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Original Content Best Friends 4 Life: Frequent Collaborators We take a look at some of the BFFs in the rap game. By hnhh September 05, 2014
Original Content Rap Industry Recap: April Your monthly recap of what went down in the hip-hop industry. By Chris Tart May 01, 2015
Original Content Top Tracks: June 15 - June 21 A look at the cream of the cop of our Top 100 chart. By Alex Galbraith June 22, 2015
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: June 15 A weekly breakdown of hip-hop and r'n'b album sales. By Chris Tart June 15, 2016
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (March 19) The ‘gram was definitely lit this week. By Mike De Leon March 19, 2016
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: June 9 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah June 09, 2013
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (May 25-June 1st) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Trevor Smith June 01, 2013
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: November 24 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah November 24, 2013
Original Content SoundCloud Staff Picks (January 20) HNHH's weekly round-up of our favorite SoundCloud tracks of the week: Migos, Joey Bada$$, Wifisfuneral, & more. By Danny Schwartz January 20, 2017
Original Content Rebirth Pt. 2: The Evolution Of A Rap Collaboration Looking back, collaborations seemed to be more authentic as rappers gathered in the studio to vibe and create a certified masterpiece. With the impact of the internet and social media, the thought of an actual collabo seems a distant memory as artists exchange verses via e-mail and never meet up until it's time to shoot the video or perform live. With this, has the vibe of a true collaboration fallen off? Are there any artists and beatmakers that actually show up and work face-to-face to craft a tune completely from scratch? By Chris Richburg May 29, 2014
Original Content Word Up: Joint Projects In Hip-Hop Becoming A Trend <p>A recent trend that has surfaced in hip-hop is to do collaborative projects with another artist. I'm not saying that artists haven't done this before, I'm saying that it's become a trend. Arguably two of the greatest, Kanye West & Jay-Z, may have gotten this trend going when they dropped <strong>Watch The Throne</strong>. That was definitely a successful collab that everyone was (and still is, it seems) pumped about. And now there have been rumours of a lot of other joint efforts coming up (and some have already dropped). By Rose Lilah February 23, 2012
Original Content Samples Of The Week: February 19 Sample flips from CyHi The Prynce, Action Bronson and Drake. By Patrick Lyons February 19, 2015