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Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (June 3) The HNHH staff picks their favorite songs from the past week. By Danny Schwartz June 03, 2016
Profiles Meet THEY.: Mysterious R&B Duo INTERVIEW: Overnight R&B success THEY. discuss their debut EP "Nu Religion," life on tour with Bryson Tiller, and what they have in store next... By Danny Schwartz April 12, 2016
Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (March 11) A playlist of HNHH's favorite songs from the past week. By Angus Walker March 11, 2016
Original Content Heat In These Streets: Atlanta's New School Atlanta has long been home to some of the game's most talented acts. Nowadays, Rae Sremmurd, Migos, and Rich Gang's Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan are representing their city on a major scale as the leaders of ATL's new school. By Mike Philson November 17, 2014
Original Content Classic Rotation: Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the day of their release. Today we take a look at The Pharcyde's debut album, "Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde," which dropped exactly 22 years ago today. By Layne Weiss November 24, 2014
Original Content Top 10: Hottest Young Producers In The Game Today's Top 10 is all about the young producers making a name for themselves with their beat-making skills. By hnhh September 22, 2014
Original Content Top 10: Albums We Can't Wait To Hear This week, we run through the 10 most anticipated albums the rest of the year, not including "Detox". We'll save that for the 2025 version of this list. By hnhh August 11, 2014
Original Content "0 To 100" Freestyles: Vote For Your Favorite A lot of rappers went "0 To 100" this year, but whose bars are really on that real shit? By Patrick Lyons July 10, 2014
Original Content Ridiculous Rapper Baby Names We take a look at 15 of the strangest names that rappers have given their offspring. By Nikita Rathod July 23, 2014
Original Content From Potheads To Oxymorons: 10 Of The Druggiest Rap Albums Find out how Schoolboy Q's "Oxymoron" stacks up against other druggy rap albums. By Patrick Lyons March 03, 2014
Original Content Crew Love: Pro Era Get familiar with Pro Era's many members in this week's "Crew Love," where we break down a different crew every other week. By Patrick Lyons February 17, 2014
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: June 13 A look at this week's rap and R&B sales and chart placements. By Trevor Smith June 13, 2015