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Original Content Analyzing The Hidden Influences On Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly" Looking at the less obvious influences on Kendrick Lamar's new album. By Nicholas DG March 19, 2015
Original Content 5 Reasons You Should Be Listening To Peewee Longway If you're still sleeping on Peewee Longway, the time to stop is now. By Patrick Lyons February 24, 2015
Original Content Kid Cudi Vs. Wale: Who Had The Better Debut Album? Two rappers who will be forever linked battle it out, eight years after their debuts. By Matt F October 18, 2017
Original Content HNHH's "Hottest Of 2013": Year End Lists Are Here Check out HotNewHipHop's Official Year End Lists. 2013 was quite the memorable year in music, so make sure to chime in on each one. This is "HNHH's Hottest Of 2013"... By hnhh December 18, 2013
Reviews Review: Kid Ink's "My Own Lane" With his major label debut album, Kid Ink sets out to prove that he truly rides alone with "My Own Lane." By Iva Anthony January 13, 2014
Reviews Review: Dom Kennedy's "Get Home Safely" Where does Dom Kennedy’s latest album rank among the recent slew of West Coast releases? Very high actually. By Perry Simpson October 23, 2013
Original Content Lyrics Of The Week: August 23-29 HNHH's Lyrics of the Week breaks down the most noteworthy bars of the past seven days into 8-10 categories that will rotate according to the type of content that drops. By hnhh August 29, 2013
Original Content 10 Essential Ty Dolla $ign Hooks Listen to 10 of Ty Dolla $ign's hooks. By Danny Schwartz June 05, 2016
Original Content #TBT: Early Beyonce Singles Revisit Beyonce's best singles from "Dangerously in Love," "B'day," and her Destiny's Child days. By Danny Schwartz May 05, 2016
Original Content 10 Diss Tracks We Want To Hear We'd like to see these artists take their beef to the studio. By Chris Tart October 02, 2015
Original Content Happy Birthday, T.I.: Revisiting 10 Tracks From His Prime The best of T.I. from 2003 to 2006. By Danny Schwartz September 25, 2017
Original Content Tory Lanez' "Memories Don't Die": The Best Bars Throughout "Memories Don't Die," Tory Lanez' pen game is on point. By Mitch Findlay March 04, 2018