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Original Content Samples Of The Week: March 12 Catch up on the latest sample flips by Freddie Gibbs, Flatbush Zombies and Curren$y. By Patrick Lyons March 12, 2015
Original Content Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It: Subconscious Racism & Hip Hop "Fuck the police." By Lloyd Jaffe December 08, 2014
Original Content 10 Underrated Songs From Classic Albums HNHH picks out choice underrated tracks from generally agreed-upon rap classics. By Newton Stern November 19, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: May 7 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons May 08, 2014
Original Content 20 Most Fashionable Rappers Through The Decades Fashion is one of the most important elements of hip-hop culture, because in addition to the music, it is another form of self-expression. We count down 20 fashionable MCs by decade. By Layne Weiss April 07, 2014
Original Content Underrated Audio: December 14- December 20 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah December 21, 2013
Original Content Second Chances: Rappers Who've Been Shot & Survived A comprehensive list of 15 emcees who've survived shootings. By hnhh October 02, 2013
Original Content Underrated Audio: June 22-28 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah June 30, 2013
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: July 11 To July 19 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 Kreayshawn has penis envy, Wiz Khalifa takes Amber Rose for granted, and MGK meets a “first come, first served” kind of girl. By Rose Lilah July 19, 2012
Original Content Top Tracks: April 3 - April 9 It's a big week for Desiigner as he tops the list and appears two more times. By Patrick Lyons April 10, 2017
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: December 7 The Weeknd's "Starboy" dominates. By Chris Tart December 07, 2016
Pop Culture Marvel Comic Book Arcs We Need To See In The MCU Now that Marvel's next phases are taking shape, we examined the comic book plotlines adaptations that we'd love to see. By Robert Blair August 17, 2019