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Original Content Samples Of The Week: December 4 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons December 04, 2014
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: Nov. 24- Dec. 2 A selection of the biggest tracks from November 24th to December 2nd. By Alex Galbraith December 02, 2014
Original Content On The Come Up: A$ton Matthews For this week's edition of On The Come Up, we chop it up with California rapper A$ton Matthews. By hnhh November 12, 2014
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (Nov. 15) HNHH brings you the most dope, weird, interesting, shocking and funny photos posted by hip hop artists on Instagram. By Glennisha Morgan November 15, 2014
Original Content 10 Horrorcore Tracks For Halloween Horrorcore is a subgenre of hip hop music based on horror-themed lyrical content and imagery. Check out some of hip-hop's scariest tunes. By Lloyd Jaffe October 31, 2014
Original Content On The Come Up: Vinny Cha$e For this week's On The Come Up, we head to Harlem to learn about Vinny Cha$e, the former cameraman who climbed his way to a multimillion dollar rap deal. By hnhh October 15, 2014
Original Content Rap By Numbers: A Break Down Of Hip-Hop Sales & More HotNewHipHop takes a look at some of the key stats summing up the legacy of rap music. By Nikita Rathod September 18, 2014
Original Content Top 10: Hottest Songs Of 2014 So Far There's been a ton of dope tracks so far in 2k14, and for today's Top 10 we're running through the best of the best! By hnhh August 20, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (July 25) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs July 25, 2014
Original Content The Value Of Rap Music Rap music, specifically its lyrics, have been given numerous labels, but not necessarily the positive labels bestowed upon other forms of creative expression. No matter the divisiveness or repulsion, other forms and disciplines are usually accepted whole. Here, we explore some of the reasoning behind the subtle, and overt, rejections of rap lyrics as true art form. By Kahron Spearman August 05, 2014
Original Content Top 10: Sophomore Albums Of The 2000s Continuing our Top 10 series, this week we look at artists that avoided sophomore slumps and gave us classics during the 2000s. By hnhh July 21, 2014
Original Content The G-Unit Freestyles: Vote For Your Favorite Of the 8 G-Unit freestyles released thus far, which is the strongest? Vote. By Patrick Lyons July 24, 2014