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Original Content 10 Frequently Sampled Records In Hip-Hop A break down of records that have been sampled quite often through out hip-hop. By Shirley Ju November 25, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: October 26 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah October 26, 2014
Original Content 7 Female Rappers From Detroit HNHH takes a look at the Motor City's women in hip hop. By Glennisha Morgan November 24, 2014
Original Content 8 Hilariously Awful Rap Battles For every "8 Mile" moment, there's about 239 God-awful YouTube battle rap videos that we love to crack up while watching. By Chris Tart October 17, 2014
Original Content Underrated Audio: September 27- October 3 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah October 04, 2014
Original Content Ten Rappers Reimagined as Superheroes We imagine what superpowers Nicki Minaj, 50 Cent, Master P, Jay Z and more rappers would have. By Jake Rohn September 23, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (September 12) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs September 12, 2014
Original Content On The Come Up: YS This week's On The Come Up features YS, a young and hungry emcee from Florida that puts music above all else, and is determined to be heard. By hnhh August 20, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: August 14 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons August 14, 2014
Original Content Track Breakdown: Talking To QuESt & 6ix On "Lost Niggas" Giving you the direct perspective from QuESt and his producer 6ix, "Track Breakdown" is an HNHH series that highlights a specific cut by speaking to both the artist and producer about the song's creation. By Rose Lilah August 13, 2014
Society Because The Internet: How The Consumption Of Hip-Hop Has Changed We use the internet all day every day, but how has our need for instant and constant media consumption affected the music industry, and hip hop in particular? By hnhh August 12, 2014
Original Content The "Hot Nigga" Freestyles: Vote For Your Favorite Bobby Shmurda's breakout hit, "Hot Nigga," now has attracted freestyles from a number of high-profile artists, making it time to choose your favorite. By Patrick Lyons August 07, 2014