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Joell Ortiz – You Can’t Stop the Prophet

The cats from Slaughterhouse have been taking their name really seriously lately. They've dropped several hot joints as a collective lately and Joell Ortiz is keeping the momentum going on the solo tip. Check out how he murders the track for the remix to Jeru tha Damaja's classic You Can't... Read more

March 1, 2012 Audio, The Bridge, Throwback

Joey BadA$$ – Waves

Here's a new track from Joey BadA$$ the latest product from the brainchild behind Cinematic Music Group (Big K.R.I.T. and Smoke DZA) and Creative Control. The song is called Waves. If it's any indication, be prepared to hear the name Joey BadA$$ for a looong time. Check it out below.... Read more

March 1, 2012 Audio

Melanie Fiona – This Time ft J Cole

Melanie Fiona lays down her typically lush and soulful vocals over a tough track on This Time. If the track isn't hip-hop enough for you, she also enlists the services of J Cole and he goes in...Check it out.... Read more

March 1, 2012 Audio

Ghostface Killah & Sheek Louch – Trading Places

Here's another collabo between Ghostface Killah and Sheek Louch. This one is not a new song though. Instead, they take turns catching wreck over one of the other's most recognized beats. Check out Trading Places. And here's a classic scene from the inspiration of the song title. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gekaEzqj5g... Read more

March 1, 2012 Audio, The Bridge

New Balance Excellent Makers – Jay Electronica

Here's a dope but far too short video from New Balance of Jay Electronica talking about what makes him who he is. Props to NahRight for the find. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUQ8T1fFgvo... Read more

February 29, 2012 Video

Gorillaz – DoYaThing ft Andre 3000 and James Murphy

DoYaThing, the new collabo between Gorillaz, Andre 3000 and James Murphy, dropped last week. Here's the video which features mind-blowingly realistic looking animation. Props to Converse for putting out one of the most creative music videos in years. Check it out below.... Read more

February 29, 2012 Video

Here is our list of the underground MCs who had the biggest come up in the last year: The AFH Torch Bearers list. These MCs include Ab-Soul, Action Bronson, A$AP Rocky, Childish Gambino, Chuuwee, Dom Kennedy, The Jets (Tradeamark Da Skydiver, Young Roddy, Sir Michael Rocks), The Kid Daytona, Rittz, Schoolboy Q, Smoke DZA, Stalley and XV. Click here to see why we chose these MCs and to hear some of their music.

There have been a lot of lists declaring top MCs lately; some for the mainstream and some for the underground. In our opinion (and each list is just that--opinions) each list left some things to be desired. So...we decided to take matters in our own hands. Partly in response to... Read more

February 28, 2012 Audio, Food for Thought, Video

Curren$y & Styles P – #The1st28 (Mixtape)

Styles P and Curren$y have collaborated on an EP. You can listen to all of #The1st28 and download it below. Download Mixtape... Read more

February 28, 2012 Audio, Mixes

2012 XXL Freshman Class

So...XXL revealed its Freshman Class of 2012 today. It consists of Future, Kid Ink, Danny Brown, French Montana, Macklemore, Don Trip, Machine Gun Kelly, Hopsin, Iggy Azalea and Roscoe Dash. There are some VERY notable omissions (but more on that later). Which list makes you more irate between this one... Read more

February 28, 2012 Food for Thought

Apollo Brown & OC – Prove Me Wrong

Here's some new OC produced by Apollo Brown and chopped up by DJ Premier. Far from Time's Up, OC is timeless. Check out Prove Me Wrong below. Here's OC's classic Time's Up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCJ6f5VnVVo... Read more

February 28, 2012 Audio, The Bridge

Schoolboy Q & Ab-Soul – 5 Fingers of Death + Druggys With H*es Again (Video)

5 Fingers of Death. You know how it goes down. Sway plays 5 random beats and let's MCs attack 'em. Half of Black Hippy, Schoolboy Q & Ab-Soul, got their chance yesterday and the lyrical wordplay was silly. Both Q and Ab-Soul blacked out on different beats. Check out the... Read more

February 28, 2012 Video

Action Bronson – Nothing to Worry About

Here's some new heat from Action Bronson. Check out Nothing to Worry About.... Read more

February 28, 2012 Audio

Slaughterhouse – Hammer Dance (no tags)

Slaughterhouse has been on a tear lately. Hammer Dance is their latest release and it GOES HARD. Check it out (with no tags).... Read more

February 28, 2012 Audio

Toca Tuesdays Freestyles – Jon Connor (Video)

Jon Connor dropped a true "off the dome" freestyle on Toca Tuesdays Freestyles. Check the video below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOUI4U9uymg... Read more

February 28, 2012 Video

Young Guru Speaks on Nggas in Paris vs. Nggas in Poorest (Video)

Young Guru (engineer extraordinaire for Kanye West & Jay-Z and ill DJ) steadily has been establishing himself as a hip-hop scholar. Check out what he has to say about N*ggas in Paris vs. N*ggas in Poorest. Rather than pit the two songs against each other he reconciles them and argues... Read more

February 27, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Planet Asia – No Apologies ft Raekwon

Planet Asia is joined by Chef Raekwon on his latest track. Check out No Apologies. Planet Asia's album Black Belt Theater drops tomorrow. Click here to buy it.... Read more

February 27, 2012 Audio

Behind The Scenes With Big K.R.I.T. & Va$htie At Insomnia Video Shoot (Video)

Big K.R.I.T. has a track called Insomnia on his new 4eva N a Day project. Here's a true behind the scenes look at the making of the video for the track. The BTS look features some words from K.R.I.T. and Va$htie, the director of the video, as well as a... Read more

February 27, 2012 Video

Curren$y – Livin’ (Video)

Here's the latest video from Curren$y. Check out Livin'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKQY7EocJdg... Read more

February 27, 2012 Video

February may be the shortest month of the year but it has not been short on hot joints this year. Here’s a playlist of some of the best hip-hop to drop this month. You’ll hear music from J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Big K.R.I.T., Jadakiss, Ghostface Killah & Sheek Louch, Curren$y, Slaughterhouse, Action Bronson, Stalley, Planet Asia, Bumpy Knuckles and more. Click below to listen.

February 26, 2012 Audio, Playlists

DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles – Shake The Room ft Flava Flav

DJ Premier. Bumpy Knuckles. New music. Nuff said. Check out a sampler of their forthcoming EP (StOoDiOtYmE) and the full version of Shake the Room featuring Flavor Flav from the EP. It BANGS. Here's the sampler for StOoDiOtYmE: Here's Shake The Room ft Flavor Flav... Read more

February 25, 2012 Audio

EPMD Perform Headbanger With K-Solo and Redman (Video)

EPMD reunited in NYC last night. For the finale, they brought out fellow Hit Squad members K-Solo and Redman and smashed Headbanger. Check out a video of the performance below. Also, click here to check out our playlist of songs produced by Erick Sermon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OwDzpBxumQ... Read more

February 25, 2012 Throwback, Video

Q-Tip – Black Fist Friday Mix (Mixtape)

New York's Hot 97 has been bringing in legendary DJs/Producers as a part of its Black Fist Fridays series in celebration of Black History Month. Thus far, guests have included Pete Rock, DJ Premier and Questlove, and they have been given free reign to play whatever they were feeling that... Read more

February 24, 2012 Audio, Mixes

Andre 3000 speaks to GQ

Andre 3000 recently sat down with GQ to discuss topics ranging from the possibility of a new OutKast album to the re-launch of his clothing line to the REAL scoop on the phrase "Who else wants to f*ck with Hollywood Cole." See below for an excerpt from the article and... Read more

February 24, 2012 Food for Thought

DMX Performs at SOB’s (Video)

Last night was a good one for hip-hop in NYC. It marked the premiere of Schoolboy Q (as a headliner) and the return of DMX. Check out footage of DMX performing at SOB's below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfsJ_gafXxw And, if you missed it, here's some footage of Schoolboy Q's performance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgE_lLbRffI&feature=plcp&context=C3c7d661UDOEgsToPDskJgKXmHHYCeaC1T-Wy7C_Fp... Read more

February 24, 2012 Video

DJ EFN – Thanksgiving (Remix) ft Kendrick Lamar, !Mayday! & Blood Type

Here's a hot remix from DJ EFN featuring Kendrick Lamar, !Mayday! and Blood Type. Check out Thanksgiving.... Read more

February 24, 2012 Audio

Stic Man from Dead Prez is well-established as one of hip-hop’s greatest revolutionaries. But, did you know that his first rap ever on Black History got him kicked out of school and nearly caused a riot? Get to know Stic Man like you never have before, in his own words. This is the story of Where It All Began in hip-hop for Stic Man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkKn6fxLNL4... Read more

February 24, 2012 Video

Young Jeezy, DJ Quik and Warren G in the Studio (Video)

Here's some behind the scenes footage of Young Jeezy, DJ Quik and Warren G in the studio. There's a snippet of new track (fresh), crate digging for beats and some good comradery. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF5b5gMa0YQ... Read more

February 24, 2012 Video

Schoolboy Q speaks to The Fader TV (Video)

Schoolboy Q talks to The Fader about his album Habits & Contradictions, working with his Black Hippy crew, how he mostly listens to hip-hop classics (outside of his crew's music) and the influence of DJ Quik on his career. Check it out below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4lZRJTqnf4 And, here's a taste of his... Read more

February 23, 2012 Food for Thought

Sean Born – Pour Out Liquor

Sean Born kicks some mournful lyrics over a soulful Kev Brown beat on Pour Out Liquor. He talks about the consequences of living the lifestyle that's glorified in a lot of today's music. Check it out.... Read more

February 23, 2012 Audio

Curren$y – What Da F*ck & #CruiseLife (Video)

Here's a double play Curren$y video that features 2 songs where he takes on The Throne...not literally, but he does rhyme over a classic track flipped by Jay and a classic track used by Kanye. Check out What Da F*ck & #CruiseLife. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1XM9OjFwaU Here's the Jay-Z classic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZLXt3KGTBI And, the... Read more

February 23, 2012 The Bridge, Video

Skillz – Maybe I Don’t Know Her ft A206J

Here's a meditative new song from Skillz. He reflects on a relationship gone bad. Check out Maybe I Don't Know Her. Props to 2DopeBoyz on the find. ... Read more

February 23, 2012 Audio

Sheek Louch & Ghostface Killah – Hands Up

Sheek Louch & Ghostface Killah trade verse after verse after verse on Hands Up. Straight grimy goodness. Check it out.... Read more

February 22, 2012 Audio

The Gorillaz – Do Ya Thang ft James Murphy & Andre 3000

The Gorillaz have had some cool collabos with hip-hop artists over the years. Their latest features Andre 3000. If you dig the Gorillaz and experimental 3 Stacks, you'll probably dig this. Check out Do Ya Thang featuring James Murphy and Andre 3000. Here's The Gorillaz classic Feel Good Inc. featuring... Read more

February 22, 2012 Audio

Slaughterhouse – She Will

Slaughterhouse (without Royce Da 5'9")commandeers another heavy rotation beat and makes it their own. Check out their version of She Will.... Read more

February 22, 2012 Audio

J Cole just dropped a new song that’s as good as any on his album. He goes in on an old soul sample. Check out Grew Up Fast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KkSIaYE7sM Here's the David Ruffin original. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mu8fXaDvWU... Read more

February 22, 2012 Audio, The Bridge

BJ The Chicago Kid – The World Is A Ghetto ft Kendrick Lamar

BJ The Chicago Kid and Kendrick Lamar make incredible music together. They teamed up on Kendrick's masterful Kush & Corinthian's on Section.80 then again on BJ The Chicago Kid's His Pain. Their latest collabo completes the trilogy. Check out The World Is A Ghetto. Click here to by BJ The... Read more

February 21, 2012 Audio

Stalley – Midnight Satori

Stalley has been on his grind lately. Here's another new track called Midnight Satori. It features a soulful 70's style track. Check it out.... Read more

February 21, 2012 Audio

Civilized Talk with Nipsey Hu$$le (Video)

Here's an interview of Nipsey Hu$$le by Karen Civil. He speaks about the transition from being on a major label to being an independent artist, his thoughts on the current generation of West Coast MCs and the rumors of him signing to Maybach Music Group West. Check out the interview... Read more

February 21, 2012 Video

Yasiin Bey (previously known as Mos Def) laid down his response to Nggas in Paris a few months ago. He goes even harder in the video…Check out his video for Nggas in Poorest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFg7-4vBPWM&context=C35b717eADOEgsToPDskKgnfvMqtxskqepunxQhhEQ... Read more

February 21, 2012 Video

Rick Ross – High Definition (Video)

Here's a video for one of the hottest joints on Rick Ross' Rich Forever mixtape. Check out High Definition. It also features a sneak preview of the video for Party Heart, Ross' collabo with Stalley. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1BL9MAJzH4... Read more

February 21, 2012 Video

MTV’s 2012 Hottest MCs in the Game (Video)

MTV dropped its 7th annual installment of its hottest MCs in the game last night. They were: 1. Rick Ross, 2. Drake, 3. Kanye West, 4. Nicki Minaj, 5. Lil Wayne, 6. Jay-Z, 7. Meek Mill, 8. Big Sean, 9. Wiz Khalifa, 10. Wale. And by now, you probably already... Read more

February 20, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

I Am: Kendrick Lamar (Video)

Here's a beautifully shot behind the scenes look at a day in the life of Kendrick Lamar. Check out the video below. Props to Rocksmith. http://vimeo.com/35127663 Also, if you missed it, check out our interview of Kendrick Lamar where he discusses his earliest musical influences and the inspirations that led... Read more

February 20, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Crooked I – Monsters in My Head ft Slaughterhouse

Crooked I teams up with the rest of Slaughterhouse on his new song Monsters in My Head. Boi 1da supplies the track. Check it out below.... Read more

February 20, 2012 Audio

Here’s a President’s Day playlist featuring music about the presidents most discussed in hip-hop: Dead Presidents. You’ll hear music from 2Pac, DJ Quik, Jay-Z, Nas, Biggie, Wu-Tang Clan, Scarface, Eric B & Rakim, Kanye West, Zion I, J Cole and more. You can listen to the whole playlist below.

Dead Presidents by Parfit on Grooveshark... Read more

February 20, 2012 Audio, Playlists

Blu – ucla (Album) (Produced by Madlib)

blu and Madlib had a couple of dope collabos last year. Now...here's a full album. Check out ucla featuring blu on the mic and Madlib on the boards. You can listen to the entire album and download it below. Click here to download.... Read more

February 19, 2012 Audio

Styles P – Exhibit A (Video)

Styles P laid down a tight verse on Just Blaze's Exhibit A track (originally produced for Jay Electronica) a few weeks ago. Here's the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr_I08fUFCg Here's the original Jay Electronica version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSxLzrXurJI... Read more

February 19, 2012 The Bridge, Video

DJ Premier Black Fist Friday Mix (Mixtape)

New York's Hot 97 is bringing in guest DJs each week for its Black Fist Fridays series. Last week was ?uestlove. This week, DJ Premier gets busy. Listen to his mix and download it below. Also, click here to check out our playlist of DJ Premier-produced music.... Read more

February 18, 2012 Audio

Stalley – Mind Made Up & 87 Regal

Here are 2 hot new joints for Stalley. Check out Mind Made Up (produced by The Neptunes' Chad Hugo) and 87 Regal (produced by Block Beattaz). Mind Made Up 87 Regal... Read more

February 17, 2012 Audio

Kendrick Lamar Interview with Civilized Talk

Here's a really dope interview of Kendrick Lamar by Karen Civil. He talks about being snubbed by MTV for their 2012 Hottest MCs list, working with Pharrell and Dr. Dre, and much more. Also, if you missed it, check out our interview of K. Dot here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HovGNrLSQf8&list=UUEqykmT8rckH7L1URck_m0g&index=1&feature=plcp... Read more

February 17, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

DJ Premier & The Berklee Symphony Orchestra – RE:Generation Remix ft Nas & Apathy

DJ Premier did an incredible track with The Berklee Symphony Orchestra that featured Nas a few months ago. Here's the remix, complete with a verse from Apathy. Check it out.... Read more

February 17, 2012 Audio