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Original Content Debate: Was Total Slaughter Bad For Battle Rap? Many fans seem to think so, but this isn’t the first time the mainstream and underground mixed, and it won’t be the last. By Perry Simpson July 29, 2014
Original Content Can Hip-Hop Stop The Violence In Chicago? Over Memorial Day weekend Chance The Rapper started the #SaveChicago campaign to curb violence in the "Windy City." With more meaningful new artists coming from that region than ever before, can there be a unified movement for peace in the streets of "Chiraq?" By Jake Rohn July 16, 2014
Original Content Underrated Audio: May 17- May 23 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah May 24, 2014
Original Content Blurred Lines: The Integration Of R&B In Hip-Hop As the evolution of Hip-Hop continues to ascend into higher heights in the music industry, it seems that R&B is slowly but surely losing its soulful edge and assimilating more into the Hip-Hop genre. These days the rappers are "singing", and the singers are trying to rap. The question is, what happened along the way? We do some digging to answer that question. By Audrey N. April 02, 2014
Original Content Hottest Albums Of 2013 HNHH counts down the hottest albums of 2013. By Trevor Smith December 31, 2013
Original Content Top 30 Mixtape Weezy Tracks A selection of Lil Wayne's best mixtape tracks By Trevor Smith September 17, 2013
Original Content Lyrics Of The Week: Mar. 29 - Apr. 4 HNHH's Lyrics of the Week breaks down the most noteworthy bars of the past seven days into ten categories that will rotate according to the type of content that drops. By hnhh April 05, 2013
Original Content Exclusive: Slug Of Atmosphere Gives Insight On Life's Lemons HNHH caught up with Slug, 1/2 of Atmosphere, to get his take on life's lemons and find out what he really wants for his birthday. By Rose Lilah September 24, 2012
Original Content Why Did Bobby Shmurda Opt Out Of "First Day Out" Freestyle Tradition? Although he's got the whole world waiting on his next move after seven years away, there's a case to be made for Bobby Shmurda to delay his return to the rap game. By Robert Blair March 05, 2021
Original Content HNHH Staff Picks Playlist: Lil Durk, BRS Kash, Brent Faiyaz, & More The latest update of our Staff Picks playlist features new music from Lil Durk, BRS Kash, Yella Beezy, Brent Faiyaz, Fredo, 2KBABY, and more. By Alex Zidel February 01, 2021
Original Content Hip-Hop's Best Verses: Lloyd Banks' "Victory Freestyle" Continuing our new Original Content series "Hip-Hop's Best Verses," Lloyd Banks' "Victory" has easily withstood the test of time as one of the greatest freestyles in hip-hop history. By Mitch Findlay February 04, 2021
Politics Ice Cube's CWBA (Contract With Black America): Everything To Know The legendary rapper is now at the center of semi-partisan frustration over how to address racial inequity. By Isaiah Cane October 25, 2020