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Reviews Nas "Nasir" Review It's nice to have Nas back in the fold, but "Nasir" ultimately falls short of lofty expectations. By Mitch Findlay June 21, 2018
Original Content Fivio Foreign's Going Viral: On "800 B.C.", Drake & The Bad Boy Legacy INTERVIEW: Brooklyn's next-up, Fivio Foreign, is readying to launch his major label debut but he explains the importance is keeping everything he's doing organic. By Aron A. April 24, 2020
Original Content The Streaming "Game Of Thrones": Drake & Apple Music Vs. Jay-Z & TIDAL The state of the music industry's two newest streaming services. By Nicholas DG July 07, 2015
Original Content It's Yo Birthday: 20 Top Big Sean Tracks We celebrate Big Sean’s birthday by taking a looking at 20 of his dopest tracks. By Nikita Rathod March 25, 2014
Original Content Big Sean's Best Wordplay On "Dark Sky Paradise" Sean Don's wittiest lyrics on "Dark Sky Paradise." By Angus Walker February 24, 2015
Reviews Review: Wu-Tang Clan's "A Better Tomorrow" Wu-Tang Clan released "A Better Tomorrow," the proper follow-up to 2007's "8 Diagrams." While new Wu-Tang material is definitely a cause for celebration, the album may fall short of expectations. By Chris Tart December 05, 2014
Original Content Classic Rotation: Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" Our new "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. To kick things off, we've taken a look at Dr. Dre's indisputable classic "The Chronic", which dropped 21 years ago today, on December 15th, 1992. By TWL December 15, 2013
Original Content The Album Rollout Is Shrinking Album rollouts are getting smaller and smaller. By Cole Blake June 18, 2019
Original Content HNHH TIDAL WAVE: Maxo Kream, XXXTENTACION & Eminem Takeover New music from Maxo Kream, Conway, XXXTENTACION and more. By Aron A. July 24, 2019
TV 10 Recent HBO Comedy Specials You Should Watch Some great one-hour specials you won’t be finding on Netflix. By Michael Kaminsky February 08, 2020
Original Content It's Yo Birthday: Jay-Z's Top Tracks Jay-Z turns 43 today and in appreciation of one of the greatest rappers of all time, we take a look at 20 of his best tracks By Dhruva Balram deleted December 04, 2012
Original Content 10 Albums That Should've Happened HotNewHipHop follows up "Albums That Need To Happen" by breaking down 10 albums that should have happened but, for whatever reason, did not. From Lil Kim and Foxy Brown's "Thelma & Louise," to Lil Wayne and Juelz Santana's "I Can't Feel My Face," and more. By Chris Richburg November 12, 2013