Here’s a new video for an older Jay Electronica song. Check out Dimethyltryptamine.
Try saying that fast 3 times... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SThOdYGRmI8&feature=player_embedded... Read more
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Chuuwee is back with a new song with a throwback sound. Check out Stuck in ’92.
Chuuwee has put out a lot of solid music over the last few months. He's quickly becoming one of my favorite up and coming artists. Click here to download. For more Chuuwee, click here.... Read more
If you like that West Coast G-Funk sound, this week’s Soul Cooking playlist is for you.
It's no secret legendary beat makers like Dr. Dre and DJ Quik were heavily influenced by the likes of Parliament/Funkadelic, Slave, Cameo, Zapp and Rick James, to name a few...You'll find lots of that classic funk sound on this playlist. Just press play, sit back and prepare to get funked... Read more
This is a really amazing performance from Big K.R.I.T. It speaks for itself.
Check out The Vent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sadSa9Kb1VA&feature=player_embedded... Read more
EDO.G is back with on a vintage track from DJ Premier…it’s a perfect opportunity for a new installment of PREEM-EAR.
PREEM-EAR: EDO G "FAST LANE" It's been a minute, so if you don't recall or your new to AFH, PREEM-EAR is the column in which I break down DJ Premier tracks--many of which may not have gotten the shine they deserved. Fast Lane is an exception because it's new AND... Read more
All the recent heat around The Beastie Boys has gotten me thinking about Def Jam of old. You can’t talk about the original Def Jam sound without mentioning Rick Rubin. He is the subject of our latest Producer Series playlist.
Rick Rubin was a purist. He liked BIG thumping 808 drums, hard snares, hard rhymes and not much else on his songs. At the time, when rap was still being recorded mostly over disco and R&B covers, his sound was revolutionary. He was among the first to capture the rawness... Read more
Eminem and Royce Da 5’9″‘s collabo on Bad Meets Evil was one of the dopest songs on The Slim Shady LP.
They traded hot bar after hot bar. The have flirted with making a full album together called Bad Meets Evil for some time. It looks like it will finally happen and the first single is here. Check out Fast Lane. Here's Bad Meets Evil if you haven't heard it in... Read more
Lupe Fiasco’s Words I Never Said is one of the best tracks on the album. Check out the new video.
The video is just as intense as the song. If you're quick enough on the pause button, you'll peep the QR code Lupe sticks on the bus (and again on a wall later in the video--click here if that's gibberish). It's a belated Easter egg from Lupe. Here's the video:... Read more
Consequence just dropped a new joint on a Kanye West track. Check out Everybody Told Me.
Click here to download.... Read more
Here’s a cool video of 9th Wonder interviewing Big K.R.I.T.
9th talks to K.R.I.T. about his influences, the XXL Freshman experience, Returnof4eva and more. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whg_V8Lz3OI&feature=player_embedded Speaking of Big K.R.I.T.'s musical influences, click here for some songs from his soul influences.... Read more
It’s been 25 years since the release of Licensed to Ill and The Beastie Boys continue to innovate.
Check out the incredibly creative way they've chosen to provide a full streaming preview of their upcoming album HotSauceAlbumCommitteePartTwo. The album is sounding right too...2 decades in and still FRESH. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2XDsMU8a0M&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Vado’s Toca Tuesday Freestyle is one of the nicer ones to drop in a few weeks.
Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWw3DemWPJw These Toca Tuesday Freestyles continue to be among the best out there these days. Click here for more.... Read more
Camp Lo resurfaced recently with Pete Rock for the 80 Blocks From Tiffany’s Mixtape.
They have a sequel to that mixtape forthcoming that features other producers. Check out their first leak from that project, Tall Glasses, produced by Smoking Apples. Click here to download and click here for 80 Blocks From Tiffany's, Part 1, featuring Camp Lo rhyming over classic Pete Rock tracks.... Read more
Pusha T and Malice have been making noise independently lately but what’s up with The Clipse?
Check out this video which sheds some light on the status of The Clipse, as well as some behind the scenes footage of TiRon, Nickelus and Phil Ade. http://vimeo.com/22885429... Read more
Outasight’s Figure 8 EP dropped today. It features Life or Something Like It which is one of his funkiest tracks to date.
Listen to that track and the rest of the EP below and download it if you like what you hear.... Read more
Curren$y has been on a tear lately. He’s released music with Alchemist, The Jets and on the solo tip in the last few months.
Here's another hot joint called #JetsGo. Check it out. Click here to download it from iTunes. Click here if you missed Curren$y Covert Coup mixtape with The Alchemist and you can download The Jets new mixtape here.... Read more
It takes BIG STONES to hop on a track that Jay-Z murdered back in the day, but that’s just what Pusha T did on Can I Live…
...and he kinda killed it. I'm not saying he topped or even equaled Jay, but it's hard to be mad at what Pusha did with the track. Check out the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74niHnKDLcw&feature=player_embedded This is from Pusha T's Fear of God mixtape. If you missed it, click here to download. And,... Read more
Miles Jones’ Say What has got a bouncy soulful feel to it.
It kinda reminds me of later stage Slum Village. Check it out. Click here to download. Here's the Slum Village comparison: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTFEIG12UJw... Read more
Newcomer A.V.I.U.S. drops some heat with Fashawn and Evidence from Dialated Peoples.
This is a tribute to GURU. Check out Same Ol' Line. Click here to download.... Read more
Sir Michael Rocks teams up with Mr. Friday, Phil Ade, in the video for Over and Over.
This one is from Sir Michael Rock's solid mixtape, The Rocks Report. Click here if you missed it. Check out the video. http://vimeo.com/22746023... Read more
Believe it or not, it has been 16 years since Mobb Deep released The Infamous…
To commemorate the anniversary of the release of that landmark album, the good folks over at Complex just did an article detailing the making of The Infamous. Here's the intro: "Although they are now considered a legendary group, leading into the release of their second album, The Infamous, it was... Read more
Dead Prez celebrate beauty that goes beneath the skin on The Beauty Within.
This is to the tune of B.o.B.'s Nothin' On You. Check out the video. http://vimeo.com/22800990 Of course this isn't the first time they've looked past the physical to seek a connection. Remember this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwTNOxJXMYM... Read more
Kev Brown is one of those producers who has never gotten the proper level of recognition. He just dropped a new mixtape called Classic Joints that should help change that.
Best known for his incredible remix of Jay-Z's Black Album, The Brown Album, Kev specializes in beats with dirty funky bass lines (reminiscent of his brethren Pete Rock and 9th Wonder). Here's a playlist of some of the Joints from the new mixtape. The tracklist and download link are below.... Read more
All the recent leaks from The Beastie Boys have been pretty hot. Check out the latest–Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win ft Santigold.
It's got a little island flavor to it. The album, HotSauceCommitteePartTwo, is sounding like it's going to be pretty ill...It drops Tuesday 5/3. Click here to download and click here for more from the Beasties.... Read more
Large Professor & Neek the Exotic dropped a hot single a couple of weeks ago. Here’s the video for Still on the Hustle.
It's good to see these 2 still putting in work. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uedonaXJPk&feature=player_embedded Click here to download (right click and "save link as"). Click here for more on Neek the Exotic and Large Professor.... Read more
Summer can’t come soon enough for you? Here’s some Summertime Ish from Cyhi Da Prynce, Big Hud and Curren$y.
This is the remix to Big Hud's original. Check it out. Click here to download.... Read more
This week’s installment of Soul Cooking comes courtesy of Statik Selektah and Lord Sear who just did a great soul classics mixtape.
Listen to all of the mixtape Open Bar Classics Vol. 1: The 80′s and download it below. Click here to download. Here's the tracklist: Intro Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else’s Guy Fatback - I Found Lovin Rene & Angela - I Love You More The Whatnauts - Help Is On... Read more
Big Boi’s stellar Sir Lucious Left Foot album is still yielding fruit. Check out his new video for Be Still ft Janelle Monae.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9BXyV7iZ3I... Read more
Asher Roth and Nottz dropped the audio for Enforce the Law a couple of months ago. Here’s the video.
Fans of the movie Training Day will undoubtedly recognize the storyline. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R_IfSI7SMk&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Q-Tip is a great MC…quietly, he’s a really dope producer too. The latest installment of the Producer Series playlists features music produced by Q-Tip.
Everyone knows what Q-Tip brought to the mic for A Tribe Called Quest, but his production contributions are rarely mentioned. He and Ali Shaheed Muhammad often shared those duties, with Tip producing under the name The Abstract. Q-Tip also did a fair amount of production as part of The Ummah,... Read more
XV dropped a mixtape over the weekend and he’s already putting out new music.
And, J. Cole put that flame on the track. Check out Watch Me Go. Click here to download. If you missed XV's Zero Heroes mixtape, click here.... Read more
Fabolous just dropped a mixtape with a lot of old soul samples.
I'm digging this return to vintage soul in hip-hop. You can hear it in music by Big K.R.I.T., The Jets, Curren$y and The Alchemist and others. If you missed the inaugural installment of our Soul Cooking playlist which explores soul classics, click here. You can listen to the whole Fabolous... Read more
Kendrick Lamar brings mad energy to the stage. Check out this live performance of The Heart Pt. 2.
http://vimeo.com/22717177... Read more
Rumors were swirling yesterday about Stalley joining Maybach Music Group. Today, he just dropped a remix to his Lincoln Way Nights ft Rick Ross.
Check it out. Click here to download Lincoln Way Nights (rmx). If you're not up on Stalley, he dropped 1 of the best albums of the year in February...and it's free. Click here to download it.... Read more
DJ Quik’s new album The Book of David dropped yesterday. Here’s the new video for his single Luv of My Life.
Check it out. Need more Quik? Click here for a playlist, mixtape and link to buy the album.... Read more
The upcoming 9th Wonder documentary is looking really STRONG. Check out this preview of The Wonder Year.
http://vimeo.com/21497226 Also, if you missed it, check out this interview of Phonte from the film.... Read more
It’s been a minute since Kidz in the Hall served up some Brain Candy but they return with another strong installment.
Check out Sip & Ride. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlxLt6fXIEA&feature=player_embedded Click here to download. For more Brain Candy, click here. Click below to hear the full track:... Read more
Kendrick Lamar dropped his new single HiiiPoWeR last week. Here’s some footage of him and the good Dr. Dre in the lab undoubtedly cooking up some more heat for Kendrick’s upcoming album, Section 80.
The footage is to the soundtrack of HiiiPoWeR (produced by J. Cole). Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpY_udWm_0k&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Curren$y and The Alchemist have been teasing us with heat rocks over the last week. The wait is over. Here’s their mixtape, Covert Coup.
Listen to the whole thing and download it below. Download Mixtape... Read more
Pete Rock and Camp Lo dropped a mixtape called 80 Blocks From Tiffany’s a couple of weeks ago. Here’s the first video from their upcoming album of the same name.
Check out Mic Check. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC24lKyAhEI&feature=player_embedded Click here if you missed the mixtape.... Read more
Check out this video of Kanye West’s headlining performance at Coachella.
I was in the crowd at Coachella rooting for Kanye...and he delivered. In the past 2 years I have witnessed in person the professional nadir for Mr. West (the 2009 VMAs) and possibly his apex last night at Coachella. The vitriol I witnessed at the VMAs after the infamous Taylor... Read more
Pusha T dropped the audio for My God last month. Now check out the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clo0U1BMR5I&feature=player_embedded And, if you missed his mixtape Fear of God, click here.... Read more
Here’s some new Skillz. Check out the video for Enjoying the View.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm6k9Onahko&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Keeping it on the jazzy tip, check out the video for Can’t Shake It Easy by Donwill of Tanya Morgan.
http://vimeo.com/20919894 If you dig what you hear, check out the whole album, Don Cusack in High Fidelity,below: Don Cusack In High Fidelity [Bonus Remixes, Artwork & Music Video] by Donwill... Read more
Mac Miller spits one of his better flows on People Under The Stairs.
The cool jazzy track is a different look for him and it works. Check it out.... Read more
Can’t wait till DJ Quik’s album drops on Tuesday? Maybe this new joint from Quik and Ice Cube will help.
Check out Boogie Till You Conk Out from 2 West Coast OG's. Click here to download. And, if you need more DJ Quik in your life, check out this playlist and mixtape.... Read more
Speaking of good Soul food, check out this new video from Chef Raekwon.
Here's Ferry Boat Killaz from Raekwon's Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang--the gift that keeps on giving. http://vimeo.com/22087687 If you missed it, check out our re-take on Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang in New World (Au)der.... Read more
Weekends are for chilling and breaking up the daily routine, right? Welcome to Soul Cooking, where each Saturday you will find playlists featuring some of the finest soul music ever made. In this week’s inaugural edition, you can expect joints from Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, Roy Ayers, Rose Royce, The Staples Singers, Luther Vandross, Michael Jackson, The Brothers Johnson and more.
This playlist was inspired by a cool article by TheWellVersed on The 10 Non Hip-Hop acts to watch in 2011. Ambrosia For Heads will always endeavor to serve you the best in hip-hop (old and new), but as with any good meal, sometimes you need a palate cleanser. Also, as... Read more
XV has been releasing some great music lately. Here’s his new mixtape, Zero Heroes.
Given his past releases, it's no surprise that Zero Heroes is incredibly solid. It features production from Just Blaze, J. Cole, Seven and others. You can listen to the whole mixtape and download it below. Download Mixtape... Read more