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Yancey Boys – Quicksand ft Common & Dezi Paige

The J Dilla catalog is never-ending. One of Hip-Hop's most talented musicians recorded at a Tupac-like pace throughout his extensive and dynamic career. Recently, Dilla's younger brother Illa J (now of Slum Village/Dirty Slums) and Frank Nitt (of Frank-N-Dank) took some unreleased, largely unheard Dilla compositions, and got to work... Read more

Eminem – Berzerk (Prod. Rick Rubin)

After confirming he will be releasing a new album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, in November, Eminem releases the first single. It's a return to Slim Shady mode over a heavy sample from Billy Squier's The Stroke. Check out Berzerk.... Read more

Oddisee – Lonely Planet

How should an artist follow up a year that included him winning “Best Hip-Hop/Rap” album by iTunes UK? By releasing a completely instrumental LP of course. Ok, maybe that isn’t the most traditional of routes to take for an artist following one of the biggest years of their career, but... Read more

Big Sean – First Chain ft Nas & Kid Cudi

Big Sean's Hall Of Fame is exfoliating some of its biggest assets. On "First Chain," Sean channels early Kanye West's penchant for Jacob The Jeweler talk, as he links with Def Jam Records big brother Nas, and contemporary/former label-mate Kid Cudi. Since the days of Nice & Smooth's "Gold," this... Read more

Juvenile – Mo Money ft Curren$y

Juvenile and Curren$y, two generations of New Orleans MCs, unite on Juvie's latest track. Mike Will made the beat. Check out Mo Money. Related: Curren$y – New Jet City (Mixtape)... Read more

Nas Raises Money to Aid Homeless Family (Video)

Nas has had the most incredible 3 week stretch as a brand ambassador for hip-hop that I can ever recall. After having a Harvard Fellowship named after him and appearing on CNN to discuss the enduring effect of racism, he has now started a fund to help Stanley Young, a... Read more

Goodie M.O.B. on RapFix Live (Video)

Goodie M.O.B. sat down with Sway on RapFix Live and discussed the old days with OutKast, whether the rumors of a new Andre 3000 album were true and dropped an a capella freestyle. Check out the videos below. Related: Goodie Mob – Special Education ft The Roots (Live Video) Part... Read more

Jay-Z “Picasso Baby” (Behind The Scenes Video)

Jay-Z's day-long performance of Magna Carta Holy Grail track "Picasso Baby" at the Pace Gallery this month was not just to start conversation. Hov was joined by an elite film crew. While most behind the scenes music video companions are a snooze, nothing Jay has done or said lately has... Read more

Tech N9ne Hardknock TV Interview Pt. 1 (Video)

Tech N9ne is gearing up for his Something Else album, which has appearances from Kendrick Lamar, B.o.B., ¡Mayday! and more. On a couch in Venice Beach, California Tech broke down some frustrations he has with critics with Hard Knock TV's Nick Huff. Tech also discusses his recent flood of album... Read more

Capital STEEZ – KING STEELO

Salute to Capital STEEZ who would have been 20 years old today. Here's a track off his forthcoming posthumous project, King Capital. Check out KING STEELO. Related: Pro Era – Like Water (Video)... Read more

CJ Fly – tug-at-war

If you need some underground hip-hop in your life after the Jay-Z takeover weekend, Pro Era member CJ Fly has you covered. Check out his dope new song tug-at-war. Related: CJ Fly – The Error (Audio)... Read more

RIP Jim Kelly

Rest in peace to Jim Kelly, one of the first black super heroes. The actor and martial arts expert died over the weekend at the age of 67 after a battle with cancer. Here's some footage showing why he was one bad mutha...Related: RZA - Baddest Man Alive ft The... Read more

Curren$y – Showroom 2

Curren$y stays rocking on soulful tracks and producer Cardo seems to have an endless supply. Check out their latest collaboration, Showroom 2. Related: Curren$y – Grizzly ft Young Roddy (Audio)... Read more

Mac Miller – Suplexes Inside of Complexes & Duplexes ft Jay Electronica

Mac Miller gets a verse from the elusive Mr. Electronica. Check out Suplexes Inside of Complexes & Duplexes. Related: Ab-Soul – The End is Near ft Mac Miller (Audio)... Read more

Tony Touch – It’s a Queens Thing ft Action Bronson & Kool G. Rap

After getting the best verse from LL Cool J in years, Action Bronson lays down a track with another legend. He and Kool G. Rap represent their borough on this new track from Tony Touch. Check out It's a Queens Thing. Related: Action Bronson – Strictly 4 My Jeeps (Remix)... Read more

Daz Dillinger & WC – Wha’cha Gon Do

Daz Dillinger & WC revisit the Luniz classic "I Got 5 On It" beat in their latest release. Check out Wha Cha Gon' Do. Related: Daz Dillinger – Late Nite ft WC (Video)... Read more

9th Wonder and Big K.R.I.T. in the Studio (Video)

Big K.R.I.T. and 9th Wonder have been making some magic together, lately. Here's a super dope behind the scenes video of the two of them in the studio. 9th Wonder talks extensively about the first time he met K.R.I.T. and the two share insights about the rap game. Get this... Read more

Fabolous – B.I.T.E. (Video)

Here's the latest video from Fabolous. Check out B.I.T.E. from his Soul Tape 2 mixtape. Related: Fabolous – The Soul Tape 2 (Mixtape)... Read more

Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito reunite on WKCR for One Night Only (Audio)

Legendary underground radio icons Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito reunited for 1 show on their longtime home WKCR. If you're a fan of 90's hip-hop, particularly underground, you know few had the impact of Bobbito and Stretch who provided one of the rare regular outlets for the genre (shout out to... Read more

Joey Bada$$ and Pete Rock in the Studio (Video)

Joey Bada$$ dropped some heat with DJ Premier in January. Now, it seems the young gun is back in the lab cooking up something special with Pete Rock. Check out the behind the scenes footage of the two of them in the studio together. Related: Joey Bada$$ – Unorthodox (Prod.... Read more

Common Freestyles on the Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

Common returned to the Sway in the Morning show and dropped another verse off the top of the dome. Check out the video. MCs act like they don't know... Related: Common – The Next Chapter (Still Love H.E.R.)... Read more

Runt Dawg – East Coast ft Redman

Redman jumps on a track with an artist named Runt Dawg to rep his region. Check out East Coast. Related: Redman – Lookn Fly Too ft Method Man & Ready Roc (Video Teaser)... Read more

50 Cent – Financial Freedom (Video)

50 Cent's latest video was inspired by the 10th year anniversary of Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Check out Financial Freedom. Related: 50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’ turns 10 years old (Video) Here's what 50 had to say about the video: "This was inspired by 10years anniversary of... Read more

Common – The Next Chapter (Still Love H.E.R.)

It's hard to believe, but after more than 20 years in the game, Common is about to release his first ever mixtape. To set it off properly, his first track from the project is a sequel to his classic "I Used to Love H.E.R.," produced by J. Period. Check out... Read more

The People vs. Action Bronson (Video)

Here's a hilarious video from Noisey of Action Bronson responding to YouTube comments about him and his video for The Symbol. Check it out below. Related: Action Bronson – The Tim Westwood Freestyle (Video)... Read more

Hood Life: A Hip Hop Guided Tour Of Compton (Video)

If you've been a fan of hip-hop at any time over the last 25 years, you know the significance of Compton to the culture. Here's a video of a guided tour of South Central LA that is conducted by Game's stepfather. It includes stops at Eazy-E's home (where the first... Read more

Blu – Amnesia (Video)

Here's a previously unreleased video from Blu for his 2011 song "Amnesia." Blu dedicates the video to Capital STEEZ, who recently passed — and you'll understand why if you watch to the end. Heavy video. Check it out below. Related: Blu – On the Porch (Video)... Read more

Frank Ocean – Wiseman

Frank Ocean created a new song for the Django Unchained soundtrack but though Quentin Tarantino thought it was dope, he didn't think there was a scene in the film for it. Frank let the song loose via tumblr. Check out Wiseman. Related: Frank Ocean – Pyramids (Video)... Read more

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