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Original Content Quiz: How Well Did You Listen To Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp A Butterfly"? Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp A Butterfly" quiz: do you listen to music or do you just skim through it? By Mike De Leon March 16, 2015
Original Content Why Hip Hop Suddenly Loves Heavy Metal Metal culture is more visible in hip hop than it's ever been, even if nobody in hip hop's listening to it. Denzel Curry, Robb Banks, and metal illustrator Mark Riddick weigh in on this recent phenomenon. By Patrick Lyons October 07, 2016
Original Content Why Lloyd Banks Is One Of The Greatest Of All Time 50 may be the driver behind G-Unit, but Lloyd Banks is the engine. By Karlton Jahmal December 23, 2017
Original Content 10 Things You Need To Know About ILoveMakonnen We break down ten essential facts about OVO's newest addition, ILoveMakonnen. By Chris Tart September 30, 2014
Original Content Top U.K. Rappers In The Grime Game HotNewHipHop takes a look at some of the rappers doing it big for the U.K. grime scene. By Vanessa Oswald May 06, 2014
Reviews Review: Big Sean & Jhené Aiko's "TWENTY88" Big Sean and Jhené Aiko both underperform on "TWENTY88." By Patrick Lyons April 06, 2016
Original Content Hottest Mixtapes Of 2014 HotNewHipHop counts down the hottest 20 mixtapes of 2014. By Rose Lilah December 29, 2014
Original Content 10 Toronto Rappers To Watch A quick list of dope rappers to keep on your radar from Toronto. By Anders Marshall November 30, 2017
Original Content Top 10: A$AP Rocky Tracks With the bittersweet news yesterday that the A$AP Mob album would be scrapped and replaced with a new Rocky album, we decided to count down his Top 10 best tracks ever. By hnhh September 29, 2014
Original Content 10 Essential London On Da Track Productions An introduction to Atlanta producer London On Da Track. By Chris Tart November 22, 2015
Original Content 10 Songs You Didn't Know The-Dream Wrote Ten of the most unlikely places that The-Dream's writing credits have shown up. By Patrick Lyons April 13, 2015
Original Content Should Lil Wayne Retire After "Funeral?" Is now the optimum time for Lil Wayne to say goodbye? By Robert Blair January 14, 2020