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Original Content Stop Saying "Conscious Rap" Why the term "conscious rap" should be eradicated from hip hop. By Patrick Lyons December 18, 2015
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: Sept 2-10 Staff picks for the week of Spetember 2nd to 8th. By Trevor Smith September 10, 2013
Original Content The Best Kanye West Beats From 2006-2010 (#TBT) Revisiting Kanye West's mid-career collaborations with Lupe Fiasco, Nas, Consequence, T.I., & others. By Danny Schwartz August 24, 2017
Original Content Crew Love: Dungeon Family Get familiar with the entire roster of the Dungeon Family. By Dharmic X May 12, 2014
Original Content KRS-One's "I Got Next" Turns 26 On the 26th anniversary of KRS-One's "I Got Next," we're looking back on its influence on New York's boom-bap scene. By Caleb Hardy May 24, 2023
Original Content How Hip-Hop Has Permeated Pop Culture From what was initially a neighbourhood-based cultural practice, Hip-Hop has permeated societal culture in an unprecedented way. Hip-Hop extended it's boundaries before breaking them down entirely to accept any and everyone; gender, economic class and race extinguished as the genre's influence washed over society and in a way, unified a diverse group of people. By Dhruva Balram deleted March 22, 2014
Original Content 25 Shopping References In Rap For Black Friday HNHH gathers 25 different references to shopping in rap, for today's annual day of shopping. By Rose Lilah November 29, 2013
Original Content Hip-Hop's Fashion Evolution Let's take a look back at the road to hip-hop's fashion evolution, from black leather and adidas to Tom Ford and Balmain Jeans. By Brian Josephs June 20, 2014
Original Content East Coast Vs. West Coast: Revisited Almost 20 years after the height of the East and West Coast rivalry, we take a look at where things stand now for the two pioneering sides of the culture. By hnhh August 27, 2014
Original Content Fabolous and Pusha-T "The Life Is So Exciting" Tour Ticket Giveaway We're giving away 2 tickets to one of the last shows of the tour! By Rose Lilah May 25, 2013
Original Content OVERDUE: Top 7 Artists Who Need to Drop A Project Certain artists like to take their time in between projects to make sure it comes out as the best possible product, but here are a list of artists that seem to be taking a little bit longer than expected. By Maurice Richardson December 20, 2012
Original Content Rappers' Wives That Have Been Arrested 12 rapper's wives who have had some trouble with the law. By William Cannon January 18, 2014