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Original Content Lil Wayne Quiz: How Well Do You Know Weezy? Find out how much you know about one of the greatest rappers of the 21st century. By Matt F November 16, 2017
Original Content 10 Most Influential Hip-Hop Movies Of All Time These movies influenced hip-hop culture, and the way America views it today. By Karlton Jahmal October 01, 2017
Original Content Happy Birthday, Nicki Minaj: 10 Crucial Mixtape Cuts A look at 2007's "Playtime is Over," 2008's "Sucka Free," and 2009's "Beam Me Up Scotty" in celebration of Nicki Minaj's birthday today. By Danny Schwartz December 08, 2017
Original Content Is Nicki Minaj Really The "Bad Guy"? Dissecting Her Two New Songs Nicki Minaj and Cardi B continue to remain uniquely linked, but are fans seeing smoke where there's no fire? By Mitch Findlay April 12, 2018
Original Content Top 5 Verses On Takeoff's Debut Album "The Last Rocket" We take a look at our five favorite verses from Takeoff's debut album, "The Last Rocket." By Narsimha Chintaluri November 05, 2018
Profiles Behind The Beat: Swiff D Interview: Swiff D shares insight into his production for Lil Wayne and Kevin Gates, and the incomparable genius of J Dilla. By Trevor Smith September 22, 2016
Reviews YG's "Red Friday" (Review) YG's "Red Friday" tape is nothing more than a collection of decent "Still Brazy" B-sides. By Patrick Lyons November 30, 2016
Original Content 10 Quotable Lyrics From Young Thug's "JEFFERY" Mixtape Young Thug's got some colorful bars on his new mixtape. By Trevor Smith August 30, 2016
TV Screen King Immortal: 10 Times 50 Cent Was Name-Dropped In Film & TV The "Empire" season 2 premiere isn't the only time 50 Cent's been name-dropped on TV. By Patrick Lyons September 25, 2015
Original Content Classic Rotation: Kanye West's "The College Dropout" 10 Years Later Our recently-launched "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release.Today we take a look at Kanye West's debut album, "College Dropout", which dropped ten years ago on February 10th, 2004. By TWL February 10, 2014
Original Content Trinidad James Asks People To Judge Him By His Music, Talks "10 Piece Mild" & Growing His Hair Trinidad James talks about his passion for the music, his goal for "10 Piece Mild," how he believes in his hair, starting trends, and more in an exclusive interview with HotNewHipHop. By Rose Lilah August 13, 2013
Original Content Slept-On Mixtapes Of 2014 A selection of slept-on projects from last year that are still worthy of a download. By Rose Lilah January 09, 2015