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Original Content Classic Rotation: Beastie Boys' "Licensed to Ill" Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. Today we take a look at the Beastie Boys’ classic album, "Licensed to Ill", which dropped twenty-eight years ago on November 15, 1986. By Kahron Spearman November 15, 2014
Original Content Underrated Audio: November 8 – November 14 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah November 15, 2014
Original Content Heat In These Streets: Atlanta's New School Atlanta has long been home to some of the game's most talented acts. Nowadays, Rae Sremmurd, Migos, and Rich Gang's Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan are representing their city on a major scale as the leaders of ATL's new school. By Mike Philson November 17, 2014
Original Content Top 10: Fall Mixtapes We count down the best mixtapes of the Fall so far for today's Top 10. By hnhh November 03, 2014
Original Content Classic Rotation: Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the day of their release. Today we take a look at The Pharcyde's debut album, "Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde," which dropped exactly 22 years ago today. By Layne Weiss November 24, 2014
Original Content Subliminal Warfare: A History Of The Hidden Diss With Drake throwing subliminal disses as much as other rappers take obvious shots, how far back do hidden disses go, and who joins Drizzy in the art of fighting without directly dropping any names? By Chris Richburg October 29, 2014
Original Content Top 10: Hottest Young Producers In The Game Today's Top 10 is all about the young producers making a name for themselves with their beat-making skills. By hnhh September 22, 2014
Original Content Top 10: Crispy New Collabs For this week's Top 10, we're counting down the hottest new collabos because teamwork makes the dream work. By hnhh September 16, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (August 29) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs August 29, 2014
Original Content On The Come Up: Lucki Eck$ On The Come Up gives you a look at a rising rapper in the game, this week we peep Chicago's own Lucki Eck$. By hnhh August 13, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (Aug. 8) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs August 08, 2014
Original Content Can Hip-Hop Stop The Violence In Chicago? Over Memorial Day weekend Chance The Rapper started the #SaveChicago campaign to curb violence in the "Windy City." With more meaningful new artists coming from that region than ever before, can there be a unified movement for peace in the streets of "Chiraq?" By Jake Rohn July 16, 2014