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Original Content Maxo Kream Reflects On "Weight Of The World," Being The Only Hypebeast Crip & Getting Co-Signed By A$AP Yams On the second day of HNHH's "12 Days of Christmas," Maxo Kream breaks down "Weight Of The World," working with Tyler, the Creator, meeting Virgil Abloh, his prowess on the basketball court & much more. By Taylor McCloud December 14, 2021
Original Content 10 Horrorcore Tracks For Halloween Horrorcore is a subgenre of hip hop music based on horror-themed lyrical content and imagery. Check out some of hip-hop's scariest tunes. By Lloyd Jaffe October 31, 2014
Original Content You Eatin'? 25 Photos Of Rappers Eatin' In celebration of all the good food we are going to enjoy on Thanksgiving, scroll through 25 comic photos of rappers eating. By Rose Lilah November 22, 2012
Original Content The A$AP Rocky Generation: How Flacko Influenced Modern Hip-Hop Far from just remolding The Dirty South's sound or serving as a fashion icon, A$AP Rocky's influence over current culture runs deep. By Robert Blair January 18, 2019
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: March 15 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah March 15, 2015
Original Content Top 10: Drake Deep Cuts For this week's Top 10 we take a cue from Drake and count down some of his best throwaways. By hnhh October 28, 2014
Original Content 10 Essential Flume Tracks One of the most exciting and unlikely successes of the recent dance music boom is Flume, a 23 year old Australian producer. With an arsenal of boom-bap beats and mindful remixes, he is poised to take over in 2015. By Chris Tart November 21, 2014
Reviews Review: Gucci Mane’s "The State Vs. Radric Davis II" "The State Vs. Radric Davis II" is a flawed yet fulfilling trap album from the iciest rapper, Gucci Mane. By Matt Aceto January 03, 2014
Original Content Auto-Tune: Hip-Hop's Rejuvenation An editorial offering up the stance that Auto-Tune did not kill hip-hop, rather, it brought new life into the genre. By Matt Aceto March 12, 2014
Original Content Lyrics Of The Week: September 25-31 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 material that drops. By hnhh November 01, 2013
Reviews Review: Tyga's "Well Done 4" Mixtape Despite having recently dropped his third album, Tyga continues to put out new music with the release of "Well Done 4". By Iva Anthony December 16, 2013
Original Content What The Kendrick/Macklemore Debate Means For Hip-Hop There has been a lot of discourse about the Grammy upset, where Macklemore swept up in the Rap categories in favor of Kendrick Lamar's heralded album. But what does this mean in the larger picture? Does it even matter or does it matter all too much? By hnhh February 04, 2014