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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
Original Content Tyga Found His Perfect Hit-Making Formula Tyga remains hot through the start of 2019, proving he's one of the best in the game right now. By Matt F May 01, 2019
Original Content 50 Cent Vs Young Buck: Who Had The Better Verse? Before the Instagram mudslinging, 50 Cent and Young Bucked waged war over who could outdo the other on wax. With countless classics to pick from, it's time to determine which of the two G-Unit stalwarts came out on top with a brand new edition of "Who Had the Better Verse?" By Robert Blair May 23, 2019
Original Content 50 Cent Vs. Ja Rule Beef: How It Started One of hip-hop's most legendary wars began with chain-snatchings, thrown punches, diss tracks, and studio stabbings. By Mitch Findlay July 26, 2019
Reviews Joyner Lucas "ADHD" Review After a two-year-long rollout, Joyner Lucas has finally come through and delivered his ambitious and diverse "ADHD" album. By Mitch Findlay April 02, 2020
Original Content Kendrick Lamar Track Bracket: Round 2 Goes Live With Surprising Results 16 songs remain in the second round. By Alex Zidel December 03, 2019
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: Nov. 17-23 A selection of the biggest tracks from November 17th to 23rd. By Alex Galbraith November 25, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: October 5 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah October 05, 2014
Original Content 15 Unexpected Yet Dope Collaborations HotNewHipHop takes a look at the hip-hop collaborations you never expected, but actually turned out to be pretty dope. By Layne Weiss October 03, 2014
Original Content Debate: Was Total Slaughter Bad For Battle Rap? Many fans seem to think so, but this isn’t the first time the mainstream and underground mixed, and it won’t be the last. By Perry Simpson July 29, 2014
Original Content Shooting The Shit With Jarren Benton We speak to Funk Volume's Jarren Benton about his grandma, drugs, the XXL Freshmen list and other randomness. By Rose Lilah May 26, 2014
Original Content How Hip-Hop Has Permeated Pop Culture From what was initially a neighbourhood-based cultural practice, Hip-Hop has permeated societal culture in an unprecedented way. Hip-Hop extended it's boundaries before breaking them down entirely to accept any and everyone; gender, economic class and race extinguished as the genre's influence washed over society and in a way, unified a diverse group of people. By Dhruva Balram deleted March 22, 2014