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Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: May 20-26 Staff picks for the week of May 20-26. By Trevor Smith May 27, 2013
Reviews Review: Brother Ali's "Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color" Minneapolis MC's latest album showcases his seasoned talent and renewed political fervor to striking effect. By Rachaela VB September 22, 2012
Original Content Lil Wayne Explains "I Am Not A Human Being II" Cover And Talks Features In a recent interview, Lil Wayne talks about the meaning of his "I Am Not A Human Being II" artwork, as well as features and production on the project. By Kevin Goddard February 01, 2013
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Bow Wow's Twitter Held Hostage Welcome to this weeks’Special edition of “140 Bars Or Less: Bow Wow’s Twitter Held Hostage”. The goal of this column is to bring you the most entertaining and outrageous tweets of the week from the world of hip hop, and this week nothing was more outrageous than when a 19 year old aspiring “rapper” hacked Bow Wow’s Twitter. By Rose Lilah August 23, 2012
Original Content Gunplay Discusses Features On "Medellin" & Upcoming Verse For Lil Wayne's LP Rapper Gunplay keeps his verses coming even amidst legal problems, and discusses who he's tapped for his upcoming album. By Rose Lilah February 01, 2013
Original Content Nelly Confirms T.I., Trey Songz And Wiz Khalifa Features For New Album Nelly announces some of the features for his upcoming album "M.O.", including T.I., Trey Songz, Wiz Khalifa and Nelly Furtado. By Trevor Smith February 12, 2013
Original Content 50 Beats That Will Never Get Old HNHH compiles a list of some of our favorite hip-hop/rap beats, ones that we will never get tired of hearing. By Rose Lilah August 19, 2013
Original Content SneakerHead Freehand Profit: Making Masks Out of Kicks Freehand Profit bridges the gap between Art & Hip Hop By Mike De Leon March 29, 2013
Reviews Review: J. Cole's "Born Sinner" J. Cole's second offering picks up where "Cole World" missed the mark and reintroduces Cole to the Hip Hop world. By Eliezer Santiago June 20, 2013
Reviews Lil Wayne "Tha Carter V" Review Upon escaping Purgatory, Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter V" is enjoying the simple pleasures of Earth. By Mitch Findlay October 01, 2018
Reviews Meek Mill "Legends Of The Summer" Review Meek Mill’s first offering since his highly-publicized stint in prison is an effective sampler of what’s to come. By Narsimha Chintaluri July 10, 2018
Original Content What Can We Expect From Future's Next Album? Details are scarce on Future's next move, but here are some predictions about what it might sound like. By Patrick Lyons March 08, 2018