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Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: January 5-13 A summary of the top tracks from January 5 to January 13. By Alex Galbraith January 13, 2015
Original Content 8 Female Artists Rappers Love We take a look at a few of the female artists outside of hip-hop that rappers love to sample, remix and generally work with. By Nick Sella October 06, 2014
Original Content 10 Things We Know About The New Kanye West Album HNHH gives you the lowdown on the upcoming, untitled album from Kanye West. By Nikita Rathod September 26, 2014
Original Content Top Five Reasons Common Should Be In Your Top Five We give you five reasons you should add Common to your top five. By Bruce Smith February 03, 2015
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
Original Content 10 Sophomore Albums Compared To Debuts How did some of hip-hop’s biggest artists do on their second try? We compare sophomore albums to debut albums in this list. By Nick Sella September 24, 2014
Original Content 10 Essential Flume Tracks One of the most exciting and unlikely successes of the recent dance music boom is Flume, a 23 year old Australian producer. With an arsenal of boom-bap beats and mindful remixes, he is poised to take over in 2015. By Chris Tart November 21, 2014
Original Content Remix Fix: MJ Cole Remixes "Illuminate" By Tourist London bloke MJ Cole made a version of fellow London bloke Tourist's jam, and it's bloody brilliant. By Kayla Lee December 09, 2014
Reviews Review: G-Unit's "The Beauty of Independence" Out of nowhere, G-Unit feeds the streets with "The Beauty of Independence" EP to hold the fans over until the main course. By Iva Anthony August 29, 2014
Original Content Pulling A "Beyonce": The Surprise Album Phenom Albums are being released with less notice, and in some cases, no notice at all. We dive in to the trend and dissect why this might be happening. By Chris Tart December 10, 2014
Original Content Classic Rotation: Wu-Tang Clan's "Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers" Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. Today, we take a look at Wu-Tang Clan's classic album, "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)", which dropped twenty-one years ago on November 9, 1993. By Chris Tart November 09, 2014
Reviews Review: Travi$ Scott's "Days Before Rodeo" While there are a few hiccups in track selection and lyrical consistency, "Days Before Rodeo" has Travi$ Scott taking a significant step forward. By Kahron Spearman August 25, 2014