Raekwon – This Sh*t Hard ft L.E.P. Bogus Boys & Dion Primo
Raekwon dropped off a Christmas gift last night. Check out This Sh*t Hard featuring L.E.P. Bogus Boys and Dion Primo. Click here to download.... Read more
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Jon Connor – One of Those Nights
Here's a hot new song from Jon Connor--hard rhymes over a jazzy track. Check out One of Those Nights. Click here to download.... Read more
Hip-Hop Christmas Playlist
Here's a Hip-Hop Christmas playlist. Merry Christmas from AFH.... Read more
Freddie Gibbs & Statik Selektah – Rap Money ft Daz Dillinger
Freddie Gibbs and Statik Selektah link with Daz Dillinger. Check out the video for Rap Money. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WRRnMG0G1Hk... Read more
Action Bronson & Statik Selektah – Cirque Du Soleil (Video)
Wow. This new video from Action Bronson and Statik Selektah is HOT! The beat is tough, the rhymes are on point and the concept is ill. It's a mini-murder mystery revolving around JFK. Check out Cirque Du Soleil. The Statik Selektah/Action Bronson album is about to set 2012 off right.... Read more
XV – The Kick (Video)
XV's dope song The Kick dropped back in September. Here's the video. Also, click here to see XV's incredible story about the first time see he heard Jay-Z's The Blueprint (at the end of the video). http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aWpC7PC7Sck... Read more
Slim Thug – Can’t Stop ft Curren$y & Dre Day (Video)
Slim Thug, Curren$y and Dre Day hold it down for the South. Check out the video for Can't Stop (it starts 20 seconds in). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adZyYTj8MgE&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Evidence, Zion I, The Grouch & Eligh – Amp Live For President (Video)
Here's an ill collabo from some West Coast underground legends. Evidence, Zion I, The Grouch and Eligh go in over an Amp Live track. 4 MCs, 4 different beats. Check out the video for Amp Live for President. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=14GoLqtP4ZY... Read more
Kids These Days – Hard Times ft Casie Veggies and Asher Roth
Here's a new song from Kids These Days (dope hip-hop band--with a full brass section) featuring Asher Roth and Casie Veggies. Check out Hard Times.... Read more
Drake – The Motto ft Lil Wayne & Tyga (Video)
Here's the latest video from Drake. Check out The Motto featuring Lil Wayne and Tyga. Drake ~ The Motto Featuring Lil Wayne & Tyga (Official Video) from OctobersVeryOwn on Vimeo.... Read more
The Weeknd – Echoes of Silence (Mixtape)
Here's a brand new mixtape from The Weeknd. It starts off with a cover of Michael Jackson's Dirty Diana and takes off from there. Listen to all of Echoes of Silence and download it below. Download Mixtape... Read more
Who was your first favorite rapper? We asked Big Daddy Kane, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Kendrick Lamar, Murs, Statik Selektah, Freddie Gibbs, 9th Wonder, Stic Man, Skyzoo, Chuuwee, Skillz, tabi Bonney and more. The answers ranged from EPMD to 2Pac and everything in between. Check out who was you favorite rapper’s favorite rapper.
Where It All Began (Part 3) - Who Was Your First Favorite Rapper? Click here for parts 1 and 2 of Where It Began where many of the same stars discuss the first piece of music they ever bought and who first exposed them to hip-hop.... Read more
Asher Roth – Common Knowledge (Video)
Here's a new video for another dope song from Asher Roth. Check out Common Knowledge. Also, click here if you missed his Pabst & Jazz mixtape.... Read more
The ILLZ – Despiertate (Awake)
Depiertate (Awake) by The ILLZ is an early gift for the holidays--hot rhymes and a dark, moody track. Check it out. Click the down arrow on the right of the player to download.... Read more
TiRon & Ayomari – All My Love ft Yummy Bingham (Video)
2011 is finishing strong. Here's a new video from TiRon and Ayomari. Check out All My Love featuring Yummy Bingham. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynUV-c0onos&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Evidence Speaks – Interview (Video)
Here's a cool interview of Evidence from 2DopeBoyz. He talks about his album Cats & Dogs, the pros and cons of signing a major label deal, a new Dilated Peoples album and more. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KaJRASrXIo&feature=player_embedded... Read more
ElzHi – Memory Lane (Video)
ElzHi dropped ElMatic, his mind-blowing ode to Nas' Illmatic, earlier in the year. It was definitely one of the best albums of the year. Here's the video for Memory Lane, from that project. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=V2vtiFZ7nrs... Read more
Here’s a fresh new mixtape from Asher Roth. Listen to all of Pabst & Jazz below.
Asher Roth has dropped a couple of hot songs over the last few days from a new project. Here's the whole mixtape, Pabst & Jazz. Listen to the whole album and download it below. Download Mixtape... Read more
Slaughterhouse – Hot 97 Freestyle (Video)
The Slaughterhouse crew dropped by New York's Hot 97 and dropped bombs in the form of verses with Funkmaster Flex. Check out the video.... Read more
Was there ever any question that Def Jam Recordings would be the #1 most important hip-hop record label of all time??? Here’s a 30-song playlist of music from some of the legendary Def Jam artists: LL, Public Enemy, The Beastie Boys, Redman, Method Man and more.
Before record labels were considered “the enemy” their brands actually meant something. Artists dreamed of being on the same label as the MCs they grew up idolizing and some labels had such credibility fans would buy the record just because it was on that label. We decided to look at... Read more
Talib Kweli – Distractions (Video)
Here's the video for Talib Kweli's new song, Distractions. It features footage from his trips to Occupy Wall Street. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JlWDgOe_Is&feature=player_embedded... Read more
K. Sparks – Renaissance
Here's a new joint from K. Sparks. The track has a G-Funk feel to it and K. Sparks' flow is right in the pocket. Check out Renaissance. Click the down arrow on the right of the player to download.... Read more
Murs – ’67 Cutlass (Video)
Murs' new video, '67 Cutlass is genius. It stays true to the comic story Murs tells in the song about a road trip gone bad. '67 Cutlass is from Murs' Love & Rockets Vol. 1: The Transformation, one of the best albums to drop this year. Check out the video.... Read more
Common – Celebrate (Video)
Here's the latest video from Common. Check out Celebrate. This is feel good music. Common's album The Dreamer, The Believer is in stores tomorrow. Click here to stream the whole album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJmaQgh-cGk&feature=player_embedded... Read more
1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) – Play Your Role ft Reks (Video)
The audio for 1982's (Statik Selektah & Termanology) Play Your Role dropped a few weeks ago. The song featured Reks and, like much of 1982's material, is a not toward vintage 90's hip-hop. Here's the video. Check it out. Also, click here to see what Statik Selektah, Termanology, Big Daddy... Read more
Wiz Khalifa – California (Video)
Wiz Khalifa goes back to that G-Funk sound that he had on Kush & OJ on his new song, California. Check out the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=37-y1qRnVNw... Read more
Kanye West – VOYR: Church (Video)
Here's a journey into the mind of Kanye West. Check out the behind the scenes video VOYR: Church. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkFK1b8ZW4I&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Blu & Exile – give me flowers while i can smell them (Album Stream)
Here's a full previously unreleased album from Blu & Exile. You can listen to the whole project below. Check out "give me flowers while i can smell them." give me my flowers while i can smell them by exile & blu... Read more
Asher Roth – Choices ft Action Bronson
Asher Roth's new project is sounding really strong. Choices is the second song to drop from the upcoming Pabst & Jazz album, and it features Action Bronson. Check it out. Also, click here for the title track, Pabst & Jazz. Click here to download.... Read more
Death Row Records was the most feared record label in the music industry. They are the 2nd most important hip-hop record label of all time. For the full scoop on Death Row and a video playlist of its classics, click here.
#2 Death Row Records The history of Death Row Records reads like a season of The Sopranos. Suge Knight was the Godfather figure who rose to power as quickly as anyone ever in entertainment, and he ruled with an iron fist once he got to the top. The label was... Read more
Bad Boy Records made the East Coast relevant again in rap music, making it the 3rd most important hip-hop record label in history.
#3 Bad Boy Records While East Coast Rap music was never dead, there is no question that from mid-1992 to mid-1994 commercial hip-hop was dominated by the West Coast, primarily by Death Row Records. It was not until Sean "Diddy" Combs was fired from Uptown Records and decided to launch... Read more
Nardwaur vs. Ghostface Killah (Video)
Here's an extended interview of Ghostface Killah by Nardwaur. If you know Nardwaur and you know Ghostface, you know what to expect...Check out the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmmxXmoqW-s&feature=player_embedded... Read more
The Funk League – On & On ft Sadat X (Video)
Here's a cool new video from a production team called The Funk League that features Sadat X on the vocals. The Funk League is a French duo that is paying homage to 90's hip-hop on their project, Funky As Usual. Their new album features Sadat X, Diamond D, A.G., Large... Read more
Talib Kweli – Distractions
Talib Kweli has been dropping a capella versions of his new song Distractions, since he visited Occupy Wall Street. The song is the first single from his upcoming album, Prisoner of Conscious, and is food for your mental. Today he let loose the full recorded version of the song. Check... Read more
Sugar Hill Records introduced hip-hop to most of the world. Nuff said. They are the 4th most important hip-hop record label of all time.
#4 Sugar Hill Records Much has been written about the allegedly shady past of Sugar Hill Records and the lack of credibility of the Sugar Hill Gang (many of Big Bank Hank's rhymes were actually bitten from Grandmaster Caz). Regardless, it cannot be denied that most people had never even... Read more
XV – The Twenty Seven Club
XV has been coming with straight heat the last couple of days. Here's another new song called The Twenty Seven Club. The title is a reference to the age at which a lot of talented musicians lost their lives (Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse...) and... Read more
Ski Beatz – Gentleman’s Quarterly ft Stalley (Video)
Stalley sounds incredible on this soulful new Ski Beatz track. Check out the video for Gentlemen's Quarterly. The song is from the upcoming next installment of Ski Beatz's 24 Hour Karate School project. If you missed Ski Beatz talking about the first music he ever bought, click here. Also, click... Read more
Ready to hear Common’s The Dreamer, The Believer album in its entirety? Say no more. Here’s a sneak preview full stream of the album from the man (and his label) himself. Check it out below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gQLyVfgR-dk... Read more
Asher Roth – Pabst & Jazz ft Hassani Kwess & Kenny Keys
Here's a red hot new joint from Asher Roth. He flows over a jazzy cut that's reminiscent of vintage 90's hip-hop. Check out Pabst & Jazz featuring Hassani Kwess and Kenny Keys. Click here to download.... Read more
Outasight – Let’s Go
Here's a cool new rock-tinged song from Outasight. It's part singing and part rapping. Check out Let's Go. Click the arrow on the right of the player to download.... Read more
What’s the first piece of music you ever bought with your own money? We asked that same question to Big Daddy Kane, DJ Jazzy Jeff, 9th Wonder, Murs, Kendrick Lamar, XV, Statik Selektah, Fashawn, tabi Bonney, Serius Jones, Rapsody, Skillz and Stic Man. Watch below to see what they had to say. Many of their answers will surprise you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr9U_LKvko0 Also, if you missed it, check out Part 1 of Where It All Began where Stic Man, Murs, Skyzoo, DJ Jazz Jeff, Kendrick Lamar and more talk about who first turned them on to hip-hop. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztoUtSAtz74... Read more
Tommy Boy kicks off the Top 5 as the 5th most important hip-hop record label of all time.
#5 Tommy Boy Records More than any other hip-hop record label on this countdown, Tommy Boy Records is noteworthy not for impressive stats or significant accomplishments of individual artists, but for the overall breadth and impact of its entire catalog. For more than 20 years, the label released hip-hop records... Read more
DJ Premier Interview With Hard Knock TV (Video)
Here's a long interview of DJ Premier from HardKnock.TV. He speaks about creating his first classical music track, his relationship with Guru, doing a full album with Nas, collaborating with Slick Rick for the first time and more. Click here to download Need Some Bad by Slick Rick (and produced... Read more
Check out Raw (How You Like It) another new song from Common’s The Dreamer, The Believer, as well as a video where he freestyles over multiple beats.
Here's yet another hot new joint from Common's upcoming album, The Dreamer, The Believer. Check out Raw (How You Like It). The album drops on 12/21. Click here to download Raw (How You Like It). Also, here's a 5-minute true freestyle (strictly off the dome) that Common dropped over multiple... Read more
Stalley – Stay Charged ft Apollo the Great
Stalley is back with new music and a new sound. He jumps on a track that sounds like a lot of the music that came out of the classic Black films of the 70s. Check out Stay Charged featuring Apollo the Great. Click here to download.... Read more
T.I. – Hear Ye, Hear Ye ft Pharrell (Video)
Skateboard P laced T.I. with a verse and a tough beat on Hear Ye, Hear Ye. Check out the video. Big Daddy Kane rocked over the same Albert King sample Pharrell used for the horns. Check it out below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIvFp8YLlsw Here's the Albert King original. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bpzxeF_1BzU... Read more
Hip-Hop may never have been anything more than a fad without Profile Records, the 6th most important hip-hop record label of all time.
#6 Profile Records Founded in 1981 by Steve Plotnicki and Cory Robbins, Profile Records was the first label to establish hip-hop with the mainstream as an enduring genre. There had been some hit singles, previously, but Profile was the first record label to have a rap album certified gold (500,000+... Read more
XV – Chaka Shao Khan
Here's a soulful new joint from XV. His producer DJ Tech-Neek flips a Chaka Khan sample quite lovely. Check out Chaka Shao Khan. Also, be sure to catch XV talking about his early musical influences tomorrow night in part 2 of our documentary, Where It All Began (click here for... Read more
Pac Div – Top Down ft Skeme & Casey Veggies (Video)
Top Down is the latest video from Pac Div. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbsnwjZPx2o&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Curren$y – First Place ft Trademard Da Skydiver, Young Roddy & Sir Michael Rocks (Video)
Curren$y dropped First Place a few weeks ago. It's his new song with The Jets and the first since they added Sir Michael Rocks to the group. Check out the new video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku9xOVw_TVc&feature=player_embedded... Read more