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Original Content Top Tracks: July 3 - July 9 Two Mr. Carters (Lil Wayne & Jay-Z) rule this week of Top Tracks. By Patrick Lyons July 10, 2017
Original Content VOTE: Which Music Streaming Platform Do You Use? Spotify, Apple Music... or something else? By Danny Schwartz March 08, 2017
Original Content "Bodak Yellow" & 9 Other Top Ten Hits By Female Emcees Respect for the ladies! By Matt F August 15, 2017
Original Content Keepin’ It Real: Rhyming Straight To The Mic HotNewHipHop delves into a common hip-hop debate: writing down lyrics versus not writing them down before hitting the booth to record. Some of the greatest MCs of our time, including Jay Z, Kanye West and the late Notorious B.I.G are advocates of the latter. While other greats, like Tech N9ne and Eminem, champion the former method. By Vanessa Oswald July 08, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: March 2 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah March 02, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (May 6) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Trevor Smith May 02, 2014
Original Content Chaining Day: Roc-A-Fella A look back at the Roc-A-Fella Chain By Mike De Leon January 29, 2014
Original Content Underrated Audio: February 12-18 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah February 19, 2013
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: July 11 To July 19 Welcome to this week’s ‘140 Bars Or Less’ post where we look at the “best-in tweet” in the world of Hip Hop. This week Kreayshawn has penis envy, Wiz Khalifa takes Amber Rose for granted, and MGK meets a “first come, first served” kind of girl. By Rose Lilah July 19, 2012
Original Content Classic Rotation: J Dilla's "Donuts" In honor of Dilla's 42nd birthday, as well as the 10th anniversary of the classic album, we look back at the Detroit producer's final gift to the world: "Donuts." By Chris Tart February 07, 2016
Original Content Samples Of The Week: March 12 Catch up on the latest sample flips by Freddie Gibbs, Flatbush Zombies and Curren$y. By Patrick Lyons March 12, 2015
Original Content Classic Rotation: Gang Starr's 'Hard To Earn' We revisit Guru and DJ Premier’s 1994 classic "Hard To Earn," released 22 years ago today. By Chris Tart March 08, 2016