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Original Content Rolling Loud LA 2019 Photos: DaBaby, A$AP Rocky, Blueface & More It was a weekend to remember. By Alex Zidel December 16, 2019
Original Content How To Be A Music Industry Executive: A3C Tips Do you really wanna be in the business? By Milca P. October 10, 2018
Original Content 5 Things We Want From 2 Chainz's "Pretty Girls Like Trap Music" What we're looking for from 2 Chainz's upcoming album, "Pretty Girls Like Trap Music." By Danny Schwartz May 30, 2017
Original Content Marty McFly Mode: 5 Ways "Back To The Future 2" Predicted Hip Hop Today Happy #BackToTheFutureDay y'all. By Danny Schwartz October 21, 2015
Original Content Jay 305 Speaks On "Taking All Bets," Unreleased Collaboration With Future Jay 305, the latest subject of our On The Come Up video series, speaks on unreleased work with Future and a would-be appearance on Kendrick Lamar's album. By Rose Lilah April 15, 2015
Original Content Samples Of The Week: February 26 (Big Sean Edition) Breaking down and identifying the samples within Big Sean's "Dark Sky Paradise." By Patrick Lyons February 26, 2015
Original Content Underrated Audio: May 21- May 27 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah May 28, 2012
Original Content Word Up: Joint Projects In Hip-Hop Becoming A Trend <p>A recent trend that has surfaced in hip-hop is to do collaborative projects with another artist. I'm not saying that artists haven't done this before, I'm saying that it's become a trend. Arguably two of the greatest, Kanye West & Jay-Z, may have gotten this trend going when they dropped <strong>Watch The Throne</strong>. That was definitely a successful collab that everyone was (and still is, it seems) pumped about. And now there have been rumours of a lot of other joint efforts coming up (and some have already dropped). By Rose Lilah February 23, 2012
Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (April 17) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden April 17, 2015
Original Content Rap Industry Recap: February Your monthly recap of what went down in the hip-hop industry. By Chris Tart March 02, 2015
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: Ty Dolla $ign Takes Over The Week This week's TIDAL Wave playlist update includes new music from Ty Dolla $ign, Jack Harlow, Joyner Lucas, T.I., DeJ Loaf, Future, and more. By Alex Zidel October 28, 2020
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: Dreamville, Jaden & Post Malone Drop Solid Efforts A new edition of the staff-curated TIDAL Wave playlist. By Alex Zidel July 10, 2019