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Original Content Pusha T On Rap Album Of The Year: “I Want What’s Mine” As the Rap Album Of The Year campaign continues, Pusha T shares his thoughts on Kendrick Lamar's "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers," the Clipse reunion, and what classic album he'd compare "It's Almost Dry" to. By Aron A. June 23, 2022
Sports Ben Simmons Doesn't Seem To Care About Basketball The Ben Simmons saga has officially reached peak ridiculousness. By Alexander Cole May 01, 2022
Original Content Remix Fix: Team Supreme Takes On Tweet & Missy Elliott's "Oops" Team Supreme's remix of "Oops" by Tweet will take you back in the best way. By Kayla Lee February 24, 2015
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: January 26 - February 3 A rundown of the week's top tracks By Alex Galbraith February 03, 2015
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (November 21) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs November 21, 2014
Original Content On The Come Up: Vinny Cha$e For this week's On The Come Up, we head to Harlem to learn about Vinny Cha$e, the former cameraman who climbed his way to a multimillion dollar rap deal. By hnhh October 15, 2014
Original Content On The Come Up: Jitta On The Track For this week's On The Come Up, we catch up with Jitta On The Track, a talented rapper from Connecticut who's about to pop off in a major way. By hnhh September 24, 2014
Original Content The "Weirdo Rap" Divide A divide is growing in hip-hop between genre traditionalists and the artists many of them call "weirdo rappers." In this editorial, we examine the various differences between the two camps, and explain why they're both vital to the future of hip-hop. By Patrick Lyons June 12, 2014
Original Content Classic Rotation: MF Doom & Madlib's "Madvillainy" 10 Years Later Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. Today we take a look at MF Doom & Madlib's classic album, "Madvillainy", which dropped ten years ago, on March 23rd 2004. By TWL March 23, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: December 29 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah December 29, 2013
Original Content Who Had The Best BET Cypher? Let us know who you think had the best BET cypher from last night's BET Hip-Hop Awards! By Rose Lilah October 16, 2013
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: September 22 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah September 22, 2013