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Original Content Sign Language: 5 Songs You Didn't Know Ty Dolla $ign Wrote Five artists who let Ty put the Dolla $ign in it. By Trevor Smith March 24, 2015
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 Vinylz Talks About Creation Of J. Cole's "Tale Of 2 Citiez" & Big Sean's "Blessings" We hit the buzzing producer Vinylz to get the low-down on "Blessings" and what else he's cooked up lately. By Rose Lilah February 05, 2015
Original Content 10 Essential Flying Lotus Hip-Hop Tracks Flying Lotus is a beat-making genius. While most of his tunes remain instrumental, we occasionally get a dope hip-hop track produced by the creative musician. Here's 10 dope rap cuts, as produced by FlyLo. By Chris Tart October 21, 2014
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 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 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
Reviews Review: Trey Songz's "Trigga" Trey Songz sixth album brings the hits but leaves the substance at home. By Lloyd Jaffe July 02, 2014
Reviews Review: Fabolous' "The Young OG Project" Fabolous' new album promised '90s inspiration and style, but does it deliver? By Chris Tart January 06, 2015
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 Cam'ron Ticket Giveaway: See Killa Cam Live In Brooklyn, NY [Update: Winners Announced] HotNewHipHop is giving away two pairs of tickets to see Cam'ron live in Brooklyn next week. By Rose Lilah May 05, 2014