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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 What’s New In Battle Rap (April 17) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden April 17, 2015
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (July 24-31) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Trevor Smith August 02, 2013
Original Content 5 Times The Grammys Got 'Best Rap Album' Wrong The Grammys don't always get it right... By Chris Tart February 06, 2015
Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (November 27) Find out the HNHH staff's favorite songs from the past week. By Rose Lilah November 27, 2015
Original Content R. Kelly: A History Of Charges, Lawsuits, & Scandals Check out this list of sexual accusations and scandals involving R. Kelly. By Oliver W. Colbert July 19, 2017
Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (June 26) Find out the HNHH staff's favorite songs from the past week. By Rose Lilah June 26, 2015
Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (December 26) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden December 26, 2014
Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (November 6) Find out the HNHH staff's favorite songs from the past week. By Rose Lilah November 06, 2015
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 Underrated Audio: September 20 -September 26 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah September 27, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (Aug. 1-7) <p>Dissecting the foibles of the hip hop community as expressed in under 140 characters on Twitter. Not just used as a device to flood people's timelines with your new track, album, video, or clothing line, sometimes rappers truly channel the unfiltered interaction with fans. This week features Mac Miller, Chief Keef, 2 Chainz and more!</p> By Trevor Smith August 08, 2013