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Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: January 26 - February 3 A rundown of the week's top tracks By Alex Galbraith February 03, 2015
Original Content Let The Beat Drop: Hottest BET Hip-Hop Awards Cyphers With the BET Hip-Hop Awards airing tomorrow, we list the illest cyphers since the show's beginning. By Eboni M. October 13, 2014
Original Content High Off Hip-Hop: Rap's History Of Drug Use We take a look at how different drugs have had varying effects on hip-hop music throughout the years, whether on artists themselves or musical trends genre-wide. By hnhh September 15, 2014
Original Content 10 References To "The Wire" In Hip-Hop HNHH breaks down 10 of the best references to "The Wire" in hip-hop - not the "Top 10," necessarily - simply 10 of the best. By hnhh July 25, 2014
Original Content Pray For Atlanta Rest in peace to Takeoff, Trouble, Lil Keed, and Archie Eversole. By Joshua Robinson November 04, 2022
Reviews Westside Gunn "Ten" Album Review An invigorating capstone on what has been a star-making era for Westside Gunn, "Ten" is a project which reasserts the otherworldly artistic vision that Gunn possesses that made him into a phenomenon in the first place By Robert Blair November 03, 2022
Original Content Future's "I Never Liked You": Top 5 Beats We broke down five of the best beats on Future's latest project, "I NEVER LIKED YOU." By Aron A. April 29, 2022
Original Content Pusha T On Rap Album Of The Year: “I Want What’s Mine” As the Rap Album Of The Year campaign continues, Pusha T shares his thoughts on Kendrick Lamar's "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers," the Clipse reunion, and what classic album he'd compare "It's Almost Dry" to. By Aron A. June 23, 2022
Original Content Eminem, Split Three Ways: The Persona, The Performer, The Survivor Eminem built three distinct personas. Slim Shady, Eminem, and Marshall each reveal how identity, pain, & performance shaped his legacy. By Erika Marie July 04, 2025
Reviews "Spider-Man: Far From Home" Is Fun But Flawed A fun ride that sets up phase 4. By Karlton Jahmal July 03, 2019
Original Content Parental Advisory: A History Of Sexually Explicit Hip-Hop Once the subject of widespread controversy but now a staple on the Billboard charts, we look at the history of sexually explicit bars and imagery throughout hip-hop. By Robert Blair December 26, 2019
Original Content 10 Producer Remixes That Were Better Than The Original Just when you thought the song was perfect... By Chris Tart April 12, 2015