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Original Content Classic Rotation: Tha Dogg Pound's "Dogg Food" Looking back at the Dogg Pound's debut album 20 years later. By Chris Tart October 31, 2015
Original Content #TBT: Mixtape Kendrick Take a look at some of Kendrick Lamar's most notable mixtape moments. By Chris Tart January 14, 2016
Reviews Review: Big Sean's "Hall of Fame" Following up with the success of his debut album, Big Sean sets out to prove he deserves a spot next to some of the greatest with his sophomore album "Hall of Fame." By Iva Anthony August 27, 2013
Original Content 10 Songs To Bring In The New Year With We've put together a playlist for your New Year's Eve celebrations. By Trevor Smith December 31, 2015
Original Content French Montana On The Cover Of FADER FADER magazine put French Montana on the cover of their latest issue with a story depicting his return to Morocco. By Rose Lilah September 25, 2012
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: Feb. 3-9 A selection of the biggest tracks from February 3rd to 9th. By Trevor Smith February 11, 2014
Reviews Review: DJ Khaled's "Suffering From Success" DJ Khaled’s latest project suffers from a lot more than success. By Perry Simpson October 28, 2013
Original Content 8 Hilariously Awful Rap Battles For every "8 Mile" moment, there's about 239 God-awful YouTube battle rap videos that we love to crack up while watching. By Chris Tart October 17, 2014
Original Content Hottest Instrumentals Of 2014 The time has come to honor producers that killed it this year, with the Hottest Instrumentals of 2014. There are those that simply make beats, and then there are the chosen few superproducers that craft masterpieces. HotNewHipHop honors the chosen superproducers and artists that have crafted the following tracks--only due to the uber-talented producers were we able to enjoy the following hit records. By Mike Philson December 16, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (September 12) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs September 12, 2014
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (March 29) HNHH brings you the most dope, weird, interesting, shocking and funny photos posted by hip hop artists on Instagram. By Glennisha Morgan March 29, 2014
Original Content 10 Funny #SadKanye Memes The image of Kanye West looking salty while Kim Kardashian poses with a fan has now turned into a meme. It was only a matter of time. By Rose Lilah May 05, 2014