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Original Content #TBT: The Neptunes Celebrating The Neptunes, the greatest production duo in hip hop history. By Danny Schwartz April 20, 2017
Original Content 10 Essential Alchemist Productions Celebrating the genius of Alan the Chemist. By Danny Schwartz February 26, 2017
Original Content #TBT: Ja Rule Revisiting Ja Rule 2000-2004. By Danny Schwartz January 26, 2017
Reviews Mac Miller's 3 New Songs Make Us Even More Curious About What He'll Do Next “Programs,” “Small Worlds,” and “Buttons” are a series of calculated vignettes from an artist in turmoil. By Narsimha Chintaluri May 31, 2018
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip Hop Instagram Recap (Nov 28-Dec 4) Looking back at some of the best hip hop Instagram posts of the week By Danny Schwartz December 05, 2015
Original Content Q&A With A$AP Rocky's "A.L.L.A." Co-Executive Producer Hector Delgado One of the key figures in the creation of A$AP Rocky's new album "At.Long.Last.A$AP" has a quick Q&A with HotNewHipHop. By Rose Lilah May 29, 2015
Original Content Best Freestyles Of 2015 (So Far) We look back at the illest improvised verses of the year so far. By Nicholas DG July 16, 2015
Original Content Samples Of The Week: A$AP Rocky Edition Breaking down each and every sample on A$AP Rocky's "A.L.L.A." By Patrick Lyons May 29, 2015
Original Content 5 Beats Lil Wayne Needs On "No Ceilings 2" Weezy needs to freestyle over these 5 beats on "No Ceilings 2." By Angus Walker November 02, 2015
Original Content Action Bronson Is Mr. Wonderful Queens' wildest MC finally makes a project that matches his larger-than-life personality. Ignoring conventions and common decency, Bronsolino walks us through the making of his major label debut. By Patrick Lyons March 25, 2015
Original Content Track Breakdown: Talking To Skeme & Boi-1da On "Bullets" Giving you the direct perspective from Skeme and his producer Boi-1da, "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 December 26, 2013
Original Content Classic Rotation: Kanye West's "The College Dropout" 10 Years Later Our recently-launched "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release.Today we take a look at Kanye West's debut album, "College Dropout", which dropped ten years ago on February 10th, 2004. By TWL February 10, 2014