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Original Content Zaytoven Details Why Gucci Mane Agreed To Jeezy Verzuz & Dives Into "So Icy" History For day 5 of HNHH's "12 Days Of Christmas" interview series, the Godfather of Trap Zaytoven details working with Kanye West, unreleased collabs with King Von and Juice WRLD, and dives into the history of Gucci Mane and Jeezy's beef. By Aron A. December 17, 2020
Original Content The Day Kanye West, J. Cole, & Mac Miller Took Over A three-way showdown between Kanye West's "Yeezus," J. Cole's "Born Sinner," and Mac Miller's "Watching Movies With The Sound Off" has cemented June 18, 2013 in hip-hop history. By Joshua Robinson June 18, 2021
Original Content Rise & Grind: BlueBucksClan Talk L.A. Hip-Hop, "Clan Virus 2," Connecting With Quavo South Central's BlueBucksClan joins us for this week's "Rise & Grind" where they discuss their athletic past, "Clan Virus 2," working with Quavo, and the state of L.A. hip-hop. By Aron A. June 21, 2021
Original Content Hip-Hop's Best Verses: Big Pun's "Twinz" Continuing our new Original Content series "Hip-Hop's Best Verses," Big Pun's opening verse on "Twinz" proved that one deftly delivered bar can be immortalized in rap history. By Mitch Findlay January 27, 2021
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: April 12 Drake's "More Life" goes number one for the third straight week. By Chris Tart April 12, 2017
Original Content Top Tracks: August 8 - August 14 It's a very eclectic week in our Top Tracks list. By Patrick Lyons August 15, 2016
Profiles Behind The Beat: Cookin Soul INTERVIEW: Spanish production duo Cookin Soul discusses their working relationships with American artists and the evolution of Spain's hip hop scene. By Danny Schwartz July 07, 2016
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: April 4 A look at hip-hop sales and chart placements this week. By Trevor Smith April 04, 2015
Original Content Bad Bitches: 10 Women Who Rep Hip-Hop HotNewHipHop looks at the women who remind us that rap is just a very, very small part of hip-hop culture. By Layne Weiss October 23, 2014
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: May 5-11 A selection of the biggest tracks from May 5 to 11th. By Trevor Smith May 14, 2014
Original Content Classic Rotation: Big L's "Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous" "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release.Today we take a look at Big L's debut album, "Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous", which dropped nineteen years ago on March 28, 1995. By Corvaya Jefrries March 28, 2014
Original Content Top 5 Country/Rap Collaborations From The Past Decade The country and rap worlds have been colliding over the past decades with artists from both genres interested in collaboration. Just like any experimentation, it can result in a mess or may produce a desirable outcome. The question is, have these collaborations produced any worthy tracks or have they all been failed attempts? By Vanessa Oswald April 05, 2014