Video Archives

Pharrell and Rick Ross on the making of Presidential (Video)

Pharrell laced Rick Ross with one of the funkiest tracks on God Forgives, I Don't. Here's some behind the scenes footage of Pharrell and Ross in the studio discussing the making of Presidential. Related: Rick Ross - 3 Kings featuring Dr. Dre & Jay-Z (Video)... Read more

August 7, 2012 Video

Raekwon & J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League discuss the making of The Purple Tape (Video) (Part 1)

Here's a video of Raekwon discussing the making of his classic album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx with superstar producers the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League. Check it out. Related: Raekwon performs CREAM (Video)... Read more

August 6, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Sir Michael Rocks – Now You Do (Video)

Sir Michael Rocks drops the first video from his Lap of Luxury Mixtape. Check out Now You Do. Related: Sir Michael Rocks - Lap of Luxury (Mixtape)... Read more

August 6, 2012 Video

Bun B – Turn It Up ft Aaron LaCrate (Video)

Here's a new video from the Trill OG Bun B. Check out Turn it Up featuring Aaron LaCrate. Related: Bun B - Stop Playin' featuring Royce Da 5'9" and Redman... Read more

August 6, 2012 Video

Rapsody – Believe Me (Video)

Here's the video for Rapsody's 9th Wonder-produced Believe Me. Check it out. Related: Rapsody - Non-Fiction featuring Raheem DeVaughn & Ab-Soul... Read more

August 6, 2012 Video

Here’s an in-depth interview with the mighty Ice Cube. He covers his expansive career, discussing everything from the NWA breakup and working with the Bomb Squad to Eazy-E’s death and much more (Video)

It's 40+ minutes of Cube. Check out the video. Related: Ice Cube discusses Detox, working with Chris Tucker on Friday, a new NWA album and more on The Sway in the Morning Show (Video)... Read more

August 6, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Talib Kweli – Push Thru ft Kendrick Lamar & Curren$y (Video)

Here's the new video for Talib Kweli's red hot Push Thru featuring Kendrick Lamar and Curren$y. Check it out below. Related: Talib Kweli performs in tribute to MCA (Video)... Read more

August 6, 2012 Video

DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles interview with Out Da Box TV (Video)

Here's part 2 of Out Da Box TV's fantastic interview with DJ Premier and Bumpy Knuckles. Check out the video and a description below. Related: DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles - More Levels (Video) Here's what Out Da Box TV had to say about the video: "As promised, Out Da... Read more

August 4, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Nas speaks with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson on MSNBC (Video)

Nas sat down with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson to talk about being named one of the top 5 lyricists of all time, his divorce from Kelis, Life is Good, the spirit of Hip-Hop being ALIVE (though on a respirator) and more. Check out the video. Related: Nas performs The Don... Read more

August 4, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Curren$y rhymes in The Backroom on 106 & Park (Video)

Curren$y is the latest to step into The Backroom on BET's 106 & Park and drop a verse. Check out the video. Related: Curren$y - Toca Tuesday Freestyle (Video)... Read more

August 4, 2012 Video

Asher Roth freestyles on NYC’s Hot 97 (Video)

Asher Roth seamlessly flips from a written to a true off the top freestyle on NYC's Hot 97. Check out the video. Related: Nardwaur vs Asher Roth (Video)... Read more

August 4, 2012 Video

Masta Killa – What You See/Cali Sun (Video)

Here's a new double video for 2 Masta Killa joints. Check out What You See/Cali Sun. Related: RZA & Nas - The Set Up (Mashup)... Read more

August 4, 2012 Video

How to Make Money Selling Drugs film trailer (Video)

Adrian Grenier (aka Vinny Chase from Entourage) has produced a documentary on the $400 Billion per year drug trade that looks both informative and darkly satirical. The film explores how the money is made through the eyes of former kingpins like Freeway Rick Ross (not the rapper...) and also incorporates... Read more

August 3, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

The video for Kendrick Lamar’s Swimming Pools (Drank) matches the brooding intensity of the song. Check it out below (Video)

Related: Kendrick Lamar - Vanity Slaves Pt 1 & 2... Read more

August 3, 2012 Video

Boldy James – Go Fish (Video)

Here's a new video from Boldy James. The frequent Cool Kid collaborator made visuals for his sonically moody track Go Fish. Check it out below. Related: J Dilla - Detroit Game featuring Boldy James & Chuck Inglish... Read more

August 2, 2012 Video

Snoop discusses his change from Dogg to Lion (Video)

There's been a lot of chatter lately about Snoop Dogg's evolution to Snoop Lion. Here's an in-depth piece where we hear about the change from the Boss Lion himself. He discusses the new album, the documentary, his name change, gun control and more. Check out the video below. Props: Noisey... Read more

August 2, 2012 Video

DJ Quik speaks on joining the 2012 Rock the Bells tour (Video)

DJ Quik is part of Rock the Bells this year for the first time ever. Check out what he had to say about that, working with Murs, growing as an artist and more below. Related: DJ Quik mini-documentary (Video)... Read more

August 2, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Schoolboy Q & A$AP Rocky – Back and Forth interview (Video)

Schoolboy Q and A$AP Rocky have had some dope collabos and they are the latest to sit down and have a Back and Forth convo. They talk marriage, money, women and more, along with a healthy amount of jokes on Danny Brown. Straight comedy. Check out the video. Related: Schoolboy... Read more

August 2, 2012 Video

Jay-Z – From Marcy to Barclays (Video)

Jay-Z's new Rocawear ad gives you a brief and stylish look at his journey from the Marcy Projects to the new Barclays Center of which he is a partial owner ("Now look at me, I can park at my own arena"). Check out the video. Related: Jay-Z talks about his... Read more

August 2, 2012 Video

Stalley & Curren$y in New Orleans (Video)

I'm digging these videos showing artists as who they are as real people, with no floss. Earlier, we saw Action Bronson doing his thing in the kitchen. Now, here's a look at Stalley & Curren$y just vibing. They kick it about their shared love of cars, music and speak of... Read more

August 2, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Sound Fx – Let Go (Video)

"Life's good. It can get better." That's how Sound Fx end their song Let Go. They drops some jewels about their life experiences before they get there. Check out the video. Related: Sound Fx - Don't Listen to My Heart (With Your Heart)... Read more

August 1, 2012 Video

Keyshia Cole – Enough of No Love ft Lil Wayne (Video)

Keyshia Cole is back with a new video. She still has one of the most emotionally rich voices in music. Check out Enough of No Love featuring Lil Wayne. Related: Super (Neo) Soul Sisters Playlist (Audio)... Read more

August 1, 2012 Video

Angel Haze – New York (Video)

Angel Haze made a mini-horror film as the video for her burner, New York. Check it out below. Related: My Mic Sounds Nice documentary on women in hip-hop (Video) and playlist of female MCs (Audio)... Read more

August 1, 2012 Video

Big K.R.I.T. & EL-P – Back and Forth (Video)

What would Big K.R.I.T. and EL-P talk about if they had a conversation? Wonder no more. They are the latest to sit down and kick it as part of Noisey's Back and Forth series. Check out the video below. Related: Big K.R.I.T - What U Mean featuring Ludacris (Video)... Read more

August 1, 2012 Video

Action Bronson flexes his culinary skills (Video)

Action Bronson brings that HEAT...no, literally. Check out this video showing how he gets down in the kitchen. Vocally, he may remind you of Ghostface Killah but in spirit, he's truly reminiscent of the Chef. Related: Nardwaur vs Action Bronson (Video)... Read more

August 1, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Snoop Dogg took a trip to Jamaica that had a transformative effect on him. The experience was chronicled and will be the subject of a documentary that premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Here’s a trailer for the film, Reincarnated (Video)

Check out the video below. Related: A playlist celebrating the 2-decade career of the legendary Snoop Dogg (Audio)... Read more

July 31, 2012 Video

Rick Ross – 3 Kings ft Dr. Dre & Jay-Z (Video)

Here's the video for Rick Ross' 3 Kings featuring Dr. Dre and Jay-Z. Each of Ross, Dre and Jay make appearances in the video...kinda. Instead of taking on the Herculean task of coordinating the schedules of 3 Kings, Ross chose to incorporate previously seen footage and photos of all 3... Read more

July 31, 2012 Video

Miguel – Adorn (Video)

Miguel just dropped a video for his sultry single Adorn. Check it out below. Related: Miguel - Sure Thing (Remix) featuring Pusha T... Read more

July 31, 2012 Video

Stalley spits live on Shade 45 (Video)

Stalley was on Shade 45 and spit some verses over that Rhyme No More beat DJ Premier laced for Jay-Z. Check out the video below. Related: Stalley - Hammers & Vogues ft Curren$y (Video) Here's Rhyme No More.... Read more

July 30, 2012 Audio, The Bridge, Video

Elzhi – Blue Widow (Video)

Here's a new video for Elzhi's Blue Widow. Check it out below. Related: Elzhi - Out Da Box TV Interview (Video)... Read more

July 30, 2012 Video

Here’s a beautifully shot clip where Yasiin Bey recites one of Muhammad Ali’s most famous rhymes–the one leading up to the Rumble in the Jungle with George Foreman (Video)

Check out the video. Related: Yasiin Bey performs with the Brooklyn Philharmonic (Video) Louis Vuitton "Dream" - Directed by Stuart McIntyre from Steam Films on Vimeo.... Read more

July 29, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Common freestyles in Chicago over Otis (Video)

The mighty Common kicked a true off the top freestyle over the Otis beat (chopped up nicely) in his hometown Chicago. Check out the video below. Related: Common - Celebrate (Video)... Read more

July 29, 2012 Video

Big K.R.I.T – What U Mean ft Ludacris (Video)

Here's the latest video from Big K.R.I.T. Check out What U Mean featuring Ludacris. Related: Big Boi - Gossip featuring Big K.R.I.T. and UGK... Read more

July 29, 2012 Video

Raekwon performs CREAM (Video)

Here's some high quality footage of Raekwon performing C.R.E.A.M. at Peter Rosenberg's birthday party in NYC. Related: Raekwon - Keep it Politics (Audio and Behind-The-Scenes Video) ... Read more

July 28, 2012 Video

Prodigy rhymes in The Back Room on 106 & Park (Video)

Prodigy is the latest to step into The Back Room on 106 & Park and drop a couple verses. Check out the video below. Related: Prodigy & Black Thought perform at the Lyricist Lounge 20th Anniversary Party (Video)... Read more

July 28, 2012 Video

Schoolboy Q – There He Go (Video)

Schoolboy Q made a dope video for one of the hottest joints on his album Habits & Contradictions. Check out There He Go. Related: Schoolboy Q performs Nightmare on Figg St and Blessed (Video)... Read more

July 27, 2012 Video

The Making of MF DOOM’s Mask (Video)

Ever wonder how MF DOOM's mask came into being? Here's a super fresh video featuring the creator of the mask, graffiti artist Frank Chapter, telling the story of the inception of the mask + a healthy dose of inside dope on DOOM. Ill. Check it out below. Related: Oh No... Read more

July 27, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Pusha T discusses his new album (Video)

Pusha T sat down with MTV to talk about his recording process, the meaning behind some of his new songs and what to expect on his upcoming album generally. Check out the video. Related: Kanye West & Pusha T - New God Flow... Read more

July 27, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Kendrick Lamar performs ADHD at the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival (Video)

Here's a professional-quality video of Kendrick Lamar performing ADHD at the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival. Check out the video below. Related: Talib Kweli - Push Thru featuring Kendrick Lamar & Curren$y... Read more

July 26, 2012 Video

Nipsey Hussle – They Know (Video)

Here's a new video from Nipesy Hussle's The Marathon Continues mixtape. Check out They Know. Related: Nipsey Hussle - The Marathon Continues (Mixtape)... Read more

July 26, 2012 Video

Capone-N-Noreaga – Blood Money (Video)

Outta nowhere, Capone-N-Noreaga just decided to drop a video for Blood Money from their 1997 debut album The War Report. Check it out below. Related: Raekwon - Chupacabra featuring Capone-N-Noreaga... Read more

July 26, 2012 Video

Angie Stone – Do What U Gotta Do (Video)

First D'Angelo comes back, and now Angie Stone. Check out her video for Do What U Gotta Do (which has more than a hint of Left & Right in the groove). Still soulful... Props: OKP Related: D'Angelo performs at the BET Awards (Video) Peep the reference:... Read more

July 25, 2012 The Bridge, Video

Busta Rhymes – King Tut ft Reek Da Villain & J Doe (Video)

Busta Rhymes is in that rarefied class of artists (in any genre) who has been around for 20 years and is still putting out hot current music. Here's his latest video. Check out King Tut featuring Reek Da Villain and J Doe. Related: Busta Rhymes reunites ATCQ and LONS for... Read more

July 25, 2012 Video

Raekwon – Keep It Politics (Audio and BTS Video)

Here's a new one from Raekwon and a behind the scenes video with The Chef discussing the making of the song, which was produced by DJ Babu from Dilated Peoples. This is part of MTV2's Closed Sessions series. Check out the song, Keep it Politics, and BTS video below. Related:... Read more

July 25, 2012 Audio, Video

Nas performs The Don and Nasty on Jimmy Kimmel Live (Video)

Salute to Nas. Life is Good debuted at #1 on the Billboard album chart this week with 149,000 units sold. It's his 5th #1 album. Here are videos of him performing The Don and Nasty with a live band on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Related: Nas speaks on Illmatic and Life... Read more

July 25, 2012 Video

Curren$y – Toca Tuesday Freestyle (Video)

Curren$y kicks a true off the head freestyle on Toca Tuesday Freestyles. Check out the video below. Related: Stalley - Hammers & Vogues featuring Curren$y (Video)... Read more

July 24, 2012 Video

Childish Gambino – Fire Fly (Video)

Here's the new video for Childish Gambino's Fire Fly. Instead of tracking the song, the visuals depict a short sci-fi mystery. Check it out below. Related: Childish Gambino - Royalty (Mixtape)... Read more

July 24, 2012 Video

Redman – I’m Sick (Lite Up the Disco) ft Saukrates (Video)

Here's a new visual from Redman for his 2010 joint with Saukrates. Check out I'm Sick (Lite Up the Disco). Related: Video playlist celebrating Redman's 20-year career (Video)... Read more

July 24, 2012 Video

DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles with Out Da Box TV (Video)

Here's a super dope 15-minute interview of DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles discussing maturing and staying relevant in the hip-hop game. Check it out below. Related: DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles - More Levels (Video)... Read more

July 23, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Phonte – Eternally ft Median (Video)

New Tigallo, new Tigallo, new Tigallo. Here's a new video from Phonte's Charity Starts at Home album. Check out Eternally featuring Median and produced by 9th Wonder. Related: Phonte - The Life of Kings featuring Big K.R.I.T. & Evidence (Video)... Read more

July 23, 2012 Video