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Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (April 3) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden April 03, 2015
Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (September 30) HNHH's weekly round-up of our favorite tracks of the week. By Angus Walker September 30, 2016
Original Content Summer BBQ & Chill: A Playlist Bump this Spotify playlist at your Memorial Day barbecue and beyond. By Danny Schwartz May 26, 2016
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: June 23 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah June 23, 2013
Original Content Here Are The Funniest #MeekBeLike Tweets #MeekBeLike has turned into a trending topic after Meek was like, Drake doesn't even write his own lyrics. Here's the funniest ones we found on the twittersphere. By Rose Lilah July 23, 2015
Original Content VOTE: Which Upcoming Album Are You Most Excited To Hear? Looking ahead to the next crop of major album releases. By Danny Schwartz May 12, 2017
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: November 30 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah November 30, 2014
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (Aug 30) HNHH brings you the most dope, weird, interesting, shocking and funny photos posted by hip hop artists on Instagram. By Glennisha Morgan August 30, 2014
Original Content Underrated Audio: March 5- 11 <p>A day late, but here's three tracks from last week that were lacking in views but good ish nonetheless.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Trouble- Let Them Tell it</strong></p> <p><iframe src="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/trouble-atl-let-them-tell-it-produced-by-fly-boy-embedsong.730738.html" style="width:442px;height:52px;border-width:0;" width="442" height="52"></iframe></p> <p>I not only love this beat but the lyrics are on point. If you let them tell it...everybody's fake as fuck. True words from DTE's Trouble.</p> <p><strong>Johnny Polygon- My Shit ></strong></p> By Rose Lilah March 13, 2012
Original Content Kanye Birthday Mix: 39 Tracks For Ye's 39th Celebrate the birth of Yeezus with 3 hours of great music. By Trevor Smith June 08, 2016
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: June 22 Drake continues his dominance this week, refusing to buckle under the threat of Nick Jonas and Hamilton. By Chris Tart June 22, 2016
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: June 6 to June 12 Welcome to this week’s ‘140 Bars Or Less’ post where we look at the “best-in tweet” in the world of Hip Hop. This week Rihanna talks ‘shit’, Freddie Gibbs puts out a hit, and Ice-T tells folks to put some damn pants on. By Rose Lilah June 17, 2012