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Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (September 2) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden September 02, 2016
Original Content The Top 6 Basketball Sneaker Releases Remaining In August 6 sneaker release dates you need to know about. By Kyle Rooney August 23, 2016
Original Content 5 Hip Hop Acts We Want To Perform At Next Year's Super Bowl Halftime Show Looking ahead to the Super Bowl LII halftime show. By Danny Schwartz February 06, 2017
Original Content The Best Hip Hop Songs Of June (On Spotify) June in hip-hop & r'n'b': 2 Chainz, 21 Savage, DJ Khaled, Vince Staples, Young Thug & more. By Rose Lilah July 07, 2017
Original Content VOTE: Which Upcoming Album Are You Most Excited To Hear? Looking ahead to the next crop of major album releases. By Danny Schwartz May 12, 2017
Original Content SoundCloud Staff Picks Playlist (March 31) HNHH's weekly round-up of our favorite SoundCloud tracks of the week. By Angus Walker March 31, 2017
Original Content Underrated Audio: October 23- 29 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah October 30, 2012
Original Content Underrated Audio: September 11- 17 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah September 19, 2012
Original Content Who Is Mike Dimes? Mike Dimes dropped off his debut album today, "IN DIMES WE TRUST," following a flurry of hard-hitting singles, including "MY STORY" and "NO TRENDS." Get familiar with the Texas-based rapper in our exclusive interview. By Rose Lilah March 08, 2022
Original Content Top 30 Hottest Hip-Hop Albums Of 2018 In a year with no shortage of excellence, here are the thirty best albums of 2018. By Mitch Findlay December 03, 2018
Original Content Drake, E-40 & Lil Nas X Dominate This Week's "FIRE EMOJI" Playlist Tune in to our weekly mix of the biggest rap and R&B tracks. By Devin Ch June 22, 2019
Original Content Kid Cudi Track Bracket Finals: "Day N Night" Vs. "Soundtrack 2 My Life" How do you even choose between these two?!? By Alex Zidel October 11, 2019