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Original Content Is Drake Losing His Clout? Drake's "Scorpion" is as successful as any album he's ever released, but is the Canadian megastar losing his grasp on the zeitgeist? By Patrick Lyons July 18, 2018
Original Content Kanye West's Changing Relationship With Art For the first time in over a decade, Kanye & I have don't have much to speak about. By Narsimha Chintaluri June 06, 2018
Original Content What Is Young Thug Up To? An Argument For "Hear No Evil" EP Series We have a hypothesis concerning Young Thug's surprise EP, "Hear No Evil." By Narsimha Chintaluri April 16, 2018
Reviews Review: The Weeknd's "Beauty Behind The Madness" The Weeknd balances his two selves, one aiming for pop stardom and one who is content in the shadows, on "Beauty Behind the Madness." By Scott Glaysher August 31, 2015
Original Content The Best Super Bowl Commercials Starring Rappers When rappers appear in Super Bowl ads... By Patrick Lyons February 06, 2016
Original Content #TBT: Chris Brown's Smash Singles Looking back at some of Chris Brown's biggest singles. By Chris Tart November 26, 2015
Original Content 12 Self-Produced Hip Hop Albums to Hear A look at the very best albums from rapper-producers. By Chris Tart October 24, 2015
Original Content The Internet Celebrates Drake's Dance Moves With #DrakeAlwaysOnBeat Drake's dance moves in "Hotline Bling" were... interesting. By Danny Schwartz October 20, 2015
Original Content Vote: Drake's "Summer Sixteen" Vs. Meek Mill's "War Pain" Drake & Meek Mill took shots at each other on new songs that dropped over the weekend. Which track were you feeling more? By Danny Schwartz February 01, 2016
Original Content The Rap Yearbook: 2015 In Instagram Photos A look back at the best that rap Instagram had to offer in 2015. By Danny Schwartz January 04, 2016
Original Content The Rick Ross Holiday Gift Guide A holiday gift guide, based on the wise raps of Rick Ross. By Chris Tart December 08, 2015
Original Content Top Tracks: July 13 - July 19 HNHH's top 10 tracks, according to our Top 100 chart. By Alex Galbraith July 20, 2015