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Profiles Pardison Fontaine Explains How Cardi B "Deebo'ed" Him & Kanye West's Process In "On The Come Up" Pardison Fontaine talks dynamic with Kanye West, his friendship with Cardi B, and more in "On The Come Up." By Mitch Findlay January 09, 2019
Sports James Harden Dishes On His Favorite Rapper All-Time, Best Restaurant In Houston & More We spoke with the NBA MVP about his favorite artists, and got the scoop on the Adidas Harden Vol. 3. By Kyle Rooney November 03, 2018
Original Content #TBT: Future Revisiting Future's music from his 2010 debut mixtape "1000" to his 2012 debut album "Pluto." By Danny Schwartz October 06, 2016
Original Content #TBT: Immortal Technique Revisiting the work of Immortal Technique, who hasn't released an album in nine years. By Danny Schwartz June 01, 2017
Reviews Yelawolf "Trial By Fire" Review Yelawolf returns from self-exile and drops a genre-bending LP. By Karlton Jahmal November 04, 2017
Original Content 10 Best Hip-Hop Crews Of All Time We break down the 10 best hip-hop crews of all time. By Chris Tart June 24, 2015
Original Content Poetic License: The Art Of Writing For the nerd in every hip-hop fan, we take a close look at the idea of "poetic license," and how an MC is able to bend or completely ignore standard grammar rules because of it. By Rose Lilah April 17, 2015
Original Content Top 10: Drake Deep Cuts For this week's Top 10 we take a cue from Drake and count down some of his best throwaways. By hnhh October 28, 2014
Reviews Review: D'Angelo's "Black Messiah" Albums this anticipated aren’t supposed to be this good. By Alex Galbraith December 20, 2014
Original Content Ranking Jay Z's 12 Albums From Worst To Best We order Jay Z's solo efforts from worst to best. By hnhh December 11, 2014
Profiles Behind The Beat: Chase N. Cashe Get to know the prolific, versatile Chase N. Cashe. By Danny Schwartz September 16, 2015
Original Content On The Come-Up: RiFF RAFF HNHH's On The Come-Up profiles rising rappers and producers that show strong promise but haven't necessarily seen much shine on the site. This could range from those deep underground to artists on the cusp of the mainstream that we've overlooked. You'll find their defining characteristics broken down by category. By hnhh April 15, 2013