Industry
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Original Content The label that put New Orleans on the map. An empire, not always without dissent, that’s been releasing platinum records for 15 straight years.
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Industry "Endless" fulfilled Ocean's requirement with Def Jam. He is independent.
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Original Content Here are the Top 10 tracks in HNHH's Top 100 for the week of December 21 - 27.
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Original Content Cole is king.
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Pop Culture The Bronx native returned to New Jersey, where he was shot last year, for a recent performance.
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Original Content 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.
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Original Content <p>Ask most Hip-Hop fans who’s been running the rap game the past three years, and the answers would mostly be the same; Kendrick Lamar…Drake…maybe some J. Cole. Even with somewhat of an agreement, there’s no science to this. There’s no exact formula of determining who is on top. Is it record sales? Some would say that, and that would justify the belief that Kendrick, Drake, or Cole are on top of the game. Using that logic however would leave justification of our culture up to whoever is buying music…whoever.
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Pop Culture After sharing her thoughts, Leray took some time to debate with users who believe she benefitted from the very thing she's complaining about.
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Original Content Giving you the direct perspective from August Alsina and his producers Knucklehead and Carlos Cahee, "Track Breakdown" is an HNHH series that highlights a specific cut by speaking to both the artist and producer about the song's creation.
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Original Content Giving you the direct perspective from Nipsey Hussle and his producer 9th Wonder, "Track Breakdown" is an HNHH series that highlights a specific cut by speaking to both the artist and producer about the song's creation.
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Original Content HotNewHipHop delves into a common hip-hop debate: writing down lyrics versus not writing them down before hitting the booth to record. Some of the greatest MCs of our time, including Jay Z, Kanye West and the late Notorious B.I.G are advocates of the latter. While other greats, like Tech N9ne and Eminem, champion the former method.
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Pop Culture Dame's interview with "The CEO Show" is out now and full of gems, such as calling DJ Vlad a culture vulture.
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Hayley Hynes