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GQ Gets A Star-Studded Record With Nipsey Hussle & A Rapper Big Pooh, 9th Wonder Reunion (Audio)

GQ Gets A Star-Studded Record With Nipsey Hussle & A Rapper Big Pooh, 9th Wonder Reunion (Audio)

On June 24, Jamla Army enlistee GQ is preparing Rated Oakland. The West Coast delegation on 9th Wonder's heralded label follows up with his second project in as many years. On "Count'em Up," both worlds come together. South Central L.A.'s Nipsey Hussle fits in, with that street scholar message, while... Read more
June 12, 2014 Audio, Fresh
Dizzy Wright, Bishop Nehru, 9th Wonder and Jamla Create “BrILLiant” Music (Audio)

Dizzy Wright, Bishop Nehru, 9th Wonder and Jamla Create “BrILLiant” Music (Audio)

LRG Clothing releases BrILLiant Youth, a quick, 3 track EP with Funk Volume's Dizzy Wright and New York artist Bishop Nehru. The project is produced entirely by 9th Wonder and also features fellow Jamla Army members Big Remo and Add-2. Dizzy and Bishop mesh like water and ice, providing enough... Read more
June 5, 2014 Audio, Fresh
GQ is Next Up in 9th Wonder’s Jamla Army (Audio)

GQ is Next Up in 9th Wonder’s Jamla Army (Audio)

10+ years after the release of Little Brother's debut album, The Listening, 9th Wonder is still making moves behind the boards and behind the scenes. His Jamla Records roster includes artists like Rapsody and one of the most talented producer corps in the game. GQ is another soldier in 9th's... Read more
May 22, 2014 Audio
Put A Smile On With Terrace Martin & 9th Wonder (Video)

Put A Smile On With Terrace Martin & 9th Wonder (Video)

There are feel-good moments from our youth that occasionally seep into our mind's eye and remind us of simpler times. Some days, it's these little nuances in life that make it all the more worth living. That's the tone that Terrace Martin sets with warm visuals cutting between saxophone vignettes, giddy... Read more
May 16, 2014 Fresh, Video
Rapsody’s Betty Shabazz Shows Her Commanding MC Skills All In One Place On A 9th Wonder Nodder (Video)

Rapsody’s Betty Shabazz Shows Her Commanding MC Skills All In One Place On A 9th Wonder Nodder (Video)

For some Rapsody fans, this week has been bittersweet. With an acclaimed independent album and a show-stopping mixtape under her belt, many Heads were looking to see Rap's joyful smile grace the upcoming XXL pages for 2014's annual "Freshmen issue." The questions and disappointment from some, when the Kooley High... Read more
May 8, 2014 Featured-homepage, Fresh, Video
D.I.T.C. Gives Away The Remix Project, Featuring New Mixes By DJ Premier, 9th Wonder, Alchemist & Diamond D (Download)

D.I.T.C. Gives Away The Remix Project, Featuring New Mixes By DJ Premier, 9th Wonder, Alchemist & Diamond D (Download)

The Diggin' In The Crates crew surprised Heads today (May 7). The respected New York City veteran producer/MC collective including Showbiz, A.G., Diamond D, Lord Finesse, O.C., Buckwild, Fat Joe, and the late Big L have been releasing a series of remixes from their Remix Project. The LP features new mixes... Read more
May 7, 2014 Audio, Fresh, Throwback
REWIND: What’s the First Music You Bought with Your Own Money? (Video)

REWIND: What’s the First Music You Bought with Your Own Money? (Video)

What's the first music you bought with your own money? We asked Big Daddy Kane, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Kendrick Lamar, 9th Wonder, Rapsody, Fashawn, Stic Man, Skillz, Murs and more. Their answers might surprise you...Watch what they had to say and weigh in with what music you first bought. Related:... Read more
April 11, 2014 Video
Next Up On The 9th Wonder Collaboration Album List? Talib Kweli (Video)

Next Up On The 9th Wonder Collaboration Album List? Talib Kweli (Video)

Even outside of Little Brother, 9th Wonder has built a career with a series of full-produced albums for a host of artists, ranging from Black Moon's Buckshot, to Jean Grae, to David Banner, to Murs, to Kaze, and beyond. In a new interview, Talib Kweli revealed that now he is... Read more
February 25, 2014 Fresh
9th Wonder Prepares For His Hip-Hop Fellowship At Harvard, Kendrick Lamar & DJ Premier Speak On It (Video)

9th Wonder Prepares For His Hip-Hop Fellowship At Harvard, Kendrick Lamar & DJ Premier Speak On It (Video)

In addition to the Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship at Harvard, 9th Wonder is currently a fellow at the Ivy League university. He will spend three years working on a research project at Harvard’s W.E.B. Dubois Institute. 9th, who has taught for years at North Carolina Central University (alongside Kid, from... Read more
February 21, 2014 Fresh, Video
9th Wonder, Rapsody & Add-2 Stop By Juan Epstein To Show That Jamla Is The Squad (Audio)

9th Wonder, Rapsody & Add-2 Stop By Juan Epstein To Show That Jamla Is The Squad (Audio)

Peter Rosenberg & Cipha Sounds Juan Epstein interviews are quickly ramping up in 2014. From 3rd Bass' MC Serch and A&R extraordinaire Dante Ross already (with conflicting views in some places), the radio duo hones in on 9th Wonder and two of his Jamla Records stand-outs, Rapsody and newer addition,... Read more
February 3, 2014 Audio, Fresh
25 Tracks From Stars & Emerging Voices Affirm That Jamla Most Definitely Is The Squad (Album Stream)

25 Tracks From Stars & Emerging Voices Affirm That Jamla Most Definitely Is The Squad (Album Stream)

Just in the last five years, 9th Wonder's Jamla Records has released critically-acclaimed and commercially-dominant albums from the likes of Skyzoo, Rapsody, and Murs, among a host of others. The North Carolina-based label is ramping up for its latest wave, with a blossoming expanded roster, which includes TP, Add-2, and... Read more
January 28, 2014 Audio, Fresh
Buckshot & 9th Wonder Come Back Together For Some 3am Square Biz (Audio)

Buckshot & 9th Wonder Come Back Together For Some 3am Square Biz (Audio)

From 2005 to 2012, Black Moon's Buckshot and Little Brother's 9th Wonder made an Interstate 95 link to record three albums together. These works charted new waters for both artists, who when they set out to collaborate, were largely known for the personas created in their respective groups. By 2012,... Read more
January 27, 2014 Audio, Fresh
BJ The Chicago Kid & Add-2 Apply 15 Minutes Of Fame To Relationships Over A 9th Wonder Beat (Audio)

BJ The Chicago Kid & Add-2 Apply 15 Minutes Of Fame To Relationships Over A 9th Wonder Beat (Audio)

While Andy Warhol's notion of the "15 Minutes of Fame" tends to apply to well, fame, it can mean anybody's limited moment in the sun. Jamla Records artist Add-2 and fellow Chicago, Illinois native BJ hook up for "15 Minutes Of Fame," looking at fickle romantic relationships cut short. The... Read more
January 24, 2014 Audio, Fresh
Rapsody Catches A Moment In Time With Jay Z

Rapsody Catches A Moment In Time With Jay Z

When Rapsody crossed paths with DJ Premier in 2013, Ambrosia For Heads thought it was powerful, important. This past weekend, the Jamla Records artist who dazzled us with She Got Game in 2013, and The Idea Of Beautiful in 2012, stood alongside Jay Z backstage at the Magna Carta Holy... Read more
January 6, 2014 Fresh
Here’s New Music From Rapsody. Check Out Illuminaughty Produced by 9th Wonder (Audio)

Here’s New Music From Rapsody. Check Out Illuminaughty Produced by 9th Wonder (Audio)

Rapsody is staying on her grind and finishing the year like she started...STRONG. Here's another new track from her off the forthcoming Jamla is the Squad compilation. The beat is courtesy of 9th Wonder. Check out Illuminaughty. Related: New Music From Rapsody to Wind Down the Year? Why not…Here’s Betty... Read more
December 30, 2013 Audio
New Music From Rapsody to Wind Down the Year? Why not…Here’s Betty Shabazz (Audio)

New Music From Rapsody to Wind Down the Year? Why not…Here’s Betty Shabazz (Audio)

Rapsody goes HAM on a knocking 9th Wonder track. Check out Betty Shabazz from the upcoming Jamla is the Squad compilation from 9th Wonder's label. Related: 9th Wonder talks owning his own label, creating beats and more with AFH (Video)... Read more
December 23, 2013 Audio
Pharrell, Just Blaze & Irv Gotti Recall The Premature Advertising For Jay Z’s Black Album (Video)

Pharrell, Just Blaze & Irv Gotti Recall The Premature Advertising For Jay Z’s Black Album (Video)

Okay, so there's been a nonstop flow of Black Album 10th anniversary content coming from the Internet. AmbrosiaForHeads even added to that maylay in remembering the LP. In what appears to be one of the final vignettes from this month's decade-anniversary, Revolt has a nice montage of footage including 2003... Read more
November 20, 2013 Fresh, Video
Catch up on the Best in Hip-Hop Videos for the Week featuring RZA, Just Blaze, Young Buck, Pusha T, 9th Wonder, Childish Gambino, A$AP Rocky, Slum Village & More (Video Playist)

Catch up on the Best in Hip-Hop Videos for the Week featuring RZA, Just Blaze, Young Buck, Pusha T, 9th Wonder, Childish Gambino, A$AP Rocky, Slum Village & More (Video Playist)

This week in video brought one of the best lyric videos of the year from Childish Gambino, new music videos from Pusha T, A$AP Rocky, Drake, Roc Marciano, Ka, Slum Village and Young Buck, interviews celebrating 20 years of Wu-Tang Clan and the 10th anniversary of Jay-Z's Black Album, and... Read more
November 17, 2013 Featured-homepage, Playlists, Video
Just Blaze & 9th Wonder Discuss Their Contributions to Jay-Z’s Black Album (Video)

Just Blaze & 9th Wonder Discuss Their Contributions to Jay-Z’s Black Album (Video)

The credits for Jay-Z's Black Album read like a virtual who's who of Hip-Hop super producers--Timbaland, Kanye West, DJ Quik, Rick Rubin, The Neptunes...Just Blaze and 9th Wonder were also part of that elite corps and each recently reflected on their contributions to the album with Revolt, as part of... Read more
November 15, 2013 Video
The “Ultimate” Exit That Was Jay Z’s Black Album (Food For Thought)

The “Ultimate” Exit That Was Jay Z’s Black Album (Food For Thought)

Hip-Hop celebrates a grand entrance. Since the days of receiving Bad Boy Records promo-packs of The Notorious B.I.G. & Craig Mack in a McDonald’s "Big Mac" container, the dog-and-pony show known as the music industry has embraced the infinite possibilities of the new over the challenges of re-purposing the old.... Read more
November 14, 2013 Food for Thought, Fresh
Rapper Big Pooh Has A Cajun Reunion With 9th Wonder On Jambalaya (Audio)

Rapper Big Pooh Has A Cajun Reunion With 9th Wonder On Jambalaya (Audio)

Did not see this coming, but thrilled it did. Out of the blue, Rapper Big Pooh released new music with his Little Brother co-founder 9th Wonder. From Fat Boy Fresh 3.5, "Jambalaya" reunites the pair for the first time in nearly three years, musically. Despite an impressive catalog with a... Read more
October 29, 2013 Audio, Fresh
Exclusive: Rapsody & 9th Wonder Are In Our Area, Causing Mass Hysteria (Audio)

Exclusive: Rapsody & 9th Wonder Are In Our Area, Causing Mass Hysteria (Audio)

As Rapsody pulled from Nas' famous entrance phrase on "Halftime," 9th Wonder channeled Large Professor's echoey reverb and thumbing percussion for "Mass Hysteria"—which we are proud to premiere at AFH. Rap gives some of her finest wordplay on this cut which is mostly about being dope, but veers into some... Read more
October 16, 2013 Audio, Fresh
Fat Joe – The Darkside 3 (Mixtape)

Fat Joe – The Darkside 3 (Mixtape)

In the post-Atlantic Records era, Fat Joe's artistry has been perplexing. While the D.I.T.C. member has always put a song or two on every album to remind the Heads of his roots before becoming a household name, in recent years, he's made some really grimy albums. 2010's The Darkside was... Read more
August 26, 2013 Fresh, Mixes
Rapsody – Jedi Code ft Phonte & Jay Electronica

Rapsody – Jedi Code ft Phonte & Jay Electronica

I had to sit down for this one. Seriously. It's not knee-jerk early-edition hyperbole for me to deem this my favorite collaboration of 2013. In the order of appearance, Phonte calls back to Minstrel Show Phonte, not to say that he hasn't had lethal bars since then, but this cocky... Read more
August 20, 2013 Audio, Fresh
AFH: The Week in Video (8/17/13) (Video Playlist)

AFH: The Week in Video (8/17/13) (Video Playlist)

This week in video brought one of the best Hip-Hop videos of the year with Just Blaze & Baauer's Higher, a stylish short film featuring some incredible combat scenes. It also featured new music videos from Stalley featuring Schoolboy Q, Dizzy Wright, and Styles P featuring N.O.R.E. and Chris Rivers... Read more
August 17, 2013 Video
9th Wonder & Young Guru (and Parfit from AFH…) Discuss Kendrick Lamar’s Control Verse (Video)

9th Wonder & Young Guru (and Parfit from AFH…) Discuss Kendrick Lamar’s Control Verse (Video)

36 hours after Kendrick Lamar set the Internet on fire with his verse claiming the title of King of New York (and Hip-Hop generally), the debate continues. I had the privileged of witnessing (and briefly participating in) a lively discussion between Young Guru and 9th Wonder last night about The... Read more
August 14, 2013 Video
Rapsody – Generation ft Mac Miller & Jared Evan (Prod. 9th Wonder)

Rapsody – Generation ft Mac Miller & Jared Evan (Prod. 9th Wonder)

Rapsody drops another hot collaboration with Mac Miller over a deep 9th Wonder track. Check out Generation also featuring Jared Evan. Related: Rapsody – Dark Knights ft Wale (Audio)... Read more
July 24, 2013 Audio
GQ – Last Breath (Prod. 9th Wonder)

GQ – Last Breath (Prod. 9th Wonder)

This new GQ joint will definitely give you that mean face. 9th Wonder hooked him up with an incredible track and GQ WENT TO WORK. No hook, just lyrics of fire. Check out Last Breath. Related: GQ – The Town (Video)... Read more
May 8, 2013 Audio
Locksmith – Stand It ft Anesha (Video)

Locksmith – Stand It ft Anesha (Video)

Here's Locksmith's video for his smoothed out 9th Wonder-produced track. Check out Stand It featuring Anesha. Related: Locksmith – F*ck Love (Video)... Read more
May 6, 2013 Video
Locksmith – Stand It (Prod. 9th Wonder)

Locksmith – Stand It (Prod. 9th Wonder)

Locksmith is one of those MCs to watch in 2013. Dude has bars and he's saying something. Now, he can add a 9th Wonder beat to his catalog. Check out Stand It. Related: Locksmith – Be Free (Video)... Read more
April 30, 2013 Audio
Murs & 9th Wonder – Whatuptho? (Video)

Murs & 9th Wonder – Whatuptho? (Video)

Murs serves as the primary target in a pretty intense food fight in the latest video from his collabo album with 9th Wonder. Check out Whatuptho. Related: Murs interviews DJ Quik (Video)... Read more
March 13, 2013 Video
Rapsody – In the Town ft Nomsa Mazwai (Video)

Rapsody – In the Town ft Nomsa Mazwai (Video)

Rapsody weaves a dark tale of a young girl caught up in a vicious cycle. Check out the video for In the Town. Related: Rapsody discusses the Idea of Beautiful, culture over everything and more with AFH (Video)... Read more
March 8, 2013 Video
9th Wonder and Big K.R.I.T. in the Studio (Video)

9th Wonder and Big K.R.I.T. in the Studio (Video)

Big K.R.I.T. and 9th Wonder have been making some magic together, lately. Here's a super dope behind the scenes video of the two of them in the studio. 9th Wonder talks extensively about the first time he met K.R.I.T. and the two share insights about the rap game. Get this... Read more
March 4, 2013 Throwback
GQ – The Town (Video)

GQ – The Town (Video)

9th Wonder has a new signee named GQ on his Jamala Records imprint. The MC has a flow that is reminiscent of blu (in a great way). Check out the video for The Town. Related: 9th Wonder – Threat: DECODED (Video) Also, check out what 9th Wonder had to say... Read more
February 22, 2013 Video
9th Wonder – Threat: DECODED (Video)

9th Wonder – Threat: DECODED (Video)

The latest installment of DECODED features 9th Wonder telling the story of how he got the gig to produce Jay-Z's "Threat" from The Black Album and how 9th laid down the beat. It is quite possibly the best DECODED yet. Check out the video below. It's a must for 9th... Read more
February 20, 2013 Video
Big K.R.I.T. – Reign On (Prod. 9th Wonder) + Making of Reign On (Video)

Big K.R.I.T. – Reign On (Prod. 9th Wonder) + Making of Reign On (Video)

Big K.R.I.T. goes in on a 9th Wonder track that employs a sample from the O'Jays' classic "For the Love of Money." Check out "Reign On" and a video of K.R.I.T. and 9th in the studio making the track below. Related: Big K.R.I.T. – Gettin’ Mine ft Rapsody & Heather... Read more
February 14, 2013 Audio, Video
Terrace Martin – Somethin’ Else ft Problem (Prod. Terrace Martin & 9th Wonder)

Terrace Martin – Somethin’ Else ft Problem (Prod. Terrace Martin & 9th Wonder)

Terrace Martin and 9th Wonder link up for another East Coast/West Coast production. Check out Something Else featuring Problem. Related: Terrace Martin – Why ft Jay Rock & Wendi Vaugn (Audio)... Read more
February 12, 2013 Audio
Big K.R.I.T. – Gettin’ Mine ft Rapsody & Heather Victoria (Prod. 9th Wonder)

Big K.R.I.T. – Gettin’ Mine ft Rapsody & Heather Victoria (Prod. 9th Wonder)

Big K.R.I.T. flows over a 9th Wonder track with that trunk funk and CRUSHES it. The song also features some goodness from Rapsody. Check out Gettin' Mine. Also, see Big K.R.I.T. and 9th Wonder discuss the political impact of hip-hop below. Related: Big K.R.I.T. – Rich Dad Poor Dad (Video)... Read more
January 26, 2013 Audio
Rapsody – Non Fiction ft Raheem DeVaughn (Video)

Rapsody – Non Fiction ft Raheem DeVaughn (Video)

Rapsody drops a video for "Non Fiction," one of the dopest (and grimiest) tracks on The Idea of Beautiful. 9th Wonder provides the beat, and the hook is courtesy of Raheem DeVaughn (plus an ill Mobb Deep sample). The visual is the perfect accompaniment for the boom bap she brings... Read more
January 4, 2013 Video
Jay-Z & 9th Wonder – Black American Gangster (Mixtape)

Jay-Z & 9th Wonder – Black American Gangster (Mixtape)

Here's a great way to start 2013: check out 9th Wonder's remix of Jay-Z's American Gangster album. You can download the entire album here. Related: Listen to and download the best mixtapes of 2012. Here's what 9th Wonder had to say about the project: "I wanted Black American Gangster to... Read more
January 1, 2013 Mixes
Masta Killa – Food

Masta Killa – Food

Here's a new one from Masta Killa, produced by 9th Wonder. Check out Food. Related: Masta Killa – R U Listening (Prod. Inspectah Deck) (Audio)... Read more
December 4, 2012 Audio
DJ Premier, 9th Wonder & Buckshot on The Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

DJ Premier, 9th Wonder & Buckshot on The Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

Here's some more footage from the Sway in the Morning show that featured DJ Premier, 9th Wonder and Buckshot. In this clip, Buckshot performs What I Gotta Say and then the 3 legends chop it up with Sway. Check out the video. Related: 9th Wonder & Buckshot – Crazy (Video)... Read more
November 29, 2012 Food for Thought, Video
9th Wonder & Buckshot – Crazy (Video)

9th Wonder & Buckshot – Crazy (Video)

Here's the latest video from 9th Wonder & Buckshot. Check out Crazy. Their album The Solution is in stores now. Related: 9th Wonder breaks down the making of a beat from The Solution (Video)... Read more
November 19, 2012 Video
9th Wonder breaks down the making of a beat from The Solution (Video)

9th Wonder breaks down the making of a beat from The Solution (Video)

9th Wonder's album The Solution with Buckshot dropped earlier today. Here's a video of 9th breaking down how the beat for What I Gotta Say off the album was made. Check it out below. Related: 9th Wonder & Buckshot - The Solution (Full Album Stream)... Read more
November 13, 2012 Video
9th Wonder & Buckshot – The Solution (Full Album Stream)

9th Wonder & Buckshot – The Solution (Full Album Stream)

9th Wonder & Buckshot's album The Solution is in stores now. You can listen to a full stream of the album below. Related: 9th Wonder & Murs - Funeral for a Killer + 9th Wonder Interview (Audio & Video)... Read more
November 13, 2012 Audio
Murs & 9th Wonder – The Final Adventure (Full Album Stream)

Murs & 9th Wonder – The Final Adventure (Full Album Stream)

Murs & 9th Wonder are dropping their final album together on Tuesday. Until then, you can listen to a full stream of The Final Adventure below. Related: 9th Wonder discusses the social and political impact of hip-hop (Video)... Read more
November 8, 2012 Audio
Murs & 9th Wonder – Tale of Two Cities

Murs & 9th Wonder – Tale of Two Cities

Here's a new one from 9th Wonder and Murs. Murs weaves a regretful story of a red side and blue side of LA. Check out Tale of Two Cities below. Related: Murs & 9th Wonder – Funeral for a Killer (Video)... Read more
November 7, 2012 Audio
9th Wonder: Politics As Usual (Video)

9th Wonder: Politics As Usual (Video)

9th Wonder is a legendary producer AND a Harvard professor. Who better to discuss the nexus between hip-hop and socio-political commentary? We sat down with the icon and he talked about the role music plays in change, how hip-hop has bridged the races, the importance of social media and more...and... Read more
November 6, 2012 Food for Thought, Video
9th Wonder & Buckshot – What I Gotta Say

9th Wonder & Buckshot – What I Gotta Say

9th Wonder & Buckshot drop their grimiest single yet from their upcoming album The Solution. Check out What I Gotta Say below. The Solution hits stores on 11/13. Related: 9th Wonder & Buckshot – Stop Rapping (Audio)... Read more
November 5, 2012 Audio
Murs & 9th Wonder – Funeral for a Killer (Video)

Murs & 9th Wonder – Funeral for a Killer (Video)

Here's the first video from Murs & 9th Wonder's upcoming The Final Adventure. Murs goes in on senseless killing. Check out Funeral For a Killer. Related: 9th Wonder & Buckshot – Stop Rapping (Audio)... Read more
November 3, 2012 Video
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