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Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: October 19 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah October 19, 2014
Original Content Keepin’ It Real: Rhyming Straight To The Mic HotNewHipHop delves into a common hip-hop debate: writing down lyrics versus not writing them down before hitting the booth to record. Some of the greatest MCs of our time, including Jay Z, Kanye West and the late Notorious B.I.G are advocates of the latter. While other greats, like Tech N9ne and Eminem, champion the former method. By Vanessa Oswald July 08, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: November 24 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah November 24, 2013
Sneakers 6 Eco-Friendly Sneakers for Green Sneakerheads Wear your shoes and help the world. By Ben Atkinson November 09, 2023
Original Content Classic Rotation: Outkast's "ATLiens" We take a look back at OutKast's "ATLiens" on the day of its release, 19 years ago. By Chris Tart August 27, 2015
Original Content Bernie Sanders' Most Hip-Hop Moments A look at Bernie's hip-hop cred. By Chris Tart March 06, 2016
Sports Lonzo Ball's Top 5 Hip-Hop Moments Is Lonzo Ball destined for a future in hip-hop? By Mitch Findlay September 01, 2017
Original Content 6 New Artists You Should Hear Following all the submissions we received this past week, we're highlighting a few new music discoveries on the site today. By Rose Lilah April 23, 2021
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: Nov. 18-24 Staff picks for the week of November 18th to 24th. By Trevor Smith November 26, 2013
Original Content 5 Things We Want From Tory Lanez's "Memories Don't Die" Here are some things on our wishlist for Tory Lanez's upcoming LP. By Matt F October 05, 2017
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: December 22 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah December 22, 2013
Original Content Top Tracks: ScHoolboy Q's "CrasH Talk" Snatches Two Top Spots This Week Two of our three most-viewed tracks of the week are from Schoolboy Q's just-released "Crash Talk." By Patrick Lyons April 29, 2019