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Original Content Charts Don't Lie: April 20 A weekly look at how many units hip-hop and r'n'b albums are selling, as well as their chart position. By Chris Tart April 20, 2016
Original Content Every Rap Single To Go #1 On The Hot 100 Looking back at the rap singles that made it to the top of music's biggest chart. By Trevor Smith April 21, 2016
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: April 13 A weekly look at how many units hip-hop and r'n'b albums are selling, as well as their chart position. By Chris Tart April 13, 2016
Original Content 6 Artists You Forgot Were on "Life After Death" The "Life After Death" features were crazy. By Chris Tart March 25, 2016
Original Content SoundCloud Staff Picks Playlist (March 10) HNHH's weekly round-up of our favorite SoundCloud tracks of the week. By Angus Walker March 10, 2017
Original Content VOTE: What's The Best Album That Dropped Today? Today has been by far 2017's best day of releases. By Danny Schwartz February 24, 2017
Original Content Top Tracks: February 6 - February 12 Desiigner tops yet another Top Tracks list dominated by Migos. By Patrick Lyons February 13, 2017
Original Content Remembering Lee "Q" O'Denat: With 10 Classic WorldStar Videos WorldStar founder Lee "Q" O'Denat passed away Tuesday at age 43. By Danny Schwartz January 24, 2017
Original Content The Game On Hot 97 The Game chops it up with Hot 97 about the album. By Rose Lilah September 23, 2015
Original Content Engineering With Battlecat: How A West Coast Legend Continues To Shape Sound The legendary west coast pioneer DJ Battlecat breaks down his journey with music, the importance of analog technology, and how his new partnership with Audible Reality has allowed him the opportunity to share his ears with the masses. By Mitch Findlay April 22, 2021
Original Content Soulja Boy Everything: The "She Make It Clap" Rapper Dives Into Getting His Credit, Drake, Bow Wow & Elon Musk Soulja Boy's riding high off of the success of "She Make It Clap" but there's more to do -- an anime, comic book, video game, and a meeting with Elon Musk. By Aron A. May 19, 2021
Original Content Dem Jointz Talks Working With Dr. Dre, Producing For Eminem & More Producer Dem Jointz opens up about working in Dr. Dre's inner creative circle, the Compton sound, and the hilarious struggle of leaving the nine-to-five life behind. By Mitch Findlay February 26, 2021