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Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (December 11) Find out the HNHH staff's favorite songs from the past week. By Rose Lilah December 11, 2015
Original Content Top Tracks: June 5 - June 11 DJ Khaled and Drake leave their competition in the dust this week. By Patrick Lyons June 12, 2017
Original Content Samples Of The Week: December 4 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons December 04, 2014
Original Content Kendrick Lamar's Music Videos Are Extraordinary, And They're Only Getting Better A survey of Kendrick Lamar's increasingly kick-ass music videos. By Danny Schwartz April 12, 2017
Original Content The Best Super Bowl Commercials Starring Rappers When rappers appear in Super Bowl ads... By Patrick Lyons February 06, 2016
Original Content Rome Flynn Moves From Acting To R&B As He Puts Vulnerability On Display EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Rome Flynn has been a regular fixture on our television screens, but the actor is making his move to music. He spoke with us exclusively about his new single "Keep Me In Mind," becoming vulnerable in his new creative space, his forthcoming project that may have a feature from Wale, and what he learned from Kehlani about navigating his R&B career. By Erika Marie June 07, 2020
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: November 16 Our weekly breakdown of hip-hop and r'n'b album sales and chart performance. By Chris Tart November 16, 2016
Original Content Vote: Who Had The Best Verse On The Black Hippy "THat Part" Remix? Cast your vote. By Danny Schwartz July 08, 2016
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (Dec 5-11) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Trevor Smith December 12, 2013
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (Nov. 28- Dec. 4) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Trevor Smith December 05, 2013
Original Content Lyrics Of The Week: February 15-22 HNHH's Lyrics of the Week breaks down the most noteworthy bars of the past seven days into ten categories that will rotate according to the content that drops. By hnhh February 22, 2013
Original Content Ticket Giveaway: See Your Old Droog Live In NYC Win a pair of tickets to see Your Old Droog live in New York. By Rose Lilah July 17, 2015