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Omar – The Man (Video)

If you're a NeoSoul or Brit Soul Head, you may know the British sensation Omar. If so, you know how dope he is. If not, get ready for some super soul food for your mental. Check out his new video, The Man. Props: OKP Related: AFH New Soul Mix (Audio)... Read more

April 28, 2013 Video

Eminem & D12 Freestyle on the Tim Westwood Show in 2001 (Video)

Tim Westwood dug in his treasure trove and pulled out another gem. Here's a true cypher with Eminem, Proof and the rest of D-12 from 2001. Each goes off the top. Bananas. Plus, the beats they rhyme over are straight craziness. Check out the video. Related: 50 Cent – My... Read more

April 28, 2013 Video

Big Pun’s Capital Punishment Album Turns 15 Years Old (Video)

Today is the 15th anniversary of the release of Big Pun's classic Capital Punishment album. Here's a piece MTV did in August of 1998 just after the album went platinum. Sadly, it foreshadowed what was to come for Pun. Check out the video. Related: Peter Rosenberg – #DillaPun Mix (Audio)... Read more

April 28, 2013 Video

Janelle Monae – Q.U.E.E.N. ft Erykah Badu

Janelle Monae is back with some new material and she brought out her big sis Erykah Badu. The result? A badass guitar and synth-driven jam that is reminiscent of some of Prince's funkiest joints from the early 80's (think Dirty Mind and Controversy). This joint is red hot! Check out... Read more

April 27, 2013 Audio

Yu Mamiya & Large Professor – Back & 4th Scrambler (Video)

Large Professor teams up with Yu Mamiya on a throwback BANGER. This one goes. Check out the video for Back & 4th Scrambler. Related: Large Professor – Barber Shop Chop (Video)... Read more

April 27, 2013 Video

Beyonce & Andre 3000 – Back to Black

A snippet of Beyonce and Andre 3000's cover of Amy Winehouse's Back to Black dropped earlier in the week. Here's the full version. Related: Big Boi speaks on the possibility of an OutKast reunion (Video)... Read more

April 27, 2013 Audio

Blu – Vanity (Video)

Here's a quirky new video from Blu. Check out Vanity. Related: Shuko – Be Yourself ft Blu... Read more

April 26, 2013 Video

Dizzy Wright, Logic & Angel Haze – 2013 XXL Freshmen Cypher (Video)

Say what you want about the 2013 XXL Freshmen Class, overall. There is NO QUESTION Dizzy Wright, Logic and Angel Haze are some of the dopest up and coming MCs in the game. If you have any doubt about their skills, watch this cypher. No question...Related: Joey Bada$$, Ab-Soul, Action... Read more

April 26, 2013 Video

Living Legends: MC Lyte (Playlist)

Having been in the game 25 years strong, there is still no MC (male or female) who rhymes harder than MC Lyte. She is the latest hip-hop Living Legend who's contribution to the culture we celebrate. Check out the (mostly) video playlist of some of Lyte's toughest joints below. Related:... Read more

April 26, 2013 Playlists, Throwback

Snoop Discusses His Last Interaction with Tupac Before He Died (Video)

Snoop was on Sway in the Morning and talked about his unfortunate last interaction with Tupac before he died. Check out the video. Related: Snoop & Big K.R.I.T. Freestyle on RapFix Live (Video)... Read more

April 26, 2013 Video

Nas – Pre-Illmatic (Mixtape)

This. Is. Kinda. Bananas. Here's a rare demo album from Nas that is PRE-ILLMATIC. It features verses from Biz Markie, AZ, Cormega, Kool G. Rap and more. Nas' skills were already razor sharp. You can listen to and download the entire project below. Ill. Related: DJ Petey Cologne & J-Smoke... Read more

April 25, 2013 Audio, Throwback

Black Thought on The Combat Jack Show Pt. 3 (Video)

Here's the final installment of Black Thought's interview on The Combat Jack show. In this segment, Thought talks about how both Nas and Supernatural changed his career. The strength of Illmatic and Supernatural's freestyle skills caused Black Thought to step up his MC game. That's saying something...Check out the video.... Read more

April 25, 2013 Video

SPOTLIGHT: DeLorean – Breathe ft Curtis Snow (Video)

Houston has a long lineage of dope MCs. DeLorean is the next MC on deck to step up and rep the city. Check out his steely flow over an extra soulful track in his video for Breathe. Related: Scarface – The HardKnock TV Interview Pt. 2 (Video) Click here to... Read more

April 25, 2013 Video

Talib Kweli Performs Come Here with Bilal & The Roots (Video)

Talib Kweli performed his Bilal-assisted single, Come Here, with The Roots last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Check out the video. Related: Talib Kweli – High Life ft Rubix Cube & Bajah (Video)... Read more

April 25, 2013 Video

Sheek Louch & Ghostface Killah – Young, Gifted & Black

Sheek Louch & Ghostface Killah flow over one of Big Daddy Kane's classics. Check out Young, Gifted & Black. Related: Ghostface Killah & Sheek Louch – Drivin’ Around ft Erykah Badu (Audio)... Read more

April 25, 2013 Audio

DOOM Performs Ballskin in London (Video)

Here's some high quality footage of DOOM performing Ballskin in London. Check out the video. Related: JJ DOOM – Guv’nor (Video)... Read more

April 25, 2013 Video

Scarface – The HardKnock TV Interview Pt. 2 (Video)

Here's part 2 of HardKnock TV's interview of Scarface. In this episode, Face is brutally honest about his thoughts on the current state of hip-hop. He loves Kendrick Lamar but HATES the overwhelming abundance of depictions of ignorance. As the former head of Def Jam South, his criticism of those... Read more

April 25, 2013 Video

Mac Miller – SDS (Video)

Mac Miller's video for SDS is just as bugged out as the Flying Lotus-produced track. Check it out below. Related: Ab-Soul – The End is Near ft Mac Miller (Audio)... Read more

April 25, 2013 Video

Snoop & Big K.R.I.T. Freestyle on RapFix Live (Video)

The Big Boss Dogg and Big K.R.I.T. drop verses for Sway on RapFix Live. Check out the video. Related: AFH Presents Big K.R.I.T. – REWIND: Rich Dad Poor Dad (Video)... Read more

April 25, 2013 Video

Left Eye in One of Her Earliest Interviews (Video)

Rest in peace to Left Eye who passed away 11 years ago today. To celebrate her life, here's a look at a rare interview of her from 1989 when she was just starting her career. It's an amazing and sweet look at the bright light that would soon be seen... Read more

April 25, 2013 Video

Buckshot – The Backroom Freestyle (Video)

Buckshot is the latest go to work and drop a verse in The Backroom on 106 & Park. Check out the video. Related: 9th Wonder & Buckshot – Crazy (Video)... Read more

April 25, 2013 Video

Ab-Soul – The End is Near ft Mac Miller

Here's a new joint from Ab-Soul and he spits that flame like he had something to prove. Check out The End is Near featuring Mac Miller. Hot! Related: Joey Bada$$, Ab-Soul, Action Bronson & Travis Scott – XXL Freshmen Cypher Pt. 1 (Video) Head over to Rap Genius to get... Read more

April 24, 2013 Audio

Styles P – Lean (Video)

Here's the latest video from Styles P. Check out Lean. Related: Styles P – I Need Weed (Video)... Read more

April 24, 2013 Video

Black Thought on The Combat Jack Show Pt. 2 (Video)

Here's part 2 of Black Thought's interview on The Combat Jack Show. In this episode, he talks about the posse cuts he did back in the day with Questlove, getting props with Rakim, his Cypher with Mos Def and Eminem, and more. In the end, he drops a verse. Check... Read more

April 24, 2013 Video

DECODED: Camp Lo – Coolie High

Decoded goes retro in the latest edition. Check out the video of Camp Lo breaking down Coolie High. Related: Pete Rock & Camp Lo - Mic Check (Video)... Read more

April 24, 2013 Video

Snoop Lion – No Regrets ft T.I.

Here's a dope track from Snoop in his Lion persona. Check out No Regrets featuring T.I. Related: Snoop Lion Ft. Drake & Cori B- No Guns Allowed (Video)... Read more

April 23, 2013 Audio

Mister Cee – The Best of Blackstreet & Dru Hill

Mister Cee smoothed it out on the R&B tip for this week's throwback Tuesday. You can listen to and download the best of Blackstreet and Dru Hill below. Related: Mister Cee – Best of TLC & Total Mix (Audio)... Read more

April 23, 2013 Audio

Talib Kweli – High Life ft Rubix Cube & Bajah (Video)

Talib Kweli's latest video was directed by him and features footage from his trip to South Africa. Check out High Life featuring Rubix Cube and Bajah. Talib's album Prisoner of Conscious is in stores on 5/7. Related: Talib Kweli – Come Here ft Miguel (Audio)... Read more

April 23, 2013 Video

Marco Polo – Stand Up (Remix) ft Tragedy, Lil Fame, Adrian Younge & The Delfonics

Producer Marco Polo has been releasing banger after banger the last few weeks. Here's another one. Check out the remix to Stand Up by Tragedy, Lil Fame, Adrian Younge and The Delfonics. Related: Marco Polo – G.U.R.U. ft Talib Kweli & DJ Premier (Audio)... Read more

April 23, 2013 Audio

Ghostface Killah – 12 Reasons to Die (Apollo Brown Mix) (Full Album Stream)

Apollo Brown remixed the entire Ghostface Killah 12 Reasons to Die project. The Adrian Younge-produced original version of the album featured a haunting sound, based on strings. Apollo Brown’s version is more soulful and rooted in 70′s classics. You can listen to all of Apollo Brown's version below. Related: Adrian... Read more

April 23, 2013 Audio

Logic-Nasty (Video)

This kid is on fire right now! After storming onto everyone's ipod following his spot on the XXL Freshman cover, Logic drops a new joint entitled Nasty, produced by Don Cannon off of his upcoming project “Welcome To Forever” dropping May 7th. Related: XXL Announces Freshman Class 2013 Cover... Read more

April 23, 2013 Fresh, Video

Alicia Keys – Fire We Make ft Maxwell (Video)

Alicia Keys drops a video for her sultry ballad with Maxwell. Check out Fire We Make. Related: Pro Era – Maxwell (Audio)... Read more

April 23, 2013 Video

Redman cyphers with Street Life, Eyes Low, Ready Rock and Mr. Cream (Video)

Redman drops a verse in a good old fashioned cypher with Street Life, Eyes Low, Ready Rock and Mr. Cream . Check out the video.... Read more

April 23, 2013 Video

AFH Presents Big K.R.I.T. – REWIND: Rich Dad Poor Dad (Video)

Big K.R.I.T.'s Rich Dad Poor Dad is a deeply personal record. In the song, K.R.I.T. shares some of the many jewels his father dropped on him as a kid and how that shaped him as a man. For the video to the song, K.R.I.T. went even deeper. He took us... Read more

April 23, 2013 Featured-homepage, Video

Black Thought on The Comback Jack Show (Video)

Can you believe Black Thought was ready to scrap with Nas at one point? He talks about this, how he met Questlove and much more on The Combat Jack Show. Check out the interview. Related: Statik Selektah – Bird’s Eye View ft Raekwon, Joey Bada$$ & Black Thought (Audio)... Read more

April 22, 2013 Video

Shuko – Be Yourself ft Blu

Here's a soulful upbeat joint from Blu. Check out Be Yourself. Related: Blu – Dre Day (Audio)... Read more

April 22, 2013 Audio

T.I. – Memories Back Then ft. Kendrick Lamar, B.O.B & Kris Stephens (video)

After running into some clearance issues for the original version of this song, T.I. decides to drop the visuals for his Memories Back Then cut featuring K. Dot, Bob and the beautiful Kris Stephens as he gears up for the release of his Hustle Gang mixtape entitled, Get Dough Or... Read more

April 22, 2013 Fresh, Video

Joey Bada$$, Ab-Soul, Action Bronson & Travis Scott – XXL Freshmen Cypher Pt. 1 (Video)

Here's a cypher featuring some of the best of this year's XXL Freshmen. Check out the video featuring Joey Bada$$, Ab-Soul, Action Bronson and Travis Scott blistering the mic. Related: Ab-Soul XXL Freshman Freestyle (Video)... Read more

April 22, 2013 Video

Kanye West – The Prerequisite (Mixtape)

Here's a mixtape of previously unreleased Kanye West material from around 2001. The project has songs that never surfaced as well as the original demos of Kanye classics like Jesus Walks, Hey Mama and All Falls Down. You can listen to and download all of The Prerequisite below. Related: Kanye... Read more

April 22, 2013 Mixes

Scarface – The HardKnock TV Interview (Video)

The OG Scarface sat down with HardKnock TV recently. He spoke about how he crafts his rhymes, the importance of expressing vulnerability in your art, not liking his own work, the change in his life perspective when his son was born and more. This is Face at his most unguarded.... Read more

April 22, 2013 Video

Kanye West- All Falls Down (Demo Circa 2001)

D Dot Omen dug up some of Kanye's original demo material. The song was floating around in this form in 2001 before it was remade to feature Syleena Johnson for his College Dropout debut. Related: Yasiin Bey Performs in Paris (Video) Check out the finished product below.... Read more

April 22, 2013 Audio, Fresh

Trips N Slim- The Preface (mixtape)

Check out The Preface from Trips N Slim as they make their claim as a force to be reckoned with. With soulful production, good story lines, and a co-sign from their father, the legendary Dougie Fresh, the project is sure to get a few replays. Related: Square Off – 110th St ft... Read more

April 22, 2013 Fresh, Mixes

Daft Punk – Get Lucky ft Pharrell & Nile Rodgers (Video)

What do you get when you combine 3 generations of hip-hop influencers on one track? A funky little jam. Check out Get Lucky by Daft Punk, Pharrell and Nile Rodgers. Related: Pharrell vs. Nardwaur (Video)... Read more

April 22, 2013 Audio

Beyonce & Andre 3000 – Back to Black

The 2nd sneak preview from The Great Gatsby soundtrack is a haunting cover of Amy Winehouse's Back to Black by Beyonce and Andre 3000. Check it out below. Related: Jay-Z – 100$ Bill (Audio)... Read more

April 21, 2013 Audio

Jay-Z – 100$ Bill

Jay-Z has a new song on The Great Gatsby soundtrack. You can hear a 2-minute sneak preview of the song below. Check out 100$ Bill. Related: Jay-Z- Open Letter (Audio)... Read more

April 21, 2013 Audio

Capone – Get Lifted ft Haiti

Capone from Capone-N-Noreaga gets in on the 420 action by flowing over a super soulful track. Check out Get Lifted featuring Haiti. Related: Capone-N-Noreaga – Blood Money (Video)... Read more

April 20, 2013 Audio

Styles P – I Need Weed (Video)

420 is definitely inspiring to Styles P, as well. He goes hard over a Scram Jones track in his new video. Check out I Need Weed. Related: Styles P – Reckless ft Raekwon... Read more

April 20, 2013 Video

Redman – Hands Up ft Mr. Cheeks & DoItAll (Prod. Easy Mo Bee)

Redman drops a new song for 420 and it's got that KNOCK to it. Check out Hands Up, featuring Mr. Cheeks and produced by Easy Mo Bee. Related: Redman – Lookn’ Fly Too ft Method Man & R.E.A.D.Y. Roc (Video) Click here to download... Read more

April 20, 2013 Audio

Raekwon – Hip-Hop: Yesterday, Today, Forever (Video)

Here's a cool short video on Raekwon. It includes and impassioned performance of C.R.E.A.M. by The Chef as well as an interview where he discusses the current state of hip-hop, including his respect for Kendrick Lamar. Check out the video. Related: Statik Selektah – Bird’s Eye View ft Raekwon, Joey... Read more

April 19, 2013 Video

Guru – Moment of Truth (Video) + Mister Cee Tribute Mix (Audio)

Here's more love for Guru on the 3rd anniversary of his passing. First up is an amazing short film that is previously unreleased. It features never before seen interview and performance footage as well as some really inspiring moments of Guru speaking to students in a school. Next, is Mister... Read more

April 19, 2013 Audio, Video