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Original Content HNHH's Picks For The 2016 XXL Freshman List The 10 artists who should make this year's cover. By Danny Schwartz April 14, 2016
Original Content Lyrics Of The Week: September 13-19 HNHH's Lyrics of the Week breaks down the most noteworthy bars of the past seven days into 8-10 categories that will rotate according to the type of content that drops. By hnhh September 20, 2013
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: March 11-17 Staff picks for the week of March 11th-17th By Trevor Smith March 18, 2013
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: January 18 The Weeknd is stil on top. By Chris Tart January 18, 2017
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: October 12 Solange has topped the charts for the first time with "A Seat At The Table." By Chris Tart October 12, 2016
Original Content Dr. Dre's Beats Electronics Acquires MOG Music Stream Service Dr. Dre's Beats Electronics continues to grow and expand with it's latest acquisition being the music streaming service, MOG. By Rose Lilah July 03, 2012
Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (January 8) Find out the HNHH staff's favorite songs from the past week. By Rose Lilah January 08, 2016
Original Content Cities With Underrated Rap Scenes We know where Jay-Z is from. Same with Kanye and Snoop. But from Virginia to Texas, Maryland to Minnesota, cities around the country have been breeding hip-hop stars for years, but fail to get the recognition of the hip-hop meccas, leaving them in the category of underrated. By Ben Shatzman July 18, 2014
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: DaBaby, J. Cole, Polo G, & More Hit A Strike Ameer Vann, Young M.A, Tee Grizzley and others all make appearances. By Alex Zidel September 25, 2019
Original Content Offset, Method Man & Juice WRLD Conquer This Week's "FIRE EMOJI" Playlist Tune in to our weekly mix of the biggest rap and R&B tracks. By Devin Ch February 16, 2019
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: Post Malone & EarthGang Killed It This Week EarthGang rules this week's TIDAL Wave playlist. By Alex Zidel September 11, 2019
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip Hop Instagram Recap (Sep 5-11) Looking back at some of the best hip hop Instagram posts of the week. By Danny Schwartz September 12, 2015