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Original Content Kanye West's "DONDA 2": Everything We Know As Kanye's self-imposed deadline for the project approaches, here's everything we know about the sequel to DONDA. By Robert Blair February 09, 2022
Original Content 5 New Artists You Should Hear HNHH highlights a few new faces in a round-up that includes both staff submissions as well as user submissions. By Rose Lilah September 25, 2021
Original Content New Music Friday: New Heat From Lil Wayne, Cordae, J.I.D., & More Listen to all of the hottest new hip-hop and R&B music that dropped this week, including Lil Wayne, Cordae, Earl Sweatshirt, J.I.D., and more. By Alex Zidel January 14, 2022
Reviews Meek Mill "Expensive Pain" Review A solid and often revelatory album, "Expensive Pain" certainly doesn't displace Meek Mill from his hard-earned position among hip-hop’s front-runners, but it seems unlikely that it’ll be the moment where all of his naysayers see the error of their ways, either. By Robert Blair October 07, 2021
Original Content Instagram Gallery: Lil Nax X's Most Troll-Worthy Moments The best of the best from pop-rap's master sh*tposter. By Nancy Jiang October 10, 2021
Original Content New Music Friday: Gucci Mane, NLE Choppa, & Doe Boy Close January On A High Note This week's new music releases include Gucci Mane, NLE Choppa, Benny the Butcher, Quavo, Rick Ross, Coi Leray, Ella Mai, Babyface Ray, Denzel Curry, Dro Kenji, and more. By Alex Zidel January 28, 2022
Original Content Nas' "Stillmatic" Deserves As Much Attention As Its Predecessor Eighteen years ago, Nas experienced his second childhood. By Mitch Findlay December 18, 2019
Reviews Roddy Ricch's "Please Excuse Me For Being Anti-Social" Is Regionally-Obscure Yet Wholly His Own Roddy Ricch ends an impressive year with an equally impressive debut album, filled with melodic flares and modern sensibilities. By Rose Lilah December 12, 2019
Original Content Hottest Songs Of 2014 HNHH selects our Hottest 50 songs of 2014. By Angus Walker December 22, 2014
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: November 9 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah November 09, 2014
Original Content On The Come Up: YS This week's On The Come Up features YS, a young and hungry emcee from Florida that puts music above all else, and is determined to be heard. By hnhh August 20, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: July 27 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah July 27, 2014