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Original Content 10 Anti-Authority Rap Songs For Inauguration Day We dig back into 25+ years of political hip hop to bring you ten tracks that question America's authority on the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration. By Patrick Lyons January 19, 2017
Reviews Jay-Z's "4:44" (Review) Jay-Z digs deep and delivers his best album in years. By Patrick Lyons July 06, 2017
Reviews Review: Nicki Minaj's "The Pinkprint" Nicki Minaj's new record displays the many sides of Onika Maraj, an imperfect but ultimately satisfying showing from one of rap's great talents. By hnhh December 19, 2014
Original Content Top Five Jhene Aiko Features Here's a look at Jhene Aiko's top five features with some of today's biggest rappers. By Carl Lamarre April 11, 2015
Original Content A History Of Wale's Seinfeld Samples Wale's "The Album About Nothing" released a few days ago, but this isn't his first time repping Jerry Seinfeld. By Chris Tart April 04, 2015
Original Content Indie-Cud: A Timeline Of Kid Cudi's Indie Collabs & Samples Tracing Kid Cudi's fondness for indie pop/rock via his samples and collaborations. By Patrick Lyons March 04, 2015
Original Content 10 Essential Shlohmo Tracks LA's Shlohmo makes some of the sexiest music around. Having collaborated with the likes of Jeremih and Banks, let's dive in to his essential tracks! By Chris Tart November 30, 2014
Original Content 10 Essential Diplo Productions Diplo's fattest productions. By Chris Tart March 07, 2015
Original Content Top News Stories Of 2014 HNHH details the twenty biggest stories of 2014. By Lloyd Jaffe December 18, 2014
Original Content #TBT: Deep Cuts From Kanye West's School Days Kanye West's first three albums are absolutely legendary. The "School Days" as we're referring to them here, featured numerous hits along with some deeper cuts that never saw radio or music video treatment. By Chris Tart October 23, 2014
Original Content 0 To 100 Moments In Hip-Hop As much as we've enjoyed the growth of hip hop music last year, we must also reflect on the sporadic moments that caught us by surprise. Peep HNHH's list of artists that flipped out, balled out, and owned the year of 2014 by going 0 to 100, real quick. By Asia Burris February 04, 2015
Original Content On The Come Up: GoldLink For this week's edition of OTCU we head to the DMV to peek inside the mind of the elusive GoldLink. By hnhh October 23, 2014