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Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (November 6) Find out the HNHH staff's favorite songs from the past week. By Rose Lilah November 06, 2015
Original Content Rap Industry Recap: June 2015 Your monthly recap of what went down in the hip hop industry. By Chris Tart July 01, 2015
Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (April 24) Find out the HNHH staff's favorite songs from the past week. By Rose Lilah April 24, 2015
Original Content Hottest Instrumentals Of 2014 The time has come to honor producers that killed it this year, with the Hottest Instrumentals of 2014. There are those that simply make beats, and then there are the chosen few superproducers that craft masterpieces. HotNewHipHop honors the chosen superproducers and artists that have crafted the following tracks--only due to the uber-talented producers were we able to enjoy the following hit records. By Mike Philson December 16, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (November 13) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs November 14, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: October 26 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah October 26, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (September 12) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs September 12, 2014
Original Content Summer Jam 2014 Recap HNHH was on the scene at Hot 97's annual Summer Jam yesterday to see performances by Iggy Azalea, Chinx, Childish Gambino, Jhene Aiko, Troy Ave, Action Bronson, Wiz Khalifa, The Roots, Trey Songz, Nas, 50 Cent, Nicki Minaj and DJ Mustard, plus plenty of special guests. Now we've got photos and a recap of the event for you. By Patrick Lyons June 02, 2014
Original Content 20 Most Fashionable Rappers Through The Decades Fashion is one of the most important elements of hip-hop culture, because in addition to the music, it is another form of self-expression. We count down 20 fashionable MCs by decade. By Layne Weiss April 07, 2014
Original Content 10 Funny #SadKanye Memes The image of Kanye West looking salty while Kim Kardashian poses with a fan has now turned into a meme. It was only a matter of time. By Rose Lilah May 05, 2014
Original Content Underrated Audio: November 16- November 22 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah November 23, 2013
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: August 18 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah August 18, 2013