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Black Thought Blends Hip-Hop With Afrobeat On A New EP

Black Thought Blends Hip-Hop With Afrobeat On A New EP

Black Thought has had a strong showing this 2022. In the summer, The Roots MC partnered with fellow Grammy Award-winner Danger Mouse for Cheat Codes. The album involved Raekon, Joey Bada$$, Run The Jewels, as well as a verse from the late MF DOOM. Ambrosia For Heads recently pointed out... Read more
December 15, 2022 Audio
Ab-Soul Freestyles Over Tupac & Biggie Disses With Love For Both

Ab-Soul Freestyles Over Tupac & Biggie Disses With Love For Both

Just days before releasing his first album in six years, Ab-Soul makes his first freestyle appearance on the LA Leakers. The TDE mainstay begins as Justin Incredible and DJ Sour Milk drop the beat to Tupac Shakur and Tha Outlawz' "Hit 'Em Up" (as produced by the late Johnny J).... Read more
December 14, 2022 Video
Ab-Soul Confirms Trying To Take His Life

Ab-Soul Confirms Trying To Take His Life

One of 2022's most impressive songs is Ab-Soul's "Do Better," featuring Zacari. Six years removed from his last album, the Top Dawg Entertainment mainstay made an inspirational video single that leads fans to his fifth LP, HERBERT, which arrives this Friday (December 16). In the song, Soulo admits to battling... Read more
December 13, 2022 Fresh, Lifestyle
Prince Paul Confirms He Has Finished His De La Soul Project

Prince Paul Confirms He Has Finished His De La Soul Project

In August of 2022, Prince Paul posted an Instagram photo with De La Soul's Posdnuos and Maseo, as well as Dres of Black Sheep, and music engineer Scotty Hard. The Grammy Award-winning producer and DJ wrote, "And then this happened..." prompting speculation that he had reunited with De La Soul.... Read more
December 10, 2022 Fresh, News
SZA Raps Harder Than A Lot Of These Sucker MCs

SZA Raps Harder Than A Lot Of These Sucker MCs

Life is too short to listen to bad music. So…let Ambrosia For Heads sift through it for you and only supply you with that great stuff. Despite the reports, Hip-Hop is alive and well and, in many ways, it’s better than it’s ever been. Not only can we go back... Read more
December 9, 2022 Audio
Bill Bellamy Gives New Details About The Fight Between LL Cool & Jamie Foxx

Bill Bellamy Gives New Details About The Fight Between LL Cool & Jamie Foxx

On December 22, 1999, Oliver Stone released Any Given Sunday, a film which took a hard-hitting look into the world of professional football. The project featured a who's who cast, which included Jamie Foxx, LL Cool J, Bill Bellamy, Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Matthew Modine, Jim Brown and... Read more
December 6, 2022 Video
An Argument For Why Roc Marciano Is The Greatest MC Of All-Time

An Argument For Why Roc Marciano Is The Greatest MC Of All-Time

The conversation about who is Rap's best MC is Hip-Hop's great debate. As with sports, movies and other categories that lend themselves to rankings, the answer often evolves over time, as new entrants emerge. In the 1980s, names like Rakim, KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane and LL Cool J were often... Read more
December 3, 2022 TBD, Video
Drake Publicly Taunted Ye Last Year About Kim’s Alleged Affair

Drake Publicly Taunted Ye Last Year About Kim’s Alleged Affair

Over the last 13 years, Drake has ascended from a blog-era independent artist to a music superstar of the highest magnitude. This week, Spotify published that Drake is the third-most streamed act of 2022, tailing only leader Bad Bunny and #2, Taylor Swift. Drake has reached that distinction through catchy hit records... Read more
December 2, 2022 Fresh
Black Star & Westside Gunn Join Forces For A Song That’s On 10

Black Star & Westside Gunn Join Forces For A Song That’s On 10

Last month, Westside Gunn released 10. What began as a mixtape series a decade turned into a vehicle that delivered the Buffalo, New York MC and label founder to the mainstream. Griselda Records has become a movement to be reckoned with, and WSG has helped usher in a renaissance of... Read more
November 30, 2022 Video
The Best Rap Verses Of 2022

The Best Rap Verses Of 2022

As 2022 winds down to its closing weeks, Ambrosia For Heads begins a celebration of the year with an in-depth conversation about its best Hip-Hop verses. In considering 2022, AFH's What's The Headline podcast spent nearly 90 minutes breaking down some of our favorites. While there is unanimous agreement surrounding six songs, the two hosts... Read more
November 30, 2022 Exclusive, Video
Nas & 21 Savage Make Peace With A Song Together

Nas & 21 Savage Make Peace With A Song Together

To say Nas and 21 Savage had a beef would be a grand overstatement. However, the two Grammy Award-winning artists appeared to land in a misunderstanding the same month that each released albums. 21 made the first move, when earlier this month, he appeared in a Clubhouse chat (clip embedded... Read more
November 30, 2022 Audio
50 Cent Uses 2 Songs To Show How Differently Tupac & Eminem Saw The World

50 Cent Uses 2 Songs To Show How Differently Tupac & Eminem Saw The World

Nineteen years ago, 50 Cent joined Eminem as a top artist who made high-profile contributions to the soundtrack belonging to Tupac: Resurrection. The companion to Lauren Lazin's documentary presented Em and 50, two artists who found mainstream success after Tupac Shakur's 1996 death, spiritually aligning with an artist both admired.... Read more
November 29, 2022 Video
Naturally 7 Remake Run-D.M.C.’s Holiday Classic With Style & Grace

Naturally 7 Remake Run-D.M.C.’s Holiday Classic With Style & Grace

Thirty-five years ago, Run-D.M.C. delivered one of the best holiday songs in any genre. "Christmas In Hollis" brought the mainstream home to the Profile Records trio's Queens, New York neighborhood. The song is charming and accessible without losing the magic that Hip-Hop's superstar trio had after their first three albums.... Read more
November 29, 2022 Video
Kurupt, Daz, The Lady Of Rage & RBX Have Formed A Supergroup

Kurupt, Daz, The Lady Of Rage & RBX Have Formed A Supergroup

During the 1990s, as co-founder and president of Death Row Records, Dr. Dre introduced an incredible crop of new talent. Snoop Dogg would go on to become a superstar and business mogul. However, with Snoop, several other artists were integral to 1992's The Chronic and Snoop's 1993 debut, Doggystyle. Now,... Read more
November 27, 2022 Fresh, News
Kool G Rap & AZ Are The Last Of A Dying Breed Of MCs

Kool G Rap & AZ Are The Last Of A Dying Breed Of MCs

As 2022's calendar winds down, there is still plenty of Hip-Hop to look forward to. On December 9, Kool G Rap will release his first album in more than four years. Last Of A Dying Breed will feature the late Sean Price, Vado, and fellow Queens, New Yorker Royal Flush.... Read more
November 27, 2022 Audio
Kendrick Lamar Details The Deeper Meanings In His We Cry Together Song

Kendrick Lamar Details The Deeper Meanings In His We Cry Together Song

Kendrick Lamar's 2022 double album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers is filled with poignant moments and personal revelations. Songs like "Auntie Diaries" and "Mother I Sober" examine unconscious bias and the generational effects of abuse, respectively. "Father Time" revisits the complicated lessons Kendrick learned from his father while growing... Read more
November 25, 2022 Fresh, News
Ice Cube, E-40, Too Short & Snoop Are Giving Free Game

Ice Cube, E-40, Too Short & Snoop Are Giving Free Game

Over the last several years, one of the biggest super-groups in Hip-Hop history has been brewing. Mount Westmore is Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, E-40, and Too Short. To date, the collective has released a handful of singles and performed together. However, now the California delegation from South Central Los Angeles,... Read more
November 25, 2022 Video
Method Man & Vinnie Paz Deliver A Wu-Tang x Jedi Mind Tricks Collabo

Method Man & Vinnie Paz Deliver A Wu-Tang x Jedi Mind Tricks Collabo

Earlier this month, the Jedi Mind Tricks' Vinnie Paz released his seventh solo album. Twenty-five years to the month after The Psycho-Social, Chemical, Biological & Electro-Magnetic Manipulation of Human Consciousness, the Italian-born, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania raised MC maintains his place among the most consistent voices in hardcore Hip-Hop. An alum of the... Read more
November 22, 2022 Audio
Nas Has Tied JAY-Z In Making Album Chart History

Nas Has Tied JAY-Z In Making Album Chart History

This month, Nas and producer Hit-Boy released King's Disease III. The Mass Appeal Records album finds the MC and producer alone, showing new range and depth within one of Hip-Hop's most respected catalogs. In one song, the Queens, New York-inspired “Thun,” Nas quips, “No beef or rivals, they playin’ ‘Ether’... Read more
November 21, 2022 Fresh, News
Ab-Soul Goes Back To His Roots & Shows He’s Still A Top Dawg

Ab-Soul Goes Back To His Roots & Shows He’s Still A Top Dawg

Next month makes it six years since Ab-Soul released an album. In the time since Do What Thou Wilt., the Carson, California veteran worked on 2018's chart-topping Black Panther soundtrack, which was nominated for "Album Of The Year" at the following Grammy Awards. He made meaningful collaborations with fellow Carson... Read more
November 19, 2022 Video
See Portraits Of Biggie, J. Dilla, Phife & More If They’d Lived To Grow Old

See Portraits Of Biggie, J. Dilla, Phife & More If They’d Lived To Grow Old

More than with any other genre, Rap artists seem to perish far too young. While that has disproportionately been driven by altercations that could have been resolved differently, there have also been a number of MCs who have succumbed to other fates. Phife Dawg, from A Tribe Called Quest, succumbed... Read more
November 17, 2022 Video
Kendrick Lamar Celebrates His Grammy Noms By Showing He’s Already Won

Kendrick Lamar Celebrates His Grammy Noms By Showing He’s Already Won

Yesterday (November 15), the 2023 Grammy nominations were announced. Kendrick Lamar received eight nominations ahead of the 65th annual Grammys taking place February 5, 2023 on CBS. Only bested by Beyoncé's nine noms, K-Dot has received consideration in categories ranging from "Album Of The Year," "Song Of The Year," "Record... Read more
November 16, 2022 Video
Nas Is In His Prime In His 40s

Nas Is In His Prime In His 40s

Last Friday (November 11), Nas and Hit-Boy released their fourth project since 2020. The King's Disease campaign, responsible for three of those albums, has taken Nas (and Hit-Boy) to new dimensions with their careers. In that time, Nas won his first Grammy, reunited with The Firm as well as Ms.... Read more
November 16, 2022 Video
JAY-Z & Kendrick Lamar Are Competing For Best Lyricist On Music’s Biggest Stage

JAY-Z & Kendrick Lamar Are Competing For Best Lyricist On Music’s Biggest Stage

Earlier today (November 15), the Recording Academy announced their 65th annual Grammy Awards nominees in an online broadcast featuring Smokey Robinson, John Legend, and others. The precursor to the CBS televised February 5, 2023 event sets the stage for an exciting night for fans, especially those who closely follow the... Read more
November 15, 2022 News, Video
Black Star Make SNL Chappelle’s Show With 2 Stellar Performances

Black Star Make SNL Chappelle’s Show With 2 Stellar Performances

In 2016, the Saturday following a pivotal American election, Dave Chappelle hosted SNL in one of the sketch show's more memorable moments of the last decade. That November 12 night, the musical guest was the recently reunited A Tribe Called Quest, making a rare performance following the death of Phife... Read more
November 13, 2022 TV, TV/Film, Video
Lupe Fiasco Has The Year’s Best Verse & It’s Only 1 Line

Lupe Fiasco Has The Year’s Best Verse & It’s Only 1 Line

Each year, there are a handful of raps that compete for verse of the year. Sometimes, these extraordinary lyrical displays come in the form of freestyles, like Black Thought's unforgettable 10-minute MC master class for Funkmaster Flex, in 2017. Occasionally, an MC who has been absent for a while drops... Read more
November 12, 2022 Audio
Nas Pays Tribute To Takeoff With Powerful Words About Self-PRESERVATION

Nas Pays Tribute To Takeoff With Powerful Words About Self-PRESERVATION

Yesterday (November 11), Nas and Hit-Boy released their fourth collaborative album since 2020. King's Disease III finds the legendary MC and the acclaimed producing carry on a tradition that earned both men Grammy Awards in 2021. The new collection of songs, released through Nas' Mass Appeal Records imprint, is about... Read more
November 12, 2022 Exclusive, News, Video
Snoop Dogg’s Story Will Be Told In A Definitive Biopic

Snoop Dogg’s Story Will Be Told In A Definitive Biopic

2022 has become one of the most cinematic years of Snoop Dogg's life. At 51 years old, Calvin Broadus, Jr. delivered an Emmy-winning Super Bowl Halftime Show performance alongside his mentor, Dr. Dre, as well as artists he influenced, including Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, and 50 Cent. In the days around... Read more
November 11, 2022 News, TV/Film
Nas Uses 5 Heartbeats For A Song That’s A Perfect 10

Nas Uses 5 Heartbeats For A Song That’s A Perfect 10

Life is too short to listen to bad music. So…let Ambrosia For Heads sift through it for you and only supply you with that great stuff. Despite the reports, Hip-Hop is alive and well and, in many ways, it’s better than it’s ever been. Not only can we go back... Read more
November 11, 2022 Audio
Westside Boogie’s Freestyle Makes Other MCs Look this Big

Westside Boogie’s Freestyle Makes Other MCs Look this Big

Nearly four years ago, Westside Boogie made a major impression with his first album on Shady Records. 2019's Everythings For Sale joined the Griselda crew in expanding Eminem's roster with new depth and range. That move had been happening since both parties smashed a 2017 BET Cypher. While the Buffalo,... Read more
November 9, 2022 Video
Busta Rhymes’ Video Shows What His Life Would Be If He Never Rapped

Busta Rhymes’ Video Shows What His Life Would Be If He Never Rapped

Over two years ago, Busta Rhymes released a hallmark album in his career. 2020's Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God arrived at a time following a near-death respiratory issue for the MC legend. Additionally, the Conglomerate release drew from various sides and career points from Trevor Smith, Jr.—including... Read more
November 9, 2022 Video
The History Of Violence In Hip-Hop: 6 Years Changed Everything

The History Of Violence In Hip-Hop: 6 Years Changed Everything

In the last year, Hip-Hop has lost an alarming number of its artists to violence. Young Dolph, PnB Rock, Trouble, and Drakeo The Ruler are just some of the noteworthy examples, among several others. In the last week, Migos member Takeoff was killed in Houston, Texas on November 1—adding to... Read more
November 7, 2022 Video
Drake Reveals He Faked Making Peace With Kanye West

Drake Reveals He Faked Making Peace With Kanye West

Over the last decade, Drake and West's relationship had evolved from close collaborators into a heated feud, and beyond. Eleven months ago, Drake appeared alongside Kanye West for a historic concert at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The moment orchestrated as a benefit to raise awareness in freeing incarcerated Gangsta Disciples co-founder... Read more
November 4, 2022 Audio, News
Griselda Makes Its Case As Hip-Hop’s Best Crew With 7 MCs On 1 Song

Griselda Makes Its Case As Hip-Hop’s Best Crew With 7 MCs On 1 Song

For the last several years, one of Hip-Hop's greatest debates has been who is Rap's best crew, between TDE and Dreamville. Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) held the advantage in the early 2010s, with a roster which included Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Isaiah Rashad, SZA and more. The... Read more
October 30, 2022 Audio, Fresh
Raekwon, Ghostface, Busta Rhymes & More Put On A Clinic In Dropping Science

Raekwon, Ghostface, Busta Rhymes & More Put On A Clinic In Dropping Science

Life is too short to listen to bad music. So…let Ambrosia For Heads sift through it for you and only supply you with that great stuff. Despite the reports, Hip-Hop is alive and well and, in many ways, it’s better than it’s ever been. Not only can we go back... Read more
October 29, 2022 Audio
Black Star & Westside Gunn Join Forces On A Collabo That’s Hot Fire

Black Star & Westside Gunn Join Forces On A Collabo That’s Hot Fire

Today (October 28), Westside Gunn delivers 10, the completion of his cult-lauded #HWH series. The Griselda Records founder's second LP of 2022 is a star-studded affair that features Run The Jewels, Raekwon, Busta Rhymes, A$AP Rocky, Ghostface Killah in a cast that also includes The Goo Goo Dolls' Robby Takac... Read more
October 28, 2022 Audio
Busta Rhymes, Big Daddy Kane & Conway Slap The Competition On A New Song

Busta Rhymes, Big Daddy Kane & Conway Slap The Competition On A New Song

Busta Rhymes approached the 2020s with something to prove. Two years ago, the veteran co-founder of Leaders Of The New School and Flipmode Squad gave fans a classic-level album—arguably the best in his career. Extinction Level Event 2 showed the many sides of Busta Bus, including collaborations with Rakim, Kendrick... Read more
October 28, 2022 Audio, Video
Ab-Soul Has Released A New Song And It’s His Best In Years

Ab-Soul Has Released A New Song And It’s His Best In Years

Ab-Soul has been very quiet for the last several years. The Carson, California MC released his last album, Do As Thou Wilt, in 2016, and prior to that he had not released a full-length project since 2014. There have been scant songs since then, but his output has been few... Read more
October 21, 2022 Audio
J. Cole Told Us Who Kanye West Was 6 Years Ago But Many Ignored Him

J. Cole Told Us Who Kanye West Was 6 Years Ago But Many Ignored Him

During the intro to Kendrick Lamar's song "Savior" on his Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers album, the Compton MC says "Kendrick made you think about it, but he is not your savior. Cole made you feel empowered, but he is not your savior. Future said, 'Get a money counter,'... Read more
October 19, 2022 Video
Mac Miller’s Incredible Talent Is On Full Display On A New Robert Glasper Song

Mac Miller’s Incredible Talent Is On Full Display On A New Robert Glasper Song

It's been more than four years since the Hip-Hop world lost Mac Miller. The MC/producer/musician was an incredible talent whose artistic accomplishments were only growing, at the time of his passing, with his 2018 album Swimming subsequently being nominated for "Best Rap Album." Unlike with other artists, there have not... Read more
October 13, 2022 Audio
Kanye West’s Self-Destruction Should Not Be Televised

Kanye West’s Self-Destruction Should Not Be Televised

A dozen years ago, Kanye West released one of his many anthems in "Power." In the preview single to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, 'Ye proclaimed, "I embody every characteristic of the egotistic / He knows he so f*ckin' gifted / I just needed time alone, with my own thoughts /... Read more
October 12, 2022 Video
Kendrick Lamar Explains His Internal Conflict With Releasing Mr. Morale

Kendrick Lamar Explains His Internal Conflict With Releasing Mr. Morale

Kendrick Lamar has been relatively quiet surrounding his 2022 double album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. A decade after his major label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city, and over 15 years into a professional recording career, the award-winning music superstar chose now to unpack his most personal collection of songs... Read more
October 11, 2022 Fresh
The Game Says Dr. Dre Has Never Produced A Song For Him

The Game Says Dr. Dre Has Never Produced A Song For Him

Last week, The Game appeared on Uproxx's Fresh Pair podcast to discuss a range of topics surrounding music and his nearly 20-year career. While the multi-platinum Compton, California promoted his new album, DRILLMATIC Heart Vs. Mind, he also opined on the five greatest Los Angeles Hip-Hop albums—with a list that... Read more
October 10, 2022 Video
Cormega & Nas Have Reunited On A Song & It’s Glorious

Cormega & Nas Have Reunited On A Song & It’s Glorious

Today (October 7), Cormega has delivered The Realness II. As Cormega recently detailed to Ambrosia For Heads' What's The Headline podcast, the album was carefully made to be a true sequel to the original—which arrived just over 21 years ago. Beloved song “American Beauty" gets a stylish update on "Her... Read more
October 7, 2022 Audio, Interview, Video
The Game Names His Top 5 L.A. Rap Albums & It’s Hard To Argue Against Him

The Game Names His Top 5 L.A. Rap Albums & It’s Hard To Argue Against Him

Since the release of his debut album The Documentary in 2005, The Game has been a mainstay in the Los Angeles, California Hip-Hop scene. When the 50 Cent and Dr. Dre executive-produced project dropped, The Game almost single-handedly put L.A. back on the Rap map in the maintream. While legends... Read more
October 6, 2022 Video
Method Man, Busta Rhymes & 18 Other MCs Perform A Medley Of Their Classics

Method Man, Busta Rhymes & 18 Other MCs Perform A Medley Of Their Classics

Many would like to forget the events of 2020, with good reason. The year brought a lot of challenges. However, amidst the trials and tribulations, there were a number of culture-shifting events and personalities that arose. D-Nice captivated the world with an Instagram Live DJ set that entertained millions. The... Read more
October 6, 2022 Video
Joey Bada$$ Calls Out MCs Who Perpetuate Genocide In A Powerful Performance

Joey Bada$$ Calls Out MCs Who Perpetuate Genocide In A Powerful Performance

There have been at least 59 Rap artists who have died from gun violence. That's more than one per year for a Hip-Hop genre which is less than 50 years old. Last night (October 4) at the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards, during the performance of the night, Joey Bada$$... Read more
October 5, 2022 TV, TV/Film, Video
Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep, M.O.P. & More Celebrate LOUD Records

Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep, M.O.P. & More Celebrate LOUD Records

Tonight (October 4), BET aired its annual Hip Hop Awards. Hosted by Fat Joe, the night was meant to celebrate Hip-Hop's finest, both old and new. The big winner of the night was Kendrick Lamar, who took home awards for artist of the year, album of the year, video director... Read more
October 5, 2022 TV, TV/Film, Video
Big Tigger & Rapsody Tear Down The Booth In A Rap City Freestyle

Big Tigger & Rapsody Tear Down The Booth In A Rap City Freestyle

The 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards aired tonight (October 4), hosted by Fat Joe. The show has been BET's celebration of the culture since 2006, featuring appearances and performances from Rap's biggest stars, as well as next generation MCs poised to grab the torch. This year's show featured performances by... Read more
October 4, 2022 TV, TV/Film, Video
Freddie Gibbs Shows Love To Jeezy On A Song About Growth

Freddie Gibbs Shows Love To Jeezy On A Song About Growth

Life is too short to listen to bad music. So…let Ambrosia For Heads sift through it for you and only supply you with that great stuff. Despite the reports, Hip-Hop is alive and well and, in many ways, it’s better than it’s ever been. Not only can we go back... Read more
October 2, 2022 Audio
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