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Original Content Rap Elect: If Rappers Ran The Government With election day upon us, HNHH wanted to ponder a comical view of a world where Hip Hop ran things. By Iva Anthony November 06, 2012
Original Content "SUPER SLIMEY" Vs. "Without Warning": A Track-By-Track Comparison Is “Without Warning” better than “SUPER SLIMEY”? We investigate, song-by-song. By Narsimha Chintaluri November 06, 2017
Original Content Everything We Know About Jay Z's "4:44" Album "4:44" arrives June 30th. By Danny Schwartz June 19, 2017
Original Content The Top 20 Projects Of 2016 (So Far) With exactly six months to go in 2016, we rank the 20 best projects from the first half of the year. By Patrick Lyons July 01, 2016
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: July 1-7 Staff picks for the week of July 1st to 7th. By Trevor Smith July 09, 2013
Reviews Review: Joey Bada$$'s "Summer Knights" To celebrate the one-year anniversary of his debut "1999" mixtape, Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ proves he's hip hop royalty with the release of "Summer Knights." By Iva Anthony July 08, 2013
Original Content YG Describes Average Day In Bompton YG talks to HotNewHipHop about his new album "My Krazy Life", and what life is like for him in the West Coast. By Rose Lilah May 06, 2014
Original Content Auto-Tune: Hip-Hop's Rejuvenation An editorial offering up the stance that Auto-Tune did not kill hip-hop, rather, it brought new life into the genre. By Matt Aceto March 12, 2014
Reviews Review: Tyga's "Well Done 4" Mixtape Despite having recently dropped his third album, Tyga continues to put out new music with the release of "Well Done 4". By Iva Anthony December 16, 2013
Original Content Joey Bada$$ Talks About His Love/Hate Relationship With Twitter, TDE's BET Cypher Joey Bada$$ comments on Twitter, the BET cyphers and more in our exclusive interview with the rapper. By Rose Lilah October 23, 2013
Original Content "FACTS" Or Fiction? Breaking Down Kanye West's New Track Kanye West's latest release claimed to be "FACTS" only, but we investigate if that's really the case. By Patrick Lyons January 04, 2016
Original Content King Los "Zero Gravity II" Ticket Giveaway [Update: Winners Announced] Win one of 2 pairs of tickets to see King Los at HOB's in LA on April 4th. Make sure to download "Zero Gravity II" right here on HotNewHipHop. By hnhh April 02, 2014