Kanye West, Big Sean, 2 Chainz & Pusha T – Mercy (Video)
Here's the video for Mercy featuring Kanye West, Big Sean, 2 Chainz and Pusha T. Check it out below. Related: Kanye West & Jay-Z - No Church in the Wild (Video)... Read more
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Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap – Nas Freestyle (Video)
Ice-T's Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap documentary is looking like it's about to be official. Yesterday, they dropped a promo featuring an a capella verse from Eminem. Now, here's one from Nas. Check out the video below. Related: Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap Preview (Video)... Read more
Kool Keith – Goodbye Rap (Video)
Here's some new music from Kool Keith. He says farewell to hip-hop (at least on this album). Check out the video for Goodbye Rap. Related: Here's a look at the legacy of Jive Records, the label that first signed Kool Keith with the Ultramagnetic MCs While Kool Keith talks about... Read more
Curren$y – Capitol ft 2 Chainz (Video)
Here's the video for Curren$y's Capitol featuring 2 Chainz. Hot track. Currensy's album The Stoned Immaculate is in stores now. Related: Curren$y - Jet Life featuring Wiz Khalifa and Big K.R.I.T.... Read more
Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q & Jay Rock in Concert in NYC (Video)
Is there any collective in the game right now stronger than TDE/Black Hippy? Here's a 30-minute video of Kendrick Lamar in concert with appearances from Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q and Jay Rock that makes a strong case for them. Check it out below. Related: AFH Interviews with Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q... Read more
Big K.R.I.T. discusses his album release on 106 & Park (Video)
Big K.R.I.T.'s Live from the Underground album is in stores now. If you downloaded and liked a mixtape or a song from K.R.I.T. over the last 3 years (if you're down with AFH that means YOU), BUY THIS ALBUM NOW. Support good hip-hop. Here's a video of K.R.I.T. on 106... Read more
Common freestyles at Summercamp 2012 (Video)
Here's a true freestyle from Common at Summercamp 2012. In case you forgot what off the dome rhyming sounds like, here you go. Check out the video. Related: Mac Miller - DJ Semtex Freestyle (Video)... Read more
Here’s a freestyle from the one and only Eminem that’s a promo for Ice-T’s documentary on hip-hop called Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (Video)
Ice-T's new documentary on Hip-Hop, Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap, will be in theaters on June 15. Here's a clip from the film featuring Eminem going on an a capella lyrical assault. Check out the video below. Related: Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap Preview (Video)... Read more
Lauryn Hill performs with Nas at Summer Jam 2012 (Video)
Lauryn Hill joined Nas onstage at Summer Jam 2012 in NYC and ripped through some of her classics. Check out the video of her doing Ready or Not and Lost Ones (after Nas does a bit of The Don) below. Related: Nas - Life is Good albom promo (Video)... Read more
A$AP Rocky – Brand New Guy ft Schoolboy Q (Video)
Here's a new video for A$AP Rocky's Brand New Guy featuring Schoolboy Q. Check it out below. Related: Schoolboy Q - Hands on the Wheel featuring A$AP Rocky (Video)... Read more
Nas – Life is Good album promo (Video)
Y'all ready for Nas?? Here's a trailer for his upcoming album Life Is Good. It features footage related to Nas' past albums, the album cover art and some insight into the meaning behind the cover. Check out the video below. Related: Nas - Daughters (Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBT436mOO5k&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Trae the Truth – I’m on 2.0 ft J.Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Big K.R.I.T., B.o.B., Jadakiss, Gudda Gudda, Tyga & Bun B (Video)
Here's the video for Trae the Truth's all-star track featuring J.Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Big K.R.I.T., B.o.B., Jadakiss, Gudda Gudda, Tyga and Bun B. Check out I'm On 2.0. Related: J. Cole discusses his upcoming album with Kendrick Lamar (Video)... Read more
De La Soul performs with The Legendary Roots Crew at The Roots Picnic (Video)
Here's some more footage from The Roots' Picnic. This time De La Soul shares the stage with the band. Check out their performances of Buddy, Ego Trippin' Pt. 2 with Black Thought and A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturday." Related: Yasiin Bey performs with The Legendary Roots Crew at The... Read more
Yasiin Bey performs with The Legendary Roots Crew at The Roots Picnic (Video)
Wow. His name may be different but this dude is still mos def! Check out Yasiin Bey performing with The Legendary Roots Crew at The Roots Picnic. Related: Yasiin Bey - Rarities, Features & B-Sides (6 Mixtapes)... Read more
Here’s new video from Redman. He goes in with a funky live band. Check out Sawed-Off Shotgun (Video)
Related: EPMD perfrom Headbanger with K-Solo and Redman (Video)... Read more
Hot 97 Summer Jam 2012 Live Stream (Video)
NYC's Hot 97 Summer Jam is currently in progress. This year's festival includes performances from Slaughterhouse, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Big K.R.I.T., Schoolboy Q, A$AP Rocky and more. Click below to watch a live video stream. Related: Big K.R.I.T. performs Hometown Hero (Video)... Read more
Talib Kweli performs new song and tribute to MCA in Toronto (Video)
Here's some footage of Talib Kweli performing. He lays down some hot verses over the music of No Sleep Til Brooklyn in tribute to MCA then does a new song at around the 3 minute mark. Check out the video below. Related: Talib Kweli performs Cold Rain (Video)... Read more
Kendrick Lamar – The Back Room Freestyle (Video)
Kendrick Lamar visited The Back Room at 106 & Park and kicked some hot verses. He mentions "good kid in a mad city" a few times so this might be a preview of what's to come on his album of the same name. Check out the performance below. Related: Kendrick... Read more
2DBZ: Bring the muthaf*cking Rawkus!
Here's a great article from 2DBZ on the rise and fall of Rawkus Records. Check out the intro to the article below, as well as a re-post of our Rawkus Records playlist below. Click here for the full article. Also, click here to see where Rawkus landed on our list... Read more
Oh No – 3 Dollars ft MF DOOM (Video)
Oh No dropped 3 Dollars, his collabo with MF DOOM, a couple of weeks ago. Here's the video. Since Oh No's project is built on music from the Dolemite films, the video features some Dolemite footage. Check it out below. Related: Oh No - Whoop Ass featuring Sticky Fingaz... Read more
Jon Connor – True Colors (Video)
Here's a nice flip of an 80's pop classic by Jon Connor. As usual, he goes in lyrically. Check out the video for True Colors. Related: Jon Connor - Someone Like Me (Video) Check the reference. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPn0KFlbqX8&ob=av2e... Read more
Murs – Epic Salutations (Video)
Here's a new video from Murs' criminally slept-on Love & Rockets, Vol. 1: The Transformation album (all produced by Ski Beatz). Check out Epic Salutations. Related: Murs talks about his earliest musical influences (Video)... Read more
Wiz Khalifa – The Grinder (Video)
Here's a new video from Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Allderdice mixtape. Check out The Grinder. Related: Wiz Khalifa - Taylor Allderdice (Video)... Read more
Young Roddy – Kyle Watson (Video)
Young Roddy flows over a beat that heads might recognize from the Above the Rim soundtrack. Check out the video for Kyle Watson. Related: Young Roddy - The Plot (Video) Here's the joint from Above the Rim.... Read more
Pete Rock and DJ Jazzy Jeff showcase and discuss their vinyl collections on Crate Diggers (Video)
Pete Rock has been in the news lately for his reaction to Lupe Fiasco rhyming over the TROY beat. Here's a video that showcases just how deep the Chocolate Boy Wonder's dedication to digging in the crates goes. It is his relentless search for the perfect beat that yielded beats... Read more
Jay-Z & Kanye West – No Church in the Wild (Video)
Here's a powerful new video from Jay-Z & Kanye West for Watch the Throne's No Church in the Wild featuring Frank Ocean. Neither rapper appears in the video. Instead, it depicts intense images of civil unrest. You can see the video below. Related: Biggie and Jay-Z perform Get Money (Video)... Read more
Pusha T – Exodus 23:1 (Video)
Here's the video for Pusha T's provocative Exodus 23:1. Check it out below. Related: Pusha T speaks about a new Clipse album and more (Video)... Read more
Curren$y – Jet Life ft Wiz Khalifa & Big K.R.I.T. + Curren$y vs Nardwaur (Pt. 3) (Video)
Here's a Curren$y double play. Check out his new song Jet Life featuring Wiz Khalifa and Big K.R.I.T., as well as his latest interview with Nardwaur. Related: Curren$y - Capitol featuring 2 Chainz Jet Life ft Wiz Khalifa & Big K.R.I.T. Curren$y vs Nardwaur (Pt. 3)... Read more
Joey Bada$$ – Hardknock (Video)
Here's a new video from Joey Bada$$. If you don't know this kid yet, get familiar. He's super-talented and, at 17, he's just getting started. You will hear the Nas influence on him in this song. Check out the video for Hardknock. Related: Joey Bada$$ - Waves... Read more
Nas – Daughters (Video)
Here's the video for Nas' Daughters. Check it out below. Related: Nas performs a medley of hits in Los Angeles (Video) ... Read more
Rapper Big Pooh Interview (Video)
The folks over at 2DBZ sat down with Rapper Big Pooh. He talked extensively about working with Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock as well as about what's it's like to now be an "OG" in hip-hop. Check out the video below. Related: Rapper Big Pooh performs Nobody Like Me... Read more
Black Thought and Prodigy Perform at the Lyricist Lounge 20-Year Reunion Party (Video)
The folks at Lyricist Lounge recently had a 20-year reunion party. Black Thought, Prodigy and more graced the stage. Below are performances from both. Props: NahRight Related: Official 2012 Roots Picnic Mixtape (Audio) Black Thought Prodigy... Read more
Pharrell Williams interview (Video)
Here's a heady interview of Pharrell by Hypetrak TV. He talks about composing music for The Oscar's, the different ways people perceive music, the essence of music, what he looks for in talent and more. Check it out below. Related: Buddy & Kendrick Lamar - Staircases (Prod. Pharrell) http://vimeo.com/42616676... Read more
Slaughterhouse interview on the Tim Westwood Show (Video)
Slaughterhouse recently smashed the Tim Westwood Show with some blazing hot verses over the tracks for Stay Schemin' and I'm a Boss. Here's a video of the extended interview of Slaughterhouse by Tim Westwood that also took place that day. Check it out below. Related: Slaughterhouse Freestyle on the Tim... Read more
Mac Miller – DJ Semtex Freestyle (Video)
Mac Miller kicks some verses, including some true freestyles, over classic beats produced by DJ Premier, Pete Rock and more. Check out the video below. Related: Mac Miller - Cold featuring Curren$y... Read more
J. Cole interview with DJ Drama (Video)
Here's an extended interview of J. Cole by DJ Drama. He talks about the Diggy issue (there is none), his album with Kendrick Lamar, his new solo album, the pros and cons of putting out free music and more. Related: J. Cole - Grew Up Fast... Read more
Tech N9ne & ¡Mayday! – The Noose (Video)
As we head into Memorial Day Weekend, here's a video dedicated to our troops from Tech N9ne and ¡Mayday! Check out The Noose. Related: ¡Mayday! - TNT (Remix) featuring Black Thought, Jon Connor & Jay Rock... Read more
9th Wonder – The Harvard Fellow (Video)
9th Wonder has been getting his professor game on for some time. Recently, he took his talents to Harvard. Here's a sneak preview of The Harvard Fellow, an upcoming documentary that shows 9th's experience lecturing and doing research at Harvard over the course of a year. Related: 9th Wonder speaks... Read more
Nas & Game Perform Together in Los Angeles (Video)
Here's some footage of Nas performing in a club in LA. He rips through The World Is Mine, Hate Me Now, New York State of Mind and Made You Look. Oh...and in the middle Game spits some heat over the beat for It Ain't Hard to Tell. Check it out... Read more
E-40 – What You Smokin’ ft Snoop Dogg, Daz, Kurupt & Kokane (Video)
Here's a new video from E-40 and he brought out some West Coast All-Stars. Check out What You Smokin' featuring Snoop Dogg, Daz, Kurupt and Kokane. Related: E-40 - Catch A Fade ft Kendrick Lamar & Droop-E (Video)... Read more
Nas interview with Complex (Video)
Here's a cool interview of Nas by Complex (they are winning today). He discusses life in NYC, how he got the name Nasty Nas, the meaning behind the title of his new album Life Is Good and more. Check it out below. Related: Cocaine 80s - Chain Glow featuring Nas... Read more
1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) – Too Long ft Ea$y Money (Video)
Statik Selektah & Termanology (1982) dropped their new album 2012 yesterday. Here's the latest video from the project. Check out Too Long featuring Ea$y Money. Click here to buy 2012. Related: Statik Selektah & Termanology discusses their earliest musical influences (Video)... Read more
Yung Menace – Bam Bam (Video)
Remember how Dancehall used to set a party off? If so, this one's for you. Here's a new video from Brooklyn MC Yung Menace set to an instantly recognizable classic. The title says it all. Check out Bam Bam. The track was produced by Chuck Strangers of Pro Era. Related:... Read more
9th Wonder Interview (Video)
Here's some food for your dome. The mighty 9th Wonder speaks on several topics including the importance of knowing hip-hop history, working with Murs on several projects, mainstream vs underground, working with Wale and Lil B and more. Check out the video below. Related: Phonte and 9th Wonder Interview (Audio)... Read more
Jill Scott – Storytellers (Full Video)
Here's the full video for Jill Scott's Vh1 Storytellers. Related: Pharoahe Monch - Still Standing featuring Jill Scott (Video)... Read more
Talib Kweli Performs Cold Rain Live (Video)
We hit you with a new song from Yasiin Bey earlier. Here's a video of Talib Kweli performing live. Check out Cold Rain. Related: Talib Kweli Presents Black Star Live (Video) http://vimeo.com/42441377... Read more
Here’s a cool look at a day in the life of Questlove that was produced by Hulu. Check it out below (Video)
Props: 2DBZ Related: Best of The Legendary Roots Crew (Playlist)... Read more
Slaughterhouse perform on The Tim Westwood Show (Video)
Slaughterhouse are the latest to blaze the mic on the Tim Westwood show. Check out Joe Budden, Crooked I, Royce and Joell Ortiz ripping through verses over the Stay Schemin' and I'm a Boss tracks and more. Hotness. Related: Method Man, U-God and Masta Killa drop verses on the Tim... Read more
Ab-Soul – Terrorist Threats ft Danny Brown & Jhene Aiko (Video)
Ab-Soul drops off a new video to get the weekend started. Check out Terrorist Threats featuring Danny Brown and Jhene Aiko. Ab-Soul's Control System is in stores now. If you haven't heard it, you can stream it in full here. Related: Ab-Soul discusses his earliest musical influences (Video)... Read more
Here’s some extremely rare footage of Biggie performing with an assist from Jay-Z. Check it out below (Video)
Courtesy of the legendary Ralph McDaniels (story below). Related: Notorious BIG Behind The Music (Full Video) Here's what Ralph McDaniels had to say about the video: “Every year, I had a birthday party,” said McDaniels. “I wanted to get B.I.G. to host [it], but really I wanted him to perform.... Read more