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Original Content On The Come Up: Nikko Lafre Our latest edition of On The Come Up features Nikko Lafre, one of Minneapolis, Minnesota's most promising young voices. By hnhh September 10, 2014
Original Content Shooting The Shit With Sir Michael Rocks We talk with the Florida transplant by way of Chicago, Sir Michael Rocks, about his newest album "BANCO", animals, The Cool Kids, and experimenting with his sound, among other things. By Rose Lilah August 25, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: August 24 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah August 24, 2014
Original Content On The Come Up: QuESt In our 3rd installment of the recently resurrected On The Come Up series, we profile Visionary Music Group's own QuESt, straight out of Miami and about to drop the biggest project in his young career. By hnhh July 30, 2014
Original Content Top 10: Dual Threats We continue our Top 10 series by counting down the best beat-making rappers...or rapping beat makers. By hnhh July 14, 2014
Original Content Underrated Audio: May 31- June 6 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah June 07, 2014
Original Content A History Of Top Rap/Rock Collaborations The history of rap/hip-hop and rock collaborations goes way back to Run DMC's "Walk This Way" featuring Aerosmith released in 1986. Artists from these two music genres have come together over the years to create some pretty killer tracks. However, while some of these team efforts seemed like a good idea, not all of them produced stellar results. By Vanessa Oswald May 30, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: May 22 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons May 22, 2014
Original Content Underrated Audio: May 10- May 16 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah May 17, 2014
Original Content 25 Professional Wrestling References in Hip Hop HNHH gives you 25 mean professional wrestling references in hip hop! By Nikita Rathod March 30, 2014
Original Content Yes Yes: Slum Village Talks New Music, Doughnuts & J. Dilla T3 and Young RJ of Slum Village discuss their upcoming album, food, wrestling, J. Dilla, and more exclusively with HotNewHipHop. By Layne Weiss March 14, 2014
Original Content What's Beef: 10 Rappers Who Fired Shots At Their Record Label HNHH highlights 10 rappers who've had beef with record labels. By Glennisha Morgan March 05, 2014