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Original Content Should Today's Hip-Hop Artists Study The Past? In light of MC Ren's claims that rappers need to be aware of their past to qualify as "artists", we take a look at the validity of that statement and see if it holds weight in today's industry. By Robert Blair June 05, 2019
Original Content Here's The Best Weekend Playlist With Fire From Young Thug, Nicki Minaj & More The best, hottest, newest music in all things hip-hop and r'n'b is curated in our FIRE EMOJI playlist. By Rose Lilah April 13, 2018
Original Content 10 Essential Vince Staples Tracks Vince Staples' necessary cuts. By Chris Tart May 17, 2015
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: March 15 Khalid makes a top ten debut, Future holds down the #4 and #5 spots, and Kodak Black continues to climb the Hot 100. By Chris Tart March 15, 2017
Original Content #TBT: Organized Noize X Outkast Collabs BEHOLD. Organized Noize: the greatest Atlanta production crew ever. By Danny Schwartz May 18, 2017
Original Content Trophies: Counting Down Drake's Number One Hits Drake has the most number one songs on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, and we've decided to count them all done, starting from the classic "Best I Ever Had." By Mike De Leon February 04, 2014
Original Content Top Tracks: January 16 - January 22 J. Cole's new loosie beats out Drake for the #1 spot in this week's Top Tracks. By Patrick Lyons January 23, 2017
Sports Paul Pierce Talks Ime Udoka, NBA Title Picks, & Jayson Tatum's MVP Season Paul Pierce recently sat down with HNHH as part of our “12 Days of Christmas” interview series where he talked to us about his beloved Celtics, the difference between NBA eras, and the infamous Draymond Green-Jordan Poole incident. By Alexander Cole December 22, 2022
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: May 11 Drake dominates both the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 this week. By Chris Tart May 11, 2016
Original Content #TBT: Early Beyonce Singles Revisit Beyonce's best singles from "Dangerously in Love," "B'day," and her Destiny's Child days. By Danny Schwartz May 05, 2016
Original Content Happy Cinco De Mayo: A Playlist 4 Sippin' It's Cinco de Mayo!! By Danny Schwartz May 05, 2016
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: April 6 A weekly summary of hip-hop and r'n'b album sales. By Chris Tart April 06, 2016