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News Fredo Santana Reveals Tracklist And Cover Art For "Walking Legend" Fredo Santana shares the tracklist and artwork for his upcoming album "Walking Legend," which will feature Chief Keef, Lil Durk, Childish Gambino, Lil Reese, Tory Lanez and more. By Patrick Lyons July 09, 2014
News Busta Rhymes Thinks Modern Hip-Hop Lacks "Balance" In a new interview with XXL, Busta Rhymes says that he thinks modern hip-hop lacks "balance," stating his belief that "the past was a lot more forward-thinking." By Patrick Lyons July 09, 2014
Original Content Shit Rappers Say (Part 2) Rappers never stop talking shit, and so we bring you our second edition of Shit Rappers Say! By Nikita Rathod July 09, 2014
News Jay Z & The Roots To Perform At Global Citizen Festival Jay Z and The Roots are set to perform at the Global Citizen Festival in September. By Rose Lilah July 09, 2014
News Fashawn Signs With Nas' Mass Appeal, Announces "The Ecology" Release Date The ink is officially dry on the deal between Fashawn and Mass Appeal. By Rose Lilah July 09, 2014
News Jay Z, Roc-A-Fella Records Sued By Chauncey Mahan Again A former Roc-A-Fella Records sound engineer claims that he deserves co-ownership of some of the label's flagship records. By Lloyd Jaffe July 09, 2014
Mixtapes B.o.B. Announces "No Genre 2" Mixtape [Update: Artwork & Tracklist Revealed] B.o.B. announces the sequel to his 2010 mixtape "No Genre" is on the way. By Kevin Goddard July 09, 2014
News First Week Sales Projections For Trey Songz' "Trigga" & Robin Thicke's "Paula" [Update: Official Numbers Are In] Trey Songz' should land himself a #1 spot on Billboard, while Robin Thicke isn't having such a great week. By Kevin Goddard July 09, 2014
News Release Date Revealed For Jhene Aiko's Debut Album "Souled Out" Will Jhene Aiko's highly anticipated debut album be dropping next month? By Kevin Goddard July 08, 2014
News Jim Jones Talks G-Unit And A$AP Mob, Says Dipset Had The "Most Influential" Style In Hip-Hop Jim Jones sits down with XXL to talk about the G-Unit reunion, his thoughts on A$AP Mob's style, and Dipset's legacy. By Patrick Lyons July 08, 2014
News Da Mafia 6ix Announce "The Triple 6ix Massacre" Tour Dates Check out the new tour dates for Da Mafia 6ix. By Rose Lilah July 08, 2014
Original Content Keepin’ It Real: Rhyming Straight To The Mic 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. By Vanessa Oswald July 08, 2014