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Original Content Vote: The Best Album Of 2017 So Far Cast your vote. By Mitch Findlay June 08, 2017
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: August 3 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah August 03, 2014
Original Content 20 Rap Selfies We take a look at 20 random selfies taken by some of your favorite rappers! By Nikita Rathod July 30, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: June 22 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah June 22, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: June 12 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons June 12, 2014
Original Content Underrated Audio: May 31- June 6 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah June 07, 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 Samples Of The Week: May 22 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons May 22, 2014
Original Content 25 Professional Wrestling References in Hip Hop HNHH gives you 25 mean professional wrestling references in hip hop! By Nikita Rathod March 30, 2014
Original Content 8 Hip-Hop Bromances HNHH's Ashlee Ray breaks down eight different hip-hop bromances. By Rose Lilah March 14, 2014
Original Content 10 Chicago Players From The Underground HotNewHipHop breaks down 10 different Chicago artists on the come-up that you should know about. By Rose Lilah February 27, 2014
Original Content "What's Beef" In 2014? Is beef corny now? A look at 2014's big disputes. By Dharmic X May 07, 2014