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Original Content 28 Grams: Hip Hop Instagram Recap (August 15-21) Looking back at some of the best hip hop Instagram posts of the week. By Danny Schwartz August 22, 2015
Viral Photos: Fabolous, ILoveMakonnen, A$AP Ferg, Post Malone & More At Fool's Gold Day Off NYC HNHH shares some photographs from Fool's Gold Day Off in NYC yesterday. By Rose Lilah September 08, 2015
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 5 Confrontations Involving Wale A brief survey of Wale's run-ins with fans, trolls, and ne'er-do-wells. By Danny Schwartz October 06, 2016
Reviews YG's "Red Friday" (Review) YG's "Red Friday" tape is nothing more than a collection of decent "Still Brazy" B-sides. By Patrick Lyons November 30, 2016
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: Dec 30- Jan. 5 A selection of the biggest tracks from December 30th to January 5th. By Trevor Smith January 08, 2014
Original Content Crew Love: TDE Get familiar with TDE's roster in this week's edition of Crew Love By Patrick Lyons March 17, 2014
Original Content Top 10: Sophomore Albums Of The 2000s Continuing our Top 10 series, this week we look at artists that avoided sophomore slumps and gave us classics during the 2000s. By hnhh July 21, 2014
Songs Talking To Phil Ade & Teddy Roxpin On "Disappointed" Giving you the direct perspective from Phil Ade and his producer Teddy Roxpin, "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 29, 2013
Original Content Top 5 Verses On 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne's "ColleGrove" 5 bursts of lyrical brilliance exhibited on "ColleGrove," the new joint album from 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne. By Angus Walker March 04, 2016
Original Content The Weeknd's "Starboy" By The Numbers We break down The Weeknd's new album, "Starboy," by the numbers. By Rose Lilah November 28, 2016
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: June 17-23 Staff picks for the week of June 17th-23rd. By Trevor Smith June 26, 2013