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Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: February 3 - February 9 A rundown of the week's top tracks. By Alex Galbraith February 10, 2015
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (October 17) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs October 17, 2014
Original Content Rap Industry Recap: September Your monthly recap of what went down in the hip-hop industry. By Chris Tart October 01, 2014
Original Content Shooting The Shit With Sir Michael Rocks We talk with the Florida transplant by way of Chicago, Sir Michael Rocks, about his newest album "BANCO", animals, The Cool Kids, and experimenting with his sound, among other things. By Rose Lilah August 25, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: August 24 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah August 24, 2014
Original Content Rebirth Pt. 3: The Evolution Of The MC Rap is filled with a lot of MCs. No question. But what separates one rapper from the next? An artist's hometown is about as blurred as his flow and look compared to other like-minded entertainers. With the Internet and blogging, it's even harder to find an MC that's truly a product of where he represents. While we're growing to accept that sound does not need to be regional anymore, how have MCs evolved with the influx of independent labels, the blogosphere, and other elements of the millennial generation? By Chris Richburg June 04, 2014
Original Content A History Of Top Rap/Rock Collaborations The history of rap/hip-hop and rock collaborations goes way back to Run DMC's "Walk This Way" featuring Aerosmith released in 1986. Artists from these two music genres have come together over the years to create some pretty killer tracks. However, while some of these team efforts seemed like a good idea, not all of them produced stellar results. By Vanessa Oswald May 30, 2014
Original Content Underrated Audio: May 10- May 16 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah May 17, 2014
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: April 27 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah April 27, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: October 27 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah October 27, 2013
Reviews The Weeknd Makes Tragedy Spectacular At Madison Square Garden The Weeknd's relentless roller coaster of addiction and destruction unites a loving sea of hedonistic New Yorkers. By Angus Walker November 19, 2015
Original Content Codeine Cowboys: Exploring Lean In Rap Culture What are the adverse effects of the lean-driven rap culture that's become so predominant? We take a quick look. By Chris Tart November 20, 2015