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Original Content Vote: The Best Album Of 2017 So Far Cast your vote. By Mitch Findlay June 08, 2017
Original Content Hump Day Playlist Get your hump day on with our playlist. By Rose Lilah May 06, 2015
Original Content Vine Rewind: January HNHH brings you a collection of the most popular, funniest, weirdest Vines that have consumed our phones this month. By Nikita Rathod February 03, 2015
Original Content Samples Of The Week: November 13 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons November 13, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (October 17) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs October 17, 2014
Original Content Perfect Posse Cuts Posse cut: a popular form of song in hip-hop music that involves successive verses by four or more rappers. By Lloyd Jaffe September 26, 2014
Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (August 7) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden August 07, 2015
Original Content Happy 4/20: The Wake & Bake Playlist To Start Your Day What's for breakfast? By Rose Lilah April 20, 2021
Original Content Instagram Gallery: Rappers And Their Kids When these rappers aren't in the studio, they're often showing off their family life on Instagram, from Lil Baby to Cardi B to Moneybagg Yo. By Deja Goode March 20, 2021
Original Content Is Hip-Hop's Obsession With Ranking Rappers Healthy? Ranking the game's best rappers has always been a pivotal part of hip-hop discourse, but is the desire to build an objective tier list healthy for the culture? By Mitch Findlay August 18, 2020
Reviews Mac Miller's 3 New Songs Make Us Even More Curious About What He'll Do Next “Programs,” “Small Worlds,” and “Buttons” are a series of calculated vignettes from an artist in turmoil. By Narsimha Chintaluri May 31, 2018
Original Content Valentine's Day Massacre: The All-Essential XXX-Rated Playlist These 8 essential tracks will put you in the endzone this Valentine's Day. By Devin Ch February 14, 2019