writing For the nerd in every hip-hop fan, we take a close look at the idea of "poetic license," and how an MC is able to bend or completely ignore standard grammar rules because of it. By Rose Lilah April 17, 2015
Original Content Childish Gambino's Most Unexpected Career Moves Looking back on Donald Glover's unpredictable rap career. By Patrick Lyons February 25, 2015
Original Content Who Had The Better Verse: Wale Vs. Meek Mill For this week's Who Had The Better Verse series, we pit MMG's Wale and Meek one-on-one to see who outperformed the other. By Carl Lamarre June 01, 2015
Original Content A Brief History Of The Game's Beefs Surprised The Game took shots at Thugga? Don't be. By Angus Walker May 06, 2015
Original Content Underrated Audio: January 24 - January 30 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah January 31, 2015
Reviews Review: Kevin Gates' "Luca Brasi 2" Not too much new material here for die-hard Gates fans. Still, it's undoubtedly more of the gripping content only their man can deliver--painting his Louisiana locales as some of the scariest places on earth. By Angus Walker December 24, 2014
Original Content 10 Essential Flying Lotus Hip-Hop Tracks Flying Lotus is a beat-making genius. While most of his tunes remain instrumental, we occasionally get a dope hip-hop track produced by the creative musician. Here's 10 dope rap cuts, as produced by FlyLo. By Chris Tart October 21, 2014
Original Content Lyrics Of The Week: July 26 - August 1 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 04, 2013
Original Content 10 Rappers Who Switched Their Style Up From Kanye West to MF DOOM, we look at the artists who were successfully able to change up their style without damaging their careers. By Brian Josephs May 27, 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 Bow Wow Neglects To Tell Child Support Judge About BET Deal, Says He Makes $4,000/Month Bow Wow leaves out some crucial financial information in court on Monday when determining how much he'll pay in child support. By Rose Lilah October 02, 2012