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Original Content The Defining Producers Of The Platinum Era (2000-2004) An age of originality. By Mitch Findlay December 26, 2019
Original Content The Weeknd's "Starboy" By The Numbers We break down The Weeknd's new album, "Starboy," by the numbers. By Rose Lilah November 28, 2016
Original Content 10 Essential Vinylz Productions Vinylz is one of hip hop's most prolific hitmakers, and he's only getting better. By Danny Schwartz November 27, 2016
Original Content How To Make A Double Disc Rap Album That Doesn't Suck We look at the formulas behind the best hip hop double albums of all time. By Patrick Lyons September 23, 2015
Original Content Ty Dolla $ign Reveals Official Tracklist For "Free TC" Ty Dolla $ign enlists Kendrick Lamar, Future, Wiz Khalifa, Diddy, Fetty Wap, and more for his debut album "Free TC." By Kevin Goddard October 15, 2015
Original Content The Rick Ross Holiday Gift Guide A holiday gift guide, based on the wise raps of Rick Ross. By Chris Tart December 08, 2015
Original Content Lyrics Of The Week: July 26 - August 1 HNHH's Lyrics of the Week breaks down the most noteworthy bars of the past seven days into ten categories that will rotate according to the type of content that drops. By hnhh August 04, 2013
Original Content 5 Recent Times Rappers Were Unfairly Targeted By Police Here are 5 incidents in the past year in which rappers have been targeted by police officers. By Angus Walker March 28, 2016
Original Content Everything We Know About Jay Z's "4:44" Album "4:44" arrives June 30th. By Danny Schwartz June 19, 2017
Original Content Fantastic Flows Follow Up: MCs With The Best Flows We follow up our editorial with a list of the best flows in the game right now. By hnhh June 19, 2014
Original Content By The Numbers: Kendrick Lamar's "Section.80" 5 Years Later We celebrate five years since the release of Kendrick Lamar's critically acclaimed "Section.80" with an infographic. By Rose Lilah July 02, 2016
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: April 26 King Kendrick scores the highest first-week sales total of 2017. By Chris Tart April 26, 2017