Features

Discover exclusive hip-hop features on HotNewHipHop. Read interviews, album reviews, think pieces, and curated lists covering music, culture, and more.

Today | Week | Month | Year | All Time

Original Content Classic Rotation: Eminem's "The Slim Shady LP" 15 Years Later Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. Today we take a look at Eminem's classic album, "The Slim Shady LP", which dropped fifteen years ago on February 23rd, 1999. By TWL February 23, 2014
Profiles Meet Boogie: Rising Rapper From Compton, CA HotNewHipHop spoke to newcomer Boogie about his upcoming debut project, "Thirst 48," being a father, rapping full time and much more. By Rose Lilah June 17, 2014
Original Content Trophies: Counting Down Drake's Number One Hits Drake has the most number one songs on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, and we've decided to count them all done, starting from the classic "Best I Ever Had." By Mike De Leon February 04, 2014
Original Content It's Yo Birthday: Rick Ross Edition William Leonard Roberts II turns 37 today, and HNHH is honoring The Bawse by listing his 25 best tracks. By Dhruva Balram deleted January 28, 2013
Original Content 10 Essential Jay Rock Tracks We pick our 10 essential tracks from Jay Rock, the Black Hippy / Top Dawg Entertainment MC. By Chris Tart December 08, 2014
Original Content Top Tracks: Lil Wayne & XXXTentacion's "Don't Cry" Hits #1 The XXXTentacion-featuring "Don't Cry" from Lil Wayne's "Carter V" debuts at #1. By Patrick Lyons October 01, 2018
Original Content Here's The Best Weekend Playlist With Fire From Young Thug, Nicki Minaj & More The best, hottest, newest music in all things hip-hop and r'n'b is curated in our FIRE EMOJI playlist. By Rose Lilah April 13, 2018
Reviews Review: Jeremih's "Late Nights: The Album" An almost perfectly executed album of nocturnal R&B bliss. By Patrick Lyons December 07, 2015
Original Content 20 Most Anticipated Projects Of 2017 20 projects from hip hop's elite that we're looking forward to hearing this year. By Patrick Lyons January 24, 2017
Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (April 15) The weekly round-up of our favorite songs from the past week. By Rose Lilah April 15, 2016
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: March 1 Future scores his 4th straight #1. By Chris Tart March 01, 2017
Original Content #TBT: The Neptunes Celebrating The Neptunes, the greatest production duo in hip hop history. By Danny Schwartz April 20, 2017