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Original Content Lyrics Of The Week: November 22-28 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 material that drops. By hnhh November 29, 2013
Original Content Top 10 Nicki Minaj Guest Verses A look back at some of Nicki Minaj's best features. By Trevor Smith June 02, 2014
Original Content 15 Rappers Who Did Jail Time HotNewHipHop lists 15 rappers who did a bid, from Lil Kim to Gucci Mane. By Audrey N. March 10, 2014
Original Content Waka Flocka Reveals Rap EDM Album "Flockaveli Psychotics" To Drop Next Year Waka Flocka reveals the title for his upcoming rap hybrid album, and speaks briefly on "Flockaveli 2" in a HotNewHipHop exclusive interview. By Rose Lilah November 21, 2013
Original Content AARP: Best Rappers Over 40 Looking at the best 'old ass rappers' in the game. By Chris Tart March 21, 2015
Original Content Top 10: A$AP Rocky Tracks With the bittersweet news yesterday that the A$AP Mob album would be scrapped and replaced with a new Rocky album, we decided to count down his Top 10 best tracks ever. By hnhh September 29, 2014
Original Content Underrated Audio: January 31- February 6 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah February 07, 2015
Original Content #TBT: Eminem's Early Deep Cuts We take a look at Slim Shady's early tunes that you may or may not know, depending on how big of a Stan you are. By Chris Tart December 18, 2014
Original Content Hands Up: Street Anthems 4 Justice In the wake of the Mike Brown tragedy and so many other instances of police brutality, the hip-hop community has been rallying together to make uplifting street anthems and movements. By Mike Philson October 01, 2014
Original Content A Guide to Atlanta Producers We give you a run-down of all the Atlanta producers you should know about, as well as their most noteworthy record. By Dharmic X September 28, 2014
Original Content Classic Rotation: Dr. Dre's "2001" Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. Today we take a look at Dr. Dre's classic album, "2001", which dropped fifteen years ago on November 16, 1999. By Chris Tart November 16, 2014
Reviews Review: Joell Ortiz's House Slippers The latest Joell Ortiz album doesn't disappoint. He still presents us with the lyricism and transparency we've come to expect from him. By Dallas Darden September 21, 2014