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Original Content HNHH's "Hottest Of 2013": Year End Lists Are Here Check out HotNewHipHop's Official Year End Lists. 2013 was quite the memorable year in music, so make sure to chime in on each one. This is "HNHH's Hottest Of 2013"... By hnhh December 18, 2013
Reviews Review: Kid Ink's "My Own Lane" With his major label debut album, Kid Ink sets out to prove that he truly rides alone with "My Own Lane." By Iva Anthony January 13, 2014
Original Content Dom Kennedy And Skeme Discuss Their Roots On The Damon Campbell Show In HNHH's new segment, Damon Campbell talks to Skeme and Dom Kennedy about their origins, background, and ongoing work in an in-depth interview. By hnhh February 07, 2014
Original Content Lyrics Of The Week: August 23-29 HNHH's Lyrics of the Week breaks down the most noteworthy bars of the past seven days into 8-10 categories that will rotate according to the type of content that drops. By hnhh August 29, 2013
Original Content Tech N9ne Says He Wants To Work With Eminem & Get Beats From Kanye West Tech N9ne talks to HotNewHipHop about wanting to work with Eminem & Kanye West. By Rose Lilah November 14, 2013
Original Content What The Kendrick/Macklemore Debate Means For Hip-Hop There has been a lot of discourse about the Grammy upset, where Macklemore swept up in the Rap categories in favor of Kendrick Lamar's heralded album. But what does this mean in the larger picture? Does it even matter or does it matter all too much? By hnhh February 04, 2014
Reviews Review: Drake's "Nothing Was The Same" After four years in the game, Drake sets out to prove that all of the predictions about him being the best are true. By Iva Anthony September 26, 2013
Original Content Lecrae Says He'd Love To See More Substance In Hip Hop And Responds To Critics Breaking new ground as a Hip Hop artist in the mainstream, HotNewHipHop chopped it up with Lecrae to find out just what makes him stand out in today's rap culture. In an era where records sales are hard to come by, Lecrae shares his thoughts on success, substance, his collaborations and his critics. By Jen DeLeon November 12, 2013
Original Content Top Tracks: Eminem's "Killshot" Unsurprisingly Debuts At #1 For the second consecutive week, a diss song related to the Eminem/MGK beef gets 10 times the views of the runner-up. By Patrick Lyons September 17, 2018
Original Content Takeover Vs. Ether: Revisiting The Jay-Z & Nas Beef Revisiting the most thrilling rap battle of all time. By Luke Hinz June 22, 2018
Original Content What A Year (So Far): Hip Hop Is Exciting In 2018 2018 is shaping up to be a truly monumental year. By Luke Hinz May 01, 2018
Original Content "Power" Season 5 Episode 4 Recap: Ghost & Angela Finally Reunite Things become more complicated for everyone. By Karlton Jahmal July 23, 2018