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Profiles Behind The Beat: Sonny Digital Sonny Digital is trying to escape the Matrix. By hnhh June 15, 2016
Reviews Ty Dolla $ign's "Campaign" (Review) Ty Dolla $ign's "Campaign" has some jams, but not much in the way of originality or politics. By Patrick Lyons September 28, 2016
Original Content Lyrics Of The Week: April 12-18 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 19, 2013
Original Content Ranking Nas' 12 Albums From Worst To Best Following the anniversary of Nas' seminal "Illmatic", we decide to take a look at how all his other albums stack up against it. You can probably guess what makes No. 1, but where do some of his other efforts place? By Brian Josephs April 22, 2014
Original Content We Never Gonna Die: Kanye West & The Celebrities Of The "Famous" Video How did Kanye West pick the celebrities included in his controversial "Famous" video? By Danny Schwartz June 27, 2016
Original Content Sign Language: 5 Songs You Didn't Know Ty Dolla $ign Wrote Five artists who let Ty put the Dolla $ign in it. By Trevor Smith March 24, 2015
Reviews Review: D'Angelo's "Black Messiah" Albums this anticipated aren’t supposed to be this good. By Alex Galbraith December 20, 2014
Original Content 10 Essential Flume Tracks One of the most exciting and unlikely successes of the recent dance music boom is Flume, a 23 year old Australian producer. With an arsenal of boom-bap beats and mindful remixes, he is poised to take over in 2015. By Chris Tart November 21, 2014
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 Shooting The Shit With JMSN We spoke to JMSN about his past in the industry, collaborating with other artists and more. By Rose Lilah March 11, 2015
Original Content 10 Essential OG Maco Tracks Let's get acquainted with the rapper responsible for "U Guessed It," and explore some unlikely styles he's messed with. By Chris Tart January 29, 2015
Original Content Notorious B.I.G.: Master Storyteller On the 18th anniversary of The Notorious B.I.G.'s tragic death, we revisit his most riveting stories. By Angus Walker March 09, 2015