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Original Content Knockout: Hip Hop's Love of Boxing Whether referencing boxing in their lyrics, or literally contemplating stepping into the ring (50 Cent, Cassidy, Drake vs Chris Brown?), lyrical ferocity and physical ferocity seem to be highly compatible. Here's a look at over a dozen rap songs, highlighting Hip Hop's love of boxing. By Nairi November 15, 2012
Original Content Underrated Audio: September 18-24 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah September 25, 2012
Original Content 25 Hottest Singles Of The Summer HNHH features 25 of the hottest singles from this past summer, on its official last day. By Rose Lilah September 21, 2012
Original Content Underrated Audio: July 30- August 6 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah August 08, 2012
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: May 30 to June 5 Welcome to this week’s ‘140 Bars Or Less’ post where we look at the “best-in tweet” in the world of Hip Hop. This week Common gets his ‘hair did’, Slim Thug hooks up with ‘ratchets’, and Mac Miller puts the ‘ass’ in ‘first class’. By Rose Lilah June 09, 2012
Original Content HNHH Recap: Hot 97 Summer Jam 2012 HotNewHipHop got to attend the always eventful Hot 97 Summer Jam, and here we provide you with a review of everything that went down on the main stage as well as the pre-show, for those of you that couldn't make it. Video footage & photos to come! By Rose Lilah June 05, 2012
Original Content Underrated Audio: May 28-June 3 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah June 05, 2012
Original Content Mixtape Corner: Makonnen, Fetty Wap, Gunplay & Mozzy Collecting the mixtapes and albums you may have missed over the last two weeks. By Trevor Smith June 14, 2017
Original Content Rap Industry Recap: July 2015 Your monthly recap of what went down in the hip-hop industry. By Chris Tart August 02, 2015
Original Content Top Tracks: May 10 - May 17 A rundown of the week's top tracks. By Alex Galbraith May 18, 2015
Original Content Hump Day Playlist Get your hump day on with our playlist. By Rose Lilah May 06, 2015
Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (May 1) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden May 01, 2015