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Here’s a soulful remix to Big K.R.I.T.’s Me and My Old School featuring Slim Thug and Lil Keke, from his 4eva N a Day mixtape.

Check it out below. Related: Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva N a Day (Mixtape) and interview of him discussing the project (Video)... Read more

June 20, 2012 Audio

Slaughterhouse – My Life ft Cee-Lo (Video)

Here's the video for Slaughterhouse's song with Cee-Lo. Check out My Life. Related: Crooked I - Psalm 82: v6 (Mixtape)... Read more

June 20, 2012 Video

Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q interview with Karen Civil (Video)

Here's a cool interview of Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q by Karen Civil. They discuss what it would take to drop a Black Hippy album, how they decide who gets on what track, why Schoolboy Q is now calling himself Puff Daddy and more. Check out the video below. Related: Ab-Soul... Read more

June 20, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Here’s a back in the day (mostly) video playlist to get you through the day. You’ll hear music from Redman, Grand Puba, The Roots, Chubb Rock, Mobb Deep, Heavy D, The Beatnuts and more (Video Playlist)

Just press play, sit back and take a journey back to the 90's. Related: Back in the Day 80's Hip-Hop Playlist (Audio)... Read more

June 20, 2012 Playlists, Throwback, Video

Brother Ali – Stop the Press

Here's a hot new soulful joint from Brother Ali. It's from his forthcoming album Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color and dude is spitting nothing but knowledge. Check out Stop the Press. Related: Brother Ali - Not a Day Goes By (Video)... Read more

June 19, 2012 Audio

Yuna – Video Playlist and Interview (Video)

Yuna is a special artist. I first heard her when she did a haunting cover of Nirvana's Come As You Are. A few weeks ago, I also had the opportunity to hear her sing live and was blown away. Here's a video playlist of some of her performances from Billboard,... Read more

June 19, 2012 Playlists, Video

Rick Ross – Touch’n You ft Usher (Video)

Here's the latest video from Rick Ross. It's from Ross' upcoming God Forgives, I Don't Album. Check out Touch'n You featuring Usher. Related: Rick Ross, Wale, Meek Mill, Stalley, Gunplay & Kendrick Lamar - Power Circle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Q76r0nOgI... Read more

June 19, 2012 Video

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

June 19, 2012 Video

50 Cent – Double Up ft Hayes (Video)

Double Up featuring Hayes is the latest video from 50 Cent's The Lost Tape. You can check it out below. Related: 50 Cent - The Lost Tape (Mixtape)... Read more

June 19, 2012 Video

Slum Village – Reppin’ (Video)

Here's a new video from Slum Village. Check out Reppin'. Related: Slum Village - God Sent/Hunger (Video)... Read more

June 19, 2012 Video

Crooked I – Psalm 82: v6 (Mixtape)

Here's a new mixtape from Crooked I. It contains features from his Slaughterhouse crew, as well as from Kurupt, Ras Kass, Roc Marciano, Twista and more. You can listen to all of Psalm 82: v6 and download it below. Related: Slaughterhouse rap on Tim Westwood Show (Video) Download Mixtape... Read more

June 19, 2012 Audio, Mixes

Nas discusses Life is Good (Video)

Nas says he's cooked up some magic with Salaam Remi on Life is Good. Apparently, the producer is comparing Nas' album to the feeling he had about The Fugees' The Score and Amy Winehouse's Back to Black--both classics he produced. Check out what else Nas had to say and have... Read more

June 18, 2012 Video

Crooked I – Exodus 23:1

Joell Ortiz spit on the Exodus 23:1 beat last week. Now Crooked I takes his turn. Check it out below. Who do you think went in the hardest between Joell, Crooked I and Pusha T? Related: Joell Ortiz - Iron On You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ8yFR6F-uM... Read more

June 18, 2012 Audio

Rakim interview with Montreality (Video)

We celebrated the career of Rakim last week with a playlist of some of his many classics. Here's a 20-minute interview of The R that touches on a number of subjects including MCs of today that he's feeling, his top 5 MCs of all time, his biggest fear, what he... Read more

June 18, 2012 Video

Supernatural freestyles on Hot 97 with Peter Rosenberg (Video)

Supernatural is one of the greatest freestylers to do it. Period. Dude kicks substantive lyrics using clever similes straight off the top of the dome. The word freestyle is now often associated with any written verse no one has heard before. Check this 8 minute video of Supernatural doing what... Read more

June 18, 2012 Video

Happy Father’s Day (Playlist)

Happy father's day to all the father's out there. Here's some fatherhood hip-hop for you from Common, Kendrick Lamar, Will Smith, Yelawolf, Jay-Z and Nas. Related: Prodigy, DMX, Erick Sermon, Sean Price, Jim Jones & Jadakiss Talk Father’s Day (Video)... Read more

June 17, 2012 Audio

Joe Budden – Mood Muzik Box Set Intro and Sneak Preview (Video)

Joe Budden flexes on this 5 minute intro to his Mood Muzik Box Set. Check out the song and a video preview about the box set below. Related: Slaughterhouse raps on the Tim Westwood Show (Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVcK3mXUbz4&feature=player_embedded... Read more

June 16, 2012 Audio, Video

Prodigy, DMX, Erick Sermon, Sean Price, Jim Jones & Jadakiss Talk Father’s Day

The 6 MCs discussed what Father's Day means to them at Rock The Bells. Related: Erick Sermon tells classic stories to Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds (Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7hxaDyTnAE&feature=player_embedded... Read more

June 16, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Happy Birthday 2Pac (Video Playlist)

Happy birthday to the immortal outlaw Tupac Shakur, who would have been 41 today. Here's a video playlist celebrating the born day of a true icon. Related: 2Pac Hologram performs at Coachella (Video) and Kendrick Lamar discusses what 2Pac meant to him (Video)... Read more

June 16, 2012 Playlists, Video

Childish Gambino – Shoulda Known

Here's a new one from Childish Gambino. Check out Shoulda Known. Related: Childish Gambino freestyles on 106 & Park (Video)... Read more

June 15, 2012 Audio

Ice-T discusses Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap (Video)

Ice-T dropped a bunch of incredible freestyles from the likes of Eminem, Redman, Lord Finesse, Nas and more leading up to the premiere of his documentary Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap. The film hit theaters today. Here's an interview of the OG Ice-T discussing the movie. Check out... Read more

June 15, 2012 Food for Thought, The Bridge, Throwback, Video

Here’s XV’s latest mixtape, Popular Culture, and an in-depth interview exploring his earliest musical influences. Check out both below.

XV dropped his new mixtape Popular Culture today. With strong beats and substantive lyrics, it's a great weekend listen. You can listen to the whole thing and download it below, as well as watch our interview where he discusses his earliest musical influences. Related: XV - Zero Heroes (Mixtape) Download... Read more

June 15, 2012 Audio, Food for Thought, Mixes, Video

Joell Ortiz – Iron On You

Joell Ortiz continues his assault on other people's beats. Check out how he attacks Pusha T's Exodus 23:1 track on Iron On You. Related: Joell Ortiz - The Motto... Read more

June 15, 2012 Audio

Rick Ross, Wale, Meek Milll, Stalley, Gunplay & Kendrick Lamar – Power Circle + Kendrick Lamar Legend in the Making Interview (Video)

Kendrick Lamar joins Stalley, Meek Mill, Wale, Gunplay and Rick Ross on the MMG posse cut, Gun Play. Kendrick takes the clean up slot and, as usual, he bodies it. Also, here's a cool interview of K. Dot by Hypetrak. He discusses what it was like performing in front of... Read more

June 15, 2012 Audio, Food for Thought, Video

B.o.B. – Ray Bands (Video)

Here's another new video from the Grand Hustle family. Check out B.o.B's Ray Bands. Related: TI - Love This Life (Video)... Read more

June 14, 2012 Video

XV – AaaHH! Real Monsters ft Schoolboy Q

XV's new mixtape Popular Demand drops tomorrow. Here's a preview of what to expect. Check out AaaHH! Real Monsters featuring Schoolboy Q. Related: XV - The Kick (Video)... Read more

June 14, 2012 Audio

TI – Love This Life (Video)

Here's a new video from TI. Check out Love This Life. Related: Freddie Gibbs - Pull Up featuring Young Jeezy and TI... Read more

June 14, 2012 Video

DJ Quik & Bone Thugs-N-Harmony perform at the Rock the Bells 2012 Launch Party (Video)

Here's some dope footage of DJ Quik and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony performing at the Rock the Bells 2012 Launch Party. Quik performs Tonight and Bone does Foe Tha Love of $. Check out the video below. Related: DJ Quik mini-documentary (Video)... Read more

June 14, 2012 Video

Big K.R.I.T. – The Making of Live From the Underground (Video)

Here's a 10-minute behind the scenes look at the making of Big K.R.I.T.'s Live From the Underground album. It breaks down the meaning behind the album cover, the genesis of some of the songs, his getting booed the first time he performed in NYC and more. There's even footage of... Read more

June 14, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Black Milk – Live at Third Man Records (Full Album Stream)

Here's a hot new album from Black Milk. The entire project was recorded live (full band and all) in Nashville and features him ripping through a number of his best tracks from previous albums. You can listen to all of Black Milk Live at Third Man Records below. Related: Playlist... Read more

June 14, 2012 Audio

Eve – Reebok Classics Mini-Documentary (Video)

Here's a dope mini-documentary about Eve, the first lady of Ruff Ryders, from Reebok Classics. Check it out below. Related: Playlist dedicated to women in hip-hop (Audio) and full version of My Mic Sounds Nice, BET's documentary on women in hip-hop (Video)... Read more

June 13, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Redman – Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap Freestyle (Video)

Redman spits the latest a capella as a lead up to the premiere of Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap, Ice-T's hip-hop documentary which hits theaters on Friday. Check out the video of Reggie Noble doing what he does best below. Related: Redman talks about the first time he... Read more

June 13, 2012 Video

Living Legends: A Playlist Celebrating the Career of the One and Only Rakim (Playlist)

Watching Rakim perform last night (see footage below) was a reminder of why he has nicknames like the God MC and Rakim Allah. There was a good 5-10 year stretch where there was NO QUESTION who the GOAT was. The debate started at #2, after the R. For these reasons... Read more

June 13, 2012 Audio, Playlists, Throwback, Video

Big K.R.I.T. – Thank You Kindly (Audio) and Interview (Video)

It's a big day for Big K.R.I.T. His Live From the Underground album debuted at #4 on the charts. Here's a video of him discussing the album as well as a new song he released to thank his team and fans for the support. Check out Thank You Kindly and... Read more

June 13, 2012 Audio

9th Wonder – The Wonder Year documentary sneak preview (Video)

Here's a look at the first 8 minutes of The Wonder Year, the documentary chronicling a year in the life of 9th Wonder. The Wonder Year is now available on DVD. Check out the video below. Related: 9th Wonder - The Harvard Fellow documentary preview (Video)... Read more

June 13, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

J Dilla – Rebirth of Detroit (Full Album Stream)

Here's a full album stream of the upcoming posthumous release of previously unheard Dilla tracks featuring a lot of talent from Dilla's hometown. Check out Rebirth of Detroit. Related: J Dilla - Rebirth of Detroit video preview Here's the tracklist: 1. “The New Installment” (Intro) 2. “Detroit Madness” with Phat... Read more

June 13, 2012 Audio

Lord Finesse – Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap freestyle (Video)

Here's another dope a capella verse from Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap. This one is courtesy of Lord Finesse. It's gettin' kinda hectic. Check out the video. Related: Nas - Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap freestyle (Video)... Read more

June 12, 2012 Video

Talib Kweli – The “It’s the Real” interview (Video)

Here's an interview of Talib Kweli by the It's the Real crew. Comedy ensues. Check out the video. Related: Talib Kweli performs a new song and a tribute to The Beastie Boys' MCA (Video)... Read more

June 12, 2012 Video

Redman – Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap (Video)

Ice-T's hip-hop documentary Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap hits theater on Friday and it looks like it's going to be FIRE. Here's a short clip of Redman talking about the first time he ever performed. Related: Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap - Eminem Freestyle (Video)... Read more

June 12, 2012 Video

Here’s Joey Bada$$ new 1999 mixtape and an interview that gives some insight into this artist on the rise (Mixtape & Interview)

Joey Bada$$ just dropped his new mixtape 1999. As you listen to the music, get to know the man behind it. We recently had the opportunity to Chop It Up with Joey. He spoke about the origin of his Pro Era crew, how long he's been rapping, how he balances... Read more

June 12, 2012 Audio, Food for Thought, Mixes, Video

The Alchemist – Flight Confirmation ft Danny Brown & Schoolboy Q (Video)

Here's a new track from The Alchemist that features vocals from Danny Brown and Schoolboy Q. Check out Flight Confirmation. Related: The Alchemist & Curren$y - Covert Coup (Mixtape)... Read more

June 12, 2012 Video

The 20th Anniversary of the original NBA Dream Team

Tonight's NBA Finals will feature some of the league's greatest stars. There's no doubt, however, that the greatest collection of talent ever assembled on 1 court was the original Dream Team. That team won the gold medal 20 years ago. Here's an incredible article from GQ giving the blow by... Read more

June 12, 2012 Food for Thought

Pac Div – Automatic

Pac Div is back with a new track. Here's Automatic. Related: Pac Div - Top Down featuring Skeme & Casey Veggies (Video)... Read more

June 11, 2012 Audio

The Roots Picnic Video Recap (Video)

Here's a video recap of the recent Roots picnic. It features footage of Yasiin Bey (pka Mos Def), De La Soul, Wale, Rakim, The Roots and more. Check it out below. Related: De La Soul performs with The Roots at their picnic (Video)... Read more

June 11, 2012 Video

Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul Rap on DJ Green Lantern’s Invasion Radio Show (Video)

Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul crush the mic on DJ Green Lantern's radio show. They go in on the beat for Nas' Daughters no less. Check out the video of their verses and an interview of them where they discuss Slaughterhouse, West Coast MCs and more below. Related: Ab-Soul - Black... Read more

June 11, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Nas – The Life Files Interview Pt 2 (Video)

Here's part 2 of Nas' interview with The Life Files. He talks about the current state of hip-hop on the radio, the prodigious talent of Lauryn Hill and even discusses President Obama. Check it out below. Related: Nas - The Life Files Interview Pt 1 (Video)... Read more

June 11, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Here’s the third installment of DJ Jazzy Jeff & Mick Boogie’s annual Summertime mixtape (Mixtape)

Here's the 3rd annual Summertime mixtape from DJ Jazzy Jeff & Mick Boogie. You can listen to the whole mixtape and download it below. At 51 tracks deep, it's an eclectic mix. You'll hear everyone from Biggie to Stevie Wonder and Little Brother to Jamiroquai. Related: DJ Jazzy Jeff &... Read more

June 11, 2012 Mixes

J Dilla – Detroit Game ft Boldy James & Chuck Inglish (from The Cool Kids)

Here's a previously unreleased track from the mighty J Dilla. It features that patented Dilla dirty funk and vocals from The Cool Kids' Chuck Inglish and Boldy James. Check out Detroit Game from the upcoming new posthumous Dilla project, Rebirth of Detroit. Related: J Dilla - Rebirth of Detroit album... Read more

June 10, 2012 Audio

Yasiin Bey (pka Mos Def) – Life in Marvelous Times (Video)

Yasiin Bey (pka Mos Def) graced the stage in Brooklyn last night with a special performance with the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. Here's a blisteringly hot performance of Life in Marvelous Times. The live strings make it sound epic. Check out the video. Related: Yasiin Bey performs Umi Says with The... Read more

June 10, 2012 Video

D’Angelo performs She Came Into the Bathroom Window with The Roots (Video)

The Roots recently performed at Bonnaroo and brought out D'Angelo as a surprise guest. Check out his first stateside performance in over a decade below. Related: D'Angelo - The GQ Interview... Read more

June 10, 2012 Video