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Original Content 5 Reasons You Should Be Listening To Kehlani Kehlani's poised to be the next big thing in R&B. By Patrick Lyons April 14, 2015
Original Content Quiz: How Well Did You Listen To Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp A Butterfly"? Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp A Butterfly" quiz: do you listen to music or do you just skim through it? By Mike De Leon March 16, 2015
Original Content Who Had The Better Verse: Wale Vs. Meek Mill For this week's Who Had The Better Verse series, we pit MMG's Wale and Meek one-on-one to see who outperformed the other. By Carl Lamarre June 01, 2015
Original Content Tech N9ne Says He Wants To Work With Eminem & Get Beats From Kanye West Tech N9ne talks to HotNewHipHop about wanting to work with Eminem & Kanye West. By Rose Lilah November 14, 2013
Original Content Lecrae Says He'd Love To See More Substance In Hip Hop And Responds To Critics Breaking new ground as a Hip Hop artist in the mainstream, HotNewHipHop chopped it up with Lecrae to find out just what makes him stand out in today's rap culture. In an era where records sales are hard to come by, Lecrae shares his thoughts on success, substance, his collaborations and his critics. By Jen DeLeon November 12, 2013
Original Content Catching Cases: Rappers Locked Up Too Early In Their Career When rap careers get derailed by jail time. By Alex Galbraith December 21, 2014
Original Content Vinylz Talks About Creation Of J. Cole's "Tale Of 2 Citiez" & Big Sean's "Blessings" We hit the buzzing producer Vinylz to get the low-down on "Blessings" and what else he's cooked up lately. By Rose Lilah February 05, 2015
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: January 5-13 A summary of the top tracks from January 5 to January 13. By Alex Galbraith January 13, 2015
Original Content 8 Female Artists Rappers Love We take a look at a few of the female artists outside of hip-hop that rappers love to sample, remix and generally work with. By Nick Sella October 06, 2014
Reviews Review: Ab-Soul's "These Days..." The Black Lip Pastor delivers another sermon of lyrical excellence. By Ben Shatzman June 27, 2014
Original Content 6 "90059" Producers To Know Jay Rock gives some youngbloods a chance to shine. By Nicholas DG September 14, 2015
Original Content 10 Collaborations We Need We take it upon ourselves to pair artists together, with the hope that these pairings turn into reality. By Alex Uplinger June 19, 2015