N.O.R.E. – Slime Father ft Cory Gunz (Video)
This one is chock full of vintage N.O.R.E. rhymes over a spare Alchemist beat (think early RZA). Cory Gunz kinda kills it too. Check it out.... Read more
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Here’s a double play from an All Star list of West Coast OGs: Daz, Kurupt, The Lady of Rage, WC, RBX & Soopafly (Videos)
First up is Trajical by the N'Matez (Daz, Kurupt, Lady of Rage & RBX) and produced by Daz. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfqH8hc0UqY&feature=player_embedded Next is Stickin' to the Script by WC ft Daz, Kurupt, Soopafly & Bad Lucc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS5iPYiqdOU&feature=player_embedded#... Read more
THURZ – Riot ft Black Thought
Black Thought and THURZ team up on a big track. Nuff said. If you missed our Most Underrated MCs of All Time mix, click here. Black Thought leads it off. Check out Riot below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms5uhXRpC6c... Read more
Yelawolf – Hard White
Here's another tough new joint from Yelawolf. Check out Hard White. Click here to download.... Read more
Big K.R.I.T. and Yelawolf – Happy Birthday Hip-Hop. Here’s a super-rugged new collabo between K.R.I.T. and Yelawolf, featuring both on vocals and K.R.I.T. on production. They trade verses on their love for hip-hop and what it’s meant to them. Hotness.
Listen to the song below and see the video that chronicled some of the events of the night it was recorded. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzLB_gW1fNM Click here to download (via bigkrit.com). Also, here's a description of the project: "Happy Birthday Hip Hop" produced by Big K.R.I.T. and featuring Yelawolf is the first record... Read more
Ski Beatz – 24 Hour Karate School Part 2 Lesson 3: Cotton Candy feat. Mikey Rocks (Video)
Ski Beatz is on the verge of releasing the second installment of his slept on 24 Hour Karate School compilation series. Here's a sneak preview of what to expect which features some behind the scenes with Ski and Sir Michael Rocks from Cool Kids. Check it out. And, if you're... Read more
Black Rob – Showin’ Up (Video)
Black Rob has been dropping some quality music lately. Celebration was a heat rock and Showin' Up is another nice joint. Check out the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGmr4rAgXrM&feature=player_embedded#... Read more
A.Dd+ – Freakquency
Here's another unorthodox, but dope song from A.Dd+. Props to them for making challenging hip-hop. Check it out. Freakquency by A.Dd+... Read more
D12 – Toca Tuesdays Freestyle (Video)
You know the drill. D12 joined Tony Touch in the Shade 45 studio and spit some verses. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMBeRL3NYE8&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Murs & tabi Bonney – Hip-Hop & Love
Here's a nice new soulful joint from Murs & tabi Bonney. Check it out. Click here to download.... Read more
PAC DIV – The Series Ep. 1 (Video)
PAC DIV are the latest to create a web series...and they're off to a good start. In this first episode, you get an inside look at their home studio, beat-selecting and song-making process (some new music), and some footage of them on the road. Check it out. http://vimeo.com/27181295... Read more
Watch the Throne – The Listening Party
I just attended the listening party for the album at the Rose Center Planetarium in NYC. Below are some quick observations, as well as some clips from an interview Jay-Z did with Angie Martinez earlier. 1. They brought out the heavy-hitters: It was a who's who of music and media... Read more
J. Cole – Any Given Sunday, v.1 (EP). J. Cole has given away a LOT of incredible free music. Here’s some more. Listen to the whole EP and download it below.
His album, Cole World, drops on 9/27. If you feel him, say thanks with your wallet... Download Mixtape... Read more
Royce Da 5’9″ – On the Boulevard ft Nottz & Adonis
On the Boulevard, the latest to drop from Royce's upcoming Success is Certain album, is a story rap about 2 Kenny's. Their lives are in stark contrast but lead to the same result. Check it out. Also, if you need some more storytelling in your life, check out our storytelling... Read more
Drake’s new album, Take Care, is coming in October. Headlines is the first single. Check it out.
Drake - Headlines. Hot or not? Click here to download.... Read more
Chuuwee – Be Cool (Mixtape)
Here's the latest mixtape from Chuuwee. Check out the promo video for the mixtape, then download it below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTsMAt6-KY4&feature=player_embedded# Click here to download the mixtape, and here's the tracklist:... Read more
Here is a mix of the most underrated MCs of all time, according to YOU. You’ll find music from Black Thought, Phonte, Lauryn Hill, J-Live, Big Daddy Kane, Pharoahe Monch, Ras Kass, Big Pun, AZ, Devin the Dude, Big L, MF Doom, Guru, Blu, Kool G. Rap, Elzhi, Jean Grae, Ghostface Killah, Mos Def, Redman, Talib Kweli, MC Lyte, Common and more.
We asked. You answered. Check it out.... Read more
Curren$y – Televised ft Fiend (Video)
Televised is one of the best songs on Curren$y's Weekend at Burnie's. Even if you haven't heard the song, you already know the subject matter (the album is Weekend at Burnie's, after all...), but his flow is so in the pocket it sucks you in. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l57rLWJSoUc&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Cormega – Live and Learn (Remix)
Cormega's still getting it in. Check out the remix to Live and Learn. Click here to download.... Read more
Rapsody – I Do Belong
Here's another 1,2 punch from Rapsody and 9th Wonder: ill lyrics, hot track. Check it out. Click here to download.... Read more
Willie the Kid ft Guilty Simpson – Yes! Michigan pt. 4
Check it out. Click here to download.... Read more
Masta Ace – BK (We Don’t Play)
Here's a previously unreleased Masta Ace song from the early 2000s. The track is produced by Paul Nice and you may recognize it as the track that DJ Premier flipped several years later in his remix of Classic. Check both songs out below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xg8TbsQQMI Here's Primo's Classic (literally): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCU-qgR_4bM... Read more
Skyzoo – Boat Check In
Need lyrics? Skyzoo's got 'em. He also has a new series called Penny Freestyles which he describes as "A collection of freestyles sporadically done as “lyrical exercise” over some of the dopest yet most random beats." This first installment is done over the beat for Otis and he ripped it.... Read more
J. Cole – Can’t Get Enough ft Trey Songz
Nuff said. Check it out below. And, here's an interview where he talks extensively about the new album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxrLF6Vzz5Q&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q in New York (Video)
There's been a lot of buzz about these cats lately, and justifiably so. They've dropped 2 very hot albums in the last month (Kendrick Lamar's Section 80 and Jay Rock's Follow Me Home) and are at the vanguard of a new West Coast movement. Here's a video showing their recent... Read more
Locksmith – Time’s Up (Video)
Locksmith's flow is just plain silly. This new video for Time's Up will DEFINITELY leave you wanting more. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tim5A56jM-s&feature=player_embedded... Read more
XV – On the Road (Video)
XV seems like a good dude. He's been on the road for a while and recently touched down in his hometown of Wichita, KS. Here's some footage of some performance and interviews that give some insight into his mental. He's one to watch. Check it out. http://vimeo.com/26667703... Read more
Black Hippy – Toca Tuesdays Freestyle
The audio for this one dropped last week. The visuals make it even better. Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q show that the West Coast is in good hands with this new generation. Jay Rock's Follow Me Home album is in stores now. Click here to buy it.... Read more
Watch the Throne – Tour Dates and a dope 3 Little Digs video ft CyHi Da Prynce talking about being in the studio with Jay-Z and Kanye
Listen to how CyHi describes Jay-Z's recording process. You've heard it before...but it's still incredible to hear. http://vimeo.com/26713060 Here are the Watch the Throne tour dates: 9/22/11 Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills 9/24/11 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre 9/25/11 Montreal, QC Bell Centre 9/27/11 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center... Read more
Joell Ortiz – Night Train (Remix) ft Bun B, Novel & TechN9ne
This one speaks for itself. Check it out. Click here to download.... Read more
Black Rob – Celebration (Video)
Black Rob is back with a hot new track. Check out the video for Celebration. Click the arrow on the player below to download Celebration.... Read more
3 Little Digs – 9th Wonder (Video)
A lot of new 9th Wonder tracks have been dropping recently (including the ones featured on this Actual Proof mixtape). Here are some words from the man himself. Check out this video where he breaks down 3 of his passions to 3 Little Digs. Lovin' it... http://vimeo.com/26794127 If you're like... Read more
Elzhi – Footage of a performance of ElMatic in Toronto (Video)
As you probably know, Elzhi put out one of the dopest projects released so far this year. If you have not yet heard his Elmatic mixtape, where he remade Illmatic in its entirety with new verses, please download it as fast as possible here. Below is some footage of a... Read more
Actual Proof – Still Hotter Than July (Mixtape)
Actual Proof dropped a socially conscious project produced by 9th Wonder on MLK Day. They just drop a new mixtape covering more subject areas and spreading the track duties to several producers, but the result is still the same: a dope project. Check out Callin' Me ft Median and Bluu... Read more
Stalley – Pound (Video)
This is a video for another gem off Stalley's Lincoln Way Nights album (click here to hear the whole album and download it). Stalley's a part of a growing crew of MCs who talk about a lot more than MOB. He has intelligent lyrics and you don't even notice than... Read more
sene – exit, us (Godlee Barnes Remix)
sene supplies the rhymes and Blu supplies the track. Together, it's Blu magic. Check it out. sene -- "exit,us - Godlee Barnes Remix" by sene... Read more
Wu-Tang – Drunk Tongue (Video)
It's martial arts paired with a RZA beat. Nuff said. Wu-Tang's Legendary Weapons album is in stores today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivxmrO7If8E&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Footage of Rakim and Nas performing at Paul Rosenberg’s (Eminem’s manager) party.
These videos dropped a couple of days ago, but if you missed them, they are well worth a look. Check them out below. Rakim - Eric B. Is President and Follow the Leader http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPPf552f1Ek&feature=player_embedded Nas -N.Y. State of Mind and The World is Yours http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Z7CEL96ko&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Big K.R.I.T. Live in Nashville – Video
This video is courtesy of Break on a Cloud. It features some footage of K.R.I.T. going in on Just Touched Down and a montage of his experiences on the road. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3HAkVaKaKA&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Big K.R.I.T. and Bun B join Smoke DZA on On the Corner. Check it out.
Big K.R.I.T. is on the production. Click here to download.... Read more
Here’s a cool video of Russell Simmons talking about what led him to Rick Rubin.
Check out the video below and click here to listen to our playlist of Rick Rubin hip-hop productions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPodlw6YdJw&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Here’s another one from Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean and Curren$y. Check out Proceed.
This is the fifth song the trio has dropped, in as many days. Click here to download. And, click here to download more from Wiz, Big Sean and Curren$y.... Read more
New Jay Rock ft Chris Brown. Check out Westside.
Chris Brown seems to be the new vocalist of choice for rappers on the come up. First Tyga, then Big Sean, now Jay Rock. This one sounds like Jay Rock's radio single. His album, Follow Me Home, drops on 7/26. Click here for more drops from Jay Rock. Click here... Read more
There have been a lot of Kendrick Lamar freestyles floating around lately. This one is a little different.
First and foremost, he is truly going off the top of the head instead of kicking a pre-written verse. Secondly, he's rhyming with a live violin player. Check it out. Also, click here if you need more Kendrick Lamar freestyles in your life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVT9YiWUR1k&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Here’s a mix of a lot of the music that inspired the G-Funk sound. You’ll find music from Bootsy Collins, Parliament, Funkadelic, Cameo, The Gap Band, Slave, Teena Marie, Rick James, Zapp and many more.
Also, if you missed our G-Funk mix, click here. The funk mix is below. Ambrosia For Heads Funknology Mix by Parfit... Read more
Jay Rock is joined by his Black Hippy crew on Say Wassup.
Check out the video ft Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Kendrick Lamar. Jay Rock's album, Follow Me Home, drops on 7/26. Top Dawg Entertainment is killing it. Support good hip-hop. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UziocaSimyc&feature=player_embedded... Read more