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DJ Scratch in the Mix on the Sway in the Morning Show (Mix)

The legendary DJ Scratch (producer of countless EPMD classics and DJ extraordinaire) dropped an unbelievable mix on the Sway in the Morning show today. He dropped everything from Mantronix to LL Cool J to Art of Noise to EPMD to vintage Busta Rhymes and more break beats than you can... Read more

Jean Grae Performs on the Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

Here's a really dope performance by Jean Grae on the Sway in the Morning Show. It's the first one I can recall where the performer AND Sway stood... and she even got Sway to two-step. Check out the videos of "U&Me&EveryOneWeKnow" and "This Morning" below. Related: UNITY: A salute to... Read more

Souls of Mischief Freestyle on Sway in the Morning (Video)

Here's another freestyle from the SXSW edition of Sway in the Morning. This time the rhymes are courtesy of Souls of Mischief. Check out the video. Related: Oh No – Controlled Riots ft Souls of Mischief (Audio)... Read more

Snoop Dogg & Hit-Boy Freestyle on the Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

Here's a true cypher from Big Snoop Dogg and Hit-Boy on the Sway in the Morning show. Each goes off the top over DJ Premier's classic "Mass Appeal" beat. Check out the video. Related: Snoop Dogg’s GGN with Talib Kweli (Video)... Read more

Astro Freestyles on The Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

The future of hip-hop is in good hands. Over the last few years, a crop of young, true spitters has emerged. Astro is one of them. Check out this video of how he blistered the mic on The Sway in the Morning Show. Related: Astro – Deadbeats & Lazy Lyrics... Read more

Common Freestyles on the Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

Common returned to the Sway in the Morning show and dropped another verse off the top of the dome. Check out the video. MCs act like they don't know... Related: Common – The Next Chapter (Still Love H.E.R.)... Read more

Pusha T Freestyles on The Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

Pusha T flexes his steely flow over Mike Jones' "Still Tippin'" on the Sway in the Morning show. He and Sway also talk about timeless flows in hip-hop. Check out the video. Related: Pusha T – Wrath of Caine (Mixtape)... Read more

Joey Bada$$ on the Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

Joey Bada$$ sat down with Sway and talked about his budding career, turning 18, the influence of the '90s on his style and more. He also did an in-studio performance of "Unorthodox," his track with DJ Premier. Check out the video below. Related: DECODED: Joey Bada$$ & CJ Fly “Hardknock”... Read more

Allen Hughes speaks in depth about his relationship with Tupac and their altercation (Video)

Last week we saw part of Allen Hughes' interview on Sway in the Morning and it ended just before the Menace II Society director got into how his relationship with Tupac soured. Here's the full interview and the Hughes brother goes into great detail about his initial friendship with Tupac... Read more

Allen Hughes Discusses the 20th Anniversary of Menace II Society on Sway in the Morning (Video)

Allen Hughes, 1/2 of the Hughes brothers duo that wrote and directed Menace II Society, stopped by the Sway in the Morning Show to discuss the 20th Anniversary of the classic film. He gives several inside stories on the casting of O-Dog, the first time he met Tupac and more.... Read more

Talib Kweli on the Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

Talib Kweli recently dropped by the Sway in the Morning show. He spoke on his ongoing relationship with Yasiin Bey (Black Star lives...), how he stays motivated, his thoughts on MCs like Drake and Big Sean and more. He also dropped a verse. Check out the video. Related: Talib Kweli... Read more

Angel Haze on the Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

Here's a fascinating interview of Angel Haze from the Sway in the Morning Show. She talks about her first poem, the significance of the name Angel Haze, the fact that her first 9 years were spent in a cult and more. After the interview, she performs. Check out the video.... Read more

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

Sean Price performs on Sway in the Morning (Video)

Sean Price, Buckshot, 9th Wonder and DJ Premier were recently on the Sway in the Morning show. They chopped it up about bootlegging and more, and Sean Price performed Bar-Barian and Straight Music. Check out the video. Related: Sean Price – Haraam (Video)... Read more

Torae rhymes on the Sway in the Morning show (Video)

Need some of that raw rap? Torae's got plenty. Check out these 6 minutes of verses he spits on Sway in the Morning. The first part is him showcasing his off the dome skills (Sway drops a word, Torae drops a rhyme). The 2nd part is him dropping a fire... Read more

RZA interview on the Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

A brand new Wu banger dropped earlier today. Here's an interview with RZA on the Sway in the Morning Show discussing a new Wu album (to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of 36 Chambers), his new film The Man With the Iron Fists and more. Check out the video. Related: Wu-Tang... Read more

RZA drops a verse on the Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

The legendary RZArector spits a verse and slices up a beat Shaolin style on the Sway in the Morning Show. Check out the video. Related: Ghostface Killah, M.O.P. & Pharoahe Monch – Black Out (Audio)... Read more

Fashawn, Murs & Chris Webby rhyme on the Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

Fashawn, Murs and Chris Webby stopped by the Sway in the Morning Show and dropped a few verses over some live beats from Ski Beatz. Check out the video. Related: Murs & Fashawn – This Generation (Video)... Read more

Whoa. Brother Ali turned in one of the best 5 Fingers of Death performances EVER on the Sway in the Morning show. Check out the video (Video)

The reactions of Murs and Fashawn in the background are equally entertaining. Related: Brother Ali - Mourning in America (Video)... Read more

Ryan Leslise does 5 Fingers of Death on the Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

Ryan Leslie doing Sway's 5 Fingers of Death? He just might surprise you. Check out the video. Related: Schoolboy Q & Ab-Soul – 5 Fingers of Death (Video)... Read more

Common freestyles on the Sway in the Morning show (Part 2) (Video)

Common was really feeling the flow when he hit the Sway in the Morning show last week. Here is yet another dope true freestyle he kicked. Check out the video. Related: Common discusses working with Kanye West (Video)... Read more

Common freestyles on the Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

Uh oh. You thought Common's freestyle game in concert was crack? Check out what he did on the Sway in the Morning Show. Sway threw out words (not ish like "box" but things like "left ventricle") and Common rhymed them off the top never to be stopped. Super ill. Related:... Read more

Ab-Soul performs Ab-Soul’s Intro live on the Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

Ab-Soul set the mic on FIRE on the Sway in the Morning show. Check out the video of his live rendition of Ab-Soul's Intro. Related: Ab-Soul spits an a capella verse for Beats TV (Video)... Read more

Large Professor performs Lookin’ at the Front Door on the Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

Large professor blessed the Sway in the Morning Show with a performance of Lookin' at the Front Door. Still smooth. Check out the video below. Related: Playlist of Large Professor-produced classics (Audio)... Read more

Childish Gambino – 5 Fingers of Death Freestyle (Video)

Childish Gambino's latest 5 Fingers of Death is one of the best so far. He went in on all 5 beats that were thrown at him (ranging from DJ Premier to Nirvana) and all were of the dome. Afterward, Sway gives him props for what he is doing for hip-hop.... Read more

Schoolboy Q – Sway in the Morning Freestyle and Hot 97 Interview (Video)

Schoolboy Q did the local radio circuit during his stop in NYC. Check out the verses he kicked (one written and one off the dome) on Sway in the Morning over Beanie Siegel's The Truth (TOUGH) and Biggie's Dead Wrong tracks as well as an interview with Peter Rosenberg below.... Read more

Wreckonize (from ¡Mayday!) – Five Fingers of Death on the Sway in the Morning show (Video)

Tech N9ne's Strange Music family visited the Sway in the Morning show yesterday. Wreckonize from ¡Mayday! had the honors of taking on 5 Fingers of Death where Sway has folks rhyme over 5 random beats and he SMASHED IT with a true freestyle off the dome. Check out the video... Read more

Scarface – Sway in the Morning Freestyle (Video)

Hearing Scarface on The Sway in the Morning Show last week is what inspired us to create our Living Legends series. Here's a video of Face kicking some rhymes truly off the dome (what used to be called a freestyle) as well as a pre-written verse from his upcoming album... Read more

We caught up with Stalley and chopped it up about his new mixtape Savage Journey to the American Dream, the meaning behind the title, his patriotism, what it was like working with Chad Hugo from the Neptunes and more (Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKFzSX2YlFM Also, check out Stalley's 5 Fingers of Death on the Sway in the Morning show, where he flowed over 5 different beats. Previously: Stalley - Savage Journey to the American Dream (Mixtape)... Read more