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Original Content #TBT: '90s Jay Z Looking back at the music of young Jay Z. By Danny Schwartz January 19, 2017
Original Content #TBT: Just Blaze Revisiting Just Blaze's incredible production run from 2001 to 2005. By Danny Schwartz March 16, 2017
Original Content How To Roll A Backwoods With Nef The Pharaoh Nef shares his blunt-rolling secrets. By Danny Schwartz March 14, 2017
Original Content Top Tracks: May 1 - May 7 Migos' new loosie finishes at the top of our list this week. By Patrick Lyons May 08, 2017
Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (July 8) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden July 08, 2017
Reviews Review: CyHi The Prynce's "Black Hystori Project" CyHi the Prynce takes us all to school by giving us a lesson in Black history and his life with his brand new "Black History Project" mixtape. By Iva Anthony February 28, 2014
Original Content 10 Things We Know About Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter V" Lil Wayne will be returning with the fifth installment in "Tha Carter" album series, so we're laying out all the facts we know about the album so far. By Shirley Ju September 11, 2014
Reviews Review: ScHoolboy Q's "Oxymoron" "Oxymoron", the third studio album by ScHoolboy Q, makes you want to blast it, driving around in your whip with the windows down, blunt in hand, chilling with the boys. It's the kind of album that you rarely get; the no-holds-barred rap where ScHoolboy goes wild on rhymes that come straight, unfiltered from his mind into the mic. By Dhruva Balram deleted February 26, 2014
Original Content Indie-Cud: A Timeline Of Kid Cudi's Indie Collabs & Samples Tracing Kid Cudi's fondness for indie pop/rock via his samples and collaborations. By Patrick Lyons March 04, 2015
Original Content 10 Essential Shlohmo Tracks LA's Shlohmo makes some of the sexiest music around. Having collaborated with the likes of Jeremih and Banks, let's dive in to his essential tracks! By Chris Tart November 30, 2014
Original Content 10 Essential Diplo Productions Diplo's fattest productions. By Chris Tart March 07, 2015
Original Content Top News Stories Of 2014 HNHH details the twenty biggest stories of 2014. By Lloyd Jaffe December 18, 2014