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Original Content Five Things We Want From Jay Rock's "90059" We eagerly await Jay Rock's sophomore album "90059." By Danny Schwartz August 10, 2015
Reviews Review: Young Thug's "Barter 6" Will Thugger's new mixtape-album tip the scales in his favor, finally? Probably not. By Nicholas DG April 22, 2015
Original Content A History Of Jewelry In Hip-Hop A look at the origin of jewelry in hip hop. By Brian Roberts October 04, 2015
Original Content 10 Essential Earl Sweatshirt Tracks An introduction to Earl Sweatshirt. By Chris Tart February 14, 2016
Original Content All Too Human: The Perfect Imperfection Of Kevin Gates Kevin Gates continues to put it all on Front Street with his upcoming debut album, "Islah." By Angus Walker October 22, 2015
Original Content Is This The Death Of SoundCloud Rap? Uncertainty abounds for the platform's progeny. By Luke Hinz November 30, 2018
Reviews Chief Keef "Dedication" Review Chief Keef returns to close the year out with Lil Wayne inspired, "Dedication." By Richard Bryan December 08, 2017
Original Content 10 Anti-Authority Rap Songs For Inauguration Day We dig back into 25+ years of political hip hop to bring you ten tracks that question America's authority on the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration. By Patrick Lyons January 19, 2017
Original Content Hottest Hip-Hop & R&B Albums Of 2017 Counting down our Hottest 30 Albums/Mixtapes/Projects of 2017. By HNHH Staff December 04, 2017
Original Content Regional Rankings 2017: Best Cities & Regions In Hip Hop This Year Which regions of the country had the hottest scenes this year? By Patrick Lyons November 28, 2017
Original Content The Notorious B.I.G's "Ready To Die": A Raw & Captivating Reality From Lil Wayne’s "Tha Carter III" cover to Travis Scott's “SICKO MODE,” "Ready To Die" followed hip-hop on its journey to becoming a global phenomenon. By Aron A. September 13, 2019
Original Content Bryson Tiller's "Anniversary" Album: 5 Things We Want Bryson Tiller's new album arrives on Friday, celebrating the five-year anniversary since the release of "TRAPSOUL." By Noor Lobad September 29, 2020