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Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (February 19) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden February 19, 2016
Original Content Top Tracks: November 7 - November 13 J. Cole's Dreamville/Spillage Village posse cut crowns our Top Tracks this week. By Patrick Lyons November 14, 2016
Original Content 18 Artists Reveal Their Favorite Album Of 2016 We asked A$AP Ferg, Denzel Curry, and other artists to talk about their favorite album of the year. By Danny Schwartz December 22, 2016
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: April 20 A weekly look at how many units hip-hop and r'n'b albums are selling, as well as their chart position. By Chris Tart April 20, 2016
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: August 24 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah August 24, 2014
Original Content Exclusive: Pries Talks On His Come-Up & "The Lonely Kid Show" HNHH spoke to Pries recently to find out more about the up-coming rapper and the project he's currently working on titled "The Lonely Kid Show." By Rose Lilah October 30, 2012
Original Content #TBT: Bad Boy Records' Early Hits Bad Boy Records has had an insane run of success over the past 21 years. Nowadays they put out releases from the likes of French Montana and Janelle Monáe, but before that they put out some of the most influential hip-hop records ever made. By Chris Tart October 16, 2014
Original Content Top Tracks: April 10 - April 16 Frank Ocean's "Biking" rises to the top in its second week out. By Patrick Lyons April 17, 2017
Original Content Mastermind Vs. Hood Billionaire Breaking down the pros and cons of Rick Ross' two releases in 2014. By Matt Aceto December 03, 2014
Original Content Underrated Audio: March 12- 18 <p> Songs I like, you mighta missed cuz they're not-so-mainstream, you know the deal.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Tayyib Ali- Dear Lord [Prod. Jahlil Beats]</strong></p> <p><iframe src="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/tayyib-ali-dear-lord-prod-jahlil-beats-embedsong.738256.html" style="width:442px;height:52px;border-width:0;" width="442" height="52"></iframe></p> By Rose Lilah March 19, 2012
Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (July 22) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden July 22, 2016
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (January 16) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs January 16, 2015