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Original Content The Dissolution Of Jay-Z And Dame Dash: A Complete History Following a fresh round of disparaging remarks, we thoroughly reexamine when and why Jay-Z and Dame Dash's relationship imploded. By Robert Blair September 03, 2019
Original Content Eminem's Favorite Diss Tracks, Explained A brief history for each of Eminem's 12 disses from his "12 Days of Diss-Mas" Shade 45 episode. By Jibril Yassin December 27, 2018
Original Content Why Ice Cube Is One Of The Greatest Of All Time A case for Ice Cube as one of hip hop's GOATs. By Patrick Lyons October 14, 2017
Original Content 10 Times Labelmates Beefed With Each Other 10 examples of beef between artists signed to the same label. By Patrick Lyons October 22, 2015
Reviews Review: Sir Michael Rocks "BANCO" On BANCO, Sir Michael Rocks is still finding his way to separate himself, both from the Cool Kids' sound, and to some degree, former versions of himself. By Kahron Spearman August 02, 2014
Original Content Top 10: Pusha T Tracks For this week's Top 10, we take a look at Pusha T's best solo work. Yeuck. By hnhh November 10, 2014
Profiles Behind The Beat: Rising Producer Sango HNHH's new series "Behind The Beat" profiles unique producers that are looking to change the soundscape. By Angus Walker October 24, 2014
Reviews Review: Drake's "VIEWS" Though there are a few more cringeworthy lyrics and a bit less cohesion than usual for Drake, "VIEWS" is still an album that only he could make. By Patrick Lyons May 04, 2016
Reviews Review: Cozz's "Cozz & Effect" Cozz's debut album "Cozz & Effect" proves the sky is the limit for the young-LA artist. By Mike Philson October 10, 2014
Original Content Every Jay-Z Era Had A Purpose Every shift in Jay-Z’s sound marked a shift in the industry. This is how each era built the man and the myth. By Erika Marie November 05, 2025
Original Content Edgelord To Evolution? Tyler, The Creator & Shock-Rap Culture The backlash to Tyler, the Creator’s D’Angelo tribute has revived criticism of his edgelord era and the audience it created. By Erika Marie October 21, 2025
Original Content Drake's "Not Like Us" Lawsuit Was Doomed From The Start In our first HotNewHipHop Video Essay, we look at Drake's lawsuit against UMG, and why it was always doomed to fail. By Alexander Cole October 17, 2025