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Reviews Mac Miller's "Circles" Is A Fitting Farewell That Finds Solace In Sadness On "Circles," Mac Miller proves that liberation from the cycles of the past is possible. By Luke Hinz January 24, 2020
Original Content 5 Beats Lil Wayne Needs On "No Ceilings 2" Weezy needs to freestyle over these 5 beats on "No Ceilings 2." By Angus Walker November 02, 2015
Original Content Kanye West's Career By The Numbers It's Ye Day. By Rose Lilah June 08, 2016
Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (May 15) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden May 15, 2015
Original Content Hip-Hop Reacts To The Death Of Freddie Gray & Baltimore Riots Hip-hop reacts on social media to the death of Freddie Gray and the ensuing protests in Baltimore. By Angus Walker April 28, 2015
Original Content Top 15 Star Wars References In Hip-Hop The best bars from a galaxy far, far away. By Alex Galbraith January 21, 2015
Original Content Why Rap Songs Are Going #1 Again Rae Sremmurd and Migos got back-to-back #1s without making any pop concessions. Here's how they did it. By Patrick Lyons February 07, 2017
Reviews Summer Jam 2016 Recap Summer Jam 2016: a disappointment and a spectacle. By Danny Schwartz June 06, 2016
Original Content Introducing FIRE EMOJI: The Spotify Playlist Subscribe to HNHH's new Spotify playlist "FIRE EMOJI: The Hottest Hip Hop Songs Right Now." By Danny Schwartz June 03, 2016
Original Content Damn Son, Where'd You Find This: 10 Unexpected Samples In Hip-Hop Not all samples come from old funk and R&B records. Here are some peculiar sampling choices that have been made over the years. By Patrick Lyons March 26, 2014
Original Content The Next Generation Of R&B We highlight ten rising R&B artists who are pushing the genre forward. By Rose Lilah April 28, 2021
Original Content HNHH Teams Up With TIDAL For Exclusive Staff Picks Playlist: TIDAL WAVE We're launching a new playlist exclusively with TIDAL. By Rose Lilah January 14, 2019