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HHS 2010 Year In Review: The 10 Hottest Club Bangers

DJ Pizzo is the music director for XS and Tryst Las Vegas. Along with HHS co-founder, Warren Peace, we rock the crowd every weekend. Here’s what our go to tracks were in 2010. This doesn’t include the house bangers (well, maybe one or two)…..

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HHS 2010 Year In Review: The 10 Worst Songs Of The Year

2010 is just about over. Let’s leave these songs behind. [cont.]

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HHS 2010 Year In Review: The 25 Must Have Mixtapes

With so many artists bypassing the traditional major label system this year, we pick our favorite and most influential mixtapes of the 2010. Many great tapes hit this year, so it was hard to narrow it down to just 25, but here’s the cream of the crop. [cont.]

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HHS 2010 Year In Review: Best & Worst Cover Art

We pick our favorite (and least favorite) album covers of the year. The HHS 2010 Year In Review begins here…. [cont.]

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The 50 Greatest 12″ Singles Of The Indie Hip-Hop Movement

After being fed up with the way major labels did business, the indie hip-hop movement began around 1995, kicked into high gear in 1997, and still lives on today, though numerous labels and artists. It did begin to wane after several years, capping off around 2007, and with numerous labels folding and / or disappearing completely. This movement was driven by the sale of the 12″ single, with many unsigned artists making a name for themselves via this method, with labels like Stones Throw, Def Jux, Rawkus, Fat Beats, ABB, and others pioneering this new era of hip-hop music. Artists that came out of this scene are legion, including Eminem, Mos Def, Royce Da 5’9, Little Brother, RJD2, Madlib, Kardinal Offishal, LMFAO, and many more.

This list represents the best 12″ singles to come out of this era – records that helped change the face of hip-hop music by defying the major label system (and ironically, in some cases, eventually becoming a part of it). Here are our picks for the top 50 12″ singles of the indie hip-hop movement. Best Indie EP’s and albums lists are coming later. [cont.]

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The Blueprint Too: 20 Bitten Rap Album Titles.

We guess if you title your album Tashaan Dorsett, you really don’t run the risk of having another rapper copy your album title. But asking artists to be original in hip-hop these days seems like a lot, especially when today’s generation is quick to borrow album titles as if their forefathers never existed. We take a look at some of these moments over the years and decide whether they were homages, copies, or coincidences. Listed in no particular order. [cont.]

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Murdered-You-On-Your-Own-Shit Awards: The 20 Best Show-Stealing Verses (*sticky*)

On “Ether”, one of Nas’ most ruthless lines aimed at Jay-Z was “Eminem murdered you on your own shit”. Although that was not the first or last time a rapper invited someone to appear on their track, only to be accidentally bodied by his guest artist. We take a look at the 20 best examples of guest artists outshining their hosts. Rules: 1. Guest artist must outshine song’s host. 2. One song per artist on the list. 3. No bootlegs or freestyles. List starts after the drop….. [cont.]

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It’s Mostly The Voice: The 25 Greatest Voices In Hip-Hop (*sticky*)

With the passing of Guru, we’ve decided to take a look at some of the most distinct, original, outstanding, and classic voices in hip-hop. This isn’t about skills, how many hits you had, your influence on the game, this is about genetics. Sorry new rappers, you’re all a little too green to make the list quite yet….

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REPOST: The (Four) 20 Best Hip-Hop Songs About Getting High.

It’s 4/20. While the innanet will probably ablaze with stories about weed, interviews with stoners, and free downloadable albums (see today’s other sticky posts, as new shit has come to light), we present to you, the 20 best hip-hop songs about getting high. With such a wide topic, it was hard to narrow it down to just 20 tracks, so we took some liberties and selected only one song per artist – which automatically disqualifies Cypress Hill’s entire first album. Now put that in your pipe and smoke it….. [cont.]

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The 10 Worst Rap Tattoos Ever. (*sticky*)

We take a look at the worst, most offensive, uneasy-on-the-eye tattoos in hip-hop. Please remember that before proceeding, you cannot unsee this.

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20 Best Rap Commercials Of All Time.

Last week we showed you The 20 Most Embarrassing Sellout Moments In Hip-Hop History. On the flipside of that coin, there have been some dope moments when rappers starred in commercials for products, many times the commercials themselves more memorable than the items they were pushing. Let’s take a look…..

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The 20 Most Embarrassing Sellout Moments In Hip-Hop History

Get used to it kids. With music sales in a slump, it’s only a matter of time before your favorite rapper turns into a spokesperson for some corporate entity, or the star of some horrible direct-to-video horror film. We present to you, the most embarrassing sellout moments in hip-hop history.

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The 50 Best Rap Album TITLES Of All Time.

Seems that today’s rap album titles have lost their creativity, broken down to generic, simple one word titles that fail to stir up any interest. However there have been many great titles over the years – here are our picks for the 50 best.

50. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – “He’s The DJ, I’m The Rapper” (Jive, 1988)

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The 25 Worst Rap Album Titles Ever.

In an age where the good rap/hip-hop album is a rare breed, albums with terrible titles add insult to injury. Here are our picks for the 25 most poorly titled albums of the genre. We’re sure there are plenty more than just this. Be sure to add your *least* favorite album titles in the comments section below and also cast your votes for the forthcoming “25 Best Rap Album Titles Ever”. [Cont.]