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Original Content Hip-Hop's Best Verses: Ghostface Killah's "Shakey Dog" Kicking off our new Original Content series "Hip-Hop's Best Verses," revisit one of rap's most explosive and detailed crime sagas, Ghostface Killah's masterful "Shakey Dog." By Mitch Findlay January 19, 2021
Original Content Classic Rotation: Snoop Dogg's "Doggystyle" 20 Years Later HNHH re-visits and reminisces about classic albums upon the anniversary of their release with the new series "Classic Rotation." To kick things off, we take a look at Snoop Doggy Dogg's "Doggystyle" which dropped on this day in 1993. By TWL November 23, 2013
TV "Power" Recap: "Still Dre" Eliminates Two Suspects In Brutal Mid-Season Premiere The death toll rises. By Karlton Jahmal January 06, 2020
Sneakers Quiz: How Well Do You Know Metro Boomin? How much do you know about hip-hop's super producer? By Mike De Leon September 29, 2015
Profiles Behind The Beat: Focus... Meet Focus..., in-house producer at Aftermath and integral member of the team that made Dr. Dre's "Compton." By Danny Schwartz October 14, 2015
Original Content Top Tracks: March 13 - March 19 Everything's coming up Rozay on this edition of Top Tracks. By Patrick Lyons March 21, 2017
Original Content Top Tracks: DJ Mustard & Migos' "Pure Water" Climbs To #1 DJ Mustard's new single "Pure Water," which features Migos, debuts at #1 on our chart this week. By Patrick Lyons January 21, 2019
Original Content Top Tracks: New XXXTentacion Sure Bet For #1 XXXTentacion's "Bad!" becomes his third posthumous single to debut at #1 on our chart. By Patrick Lyons November 12, 2018
Original Content Quiz: How Well Do You Know DJ Khaled? Test your DJ Khaled knowledge with our quiz. By Mike De Leon October 27, 2015
Original Content 21 Savage's "A Lot" With J. Cole Proved Naysayers Wrong 21 Savage and J. Cole's "A Lot" introduced a compelling creative partnership that thrived in spite of vast stylistic differences. By Mitch Findlay March 31, 2020
Sneakers Reebok VP Says Future Will Have His Own Signature Shoe Next Year Q+A with Reebok's VP Todd Krinsky. By Kyle Rooney October 14, 2016
Society 9 Ways Hip Hop Artists Have Reacted To Recent Violence Here are a few different ways hip hop has reacted to the shocking wave of racially driven killings in the past two weeks. By Danny Schwartz July 18, 2016