Naledge – 55th & Cicero + Project Blowed ft Buckshot
Here's a double play from Naledge (of Kidz in the Hall). Check out Project Blowed featuring Buckshot and 55th & Cicero. Related: Naledge - Make it Happen (Video)... Read more
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Styles P – I Know
Here's the latest from Styles P. Check out I Know. Related: Fizzyology (Termanology & Lil Fame of M.O.P.) – Play Dirty ft Styles P & Busta Rhymes (Audio)... Read more
RZA & The Black Keys – The Baddest Man Alive + Kanye West – White Dress (Snippet)
Another day...another incredible release (actually 2) from The Man With the Iron Fists soundtrack. The latest are The Baddest Man Alive by RZA and The Black Keys, as well as a 1 minute snippet of White Dress by Kanye West. Check out both below. Related: Wu-Tang Clan – Six Directions... Read more
New Wu-Tang Clan?? HELL YEAHH!! It’s official, The Man With the Iron Fists will be one of the all-time classic hip-hop soundtracks. Check out Six Directions of Boxing below (Audio)
Related: Ghostface Killah, M.O.P. & Pharoahe Monch – Black Out (Audio) Six Directions of Boxing by The Wu-Tang Clan... Read more
Eve – She Bad Bad
Eve drops her first single in nearly 10 years to coincide with her red hot cypher tonight on the BET Hip-Hop Awards. Check out She Bad Bad. Related: My Mic Sounds Nice documentary on women in hip-hop (Video)... Read more
Pusha T – Pain ft Future
Pusha T goes in on a MONSTER track produced by Kanye West. Check out Pain featuring Future. Fire! Related: Pusha T, Joell Ortiz & Raekwon – Tick Tock (from The Man with the Iron Fists soundtrack)... Read more
Chuuwee – Float
Sacramento spitter Chuuwee drops his mixtape Wild Style tomorrow. Here's a taste of what you can expect from the project. Check out Float. Props: 2DBZ Related: See why we named Chuuwee one of our 2012 Torch Bearers -- MCs to watch... Read more
Fizzyology (Termanology & Lil Fame of M.O.P.) – Play Dirty ft Styles P & Busta Rhymes
Here's another grimy burner from Fizzyology (Termanology & Lil Fame of M.O.P.). Check out Play Dirty featuring Styles P and Busta Rhymes. Related: Lil Fame & Termanology – Too Tough For TV (Audio)... Read more
Rapper Big Pooh – Friends
Rapper Big Pooh spins a tale of love lost on his new single, Friends (shout out to Whodini). Check it out below. Related: Rapper Big Pooh speaks with Montreality (Video) "Friends" (Single) by Rapper Big Pooh... Read more
Ghostface Killah, M.O.P. & Pharoahe Monch – Black Out
The Man With the Iron Fists is about to be the best soundtrack of the year, hands down. The latest release to drop from the album is Black Out featuring Ghostface Killah, M.O.P. and Pharoahe Monch. Get this goodness. Related: Pusha T, Joell Ortiz & Raekwon – Tick Tock (from... Read more
Xzibit – Enjoy the Night ft Wiz Khalifa & David Banner
Here's the latest from Xzibit. Check out Enjoy the Night ft Wiz Khalifa and David Banner. Related: Xzibit – Napalm (Video)... Read more
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist (Full Album Stream)
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' new album, The Heist hits stores on Tuesday. Until then, you can listen to a full stream of the album here. Related: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Same Love ft Mary Lambert (Video)... Read more
Torae – The Daily Bread Series
Torae has been dropping short little gems every day for the last several days. He's calling the series The Daily Bread and goes in over beats from Diamond D, 9th Wonder and more. Check out all the installments that have dropped so far below. Related: Torae – Gettin’ Biz ft... Read more
Robert Glasper – Letter to Hermione ft Bilal & Black Milk + Afro Blue ft Erykah Badu & Phonte
Here are 2 more dope tracks from Robert Glasper's Black Radio Rediscovered EP. First is Letter to Hermione featuring Bilal and Black Milk. Next is Afro Blue featuring Erykah Badu and Phonte (Prod. 9th Wonder. Check out both below. Related: Robert Glasper - Black Radio (Remix) ft Yasiin Bey (Prod.... Read more
Here’s our playlist of the Best Hip-Hop of September. You can listen to the entire compilation below (Audio)
Before we get too deep into October, let's take a look back at some of the music that dropped in September. Here's a playlist of some of the Best Hip-Hop of September. You'll hear music from Pharoahe Monch, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Freddie Gibbs, Kanye West, Pusha T, Big Sean, Jeah... Read more
Wale – Arrival
Here's a short and soulful new song from Wale. Check out Arrival. Related: Wale – Ambition ft Meek Mill & Rick Ross (Video)... Read more
Rain – Look What I Got
Here's a nice new joint from Rain. Check out Look What I Got. Related: Rain - Good Credit... Read more
Stalley – Loud Motors
Stalley reunites with his Lincoln Way Nights producer, Rashad, for Loud Motors. If you like that melodic, deep deep trunk funk of that album, this one will move you. Check it out below. Related: Stalley – Fountain of Youth ft Rick Ross & Nipsey Hu$$le (Video)... Read more
Saigon – Relafriendship
Here's another new track from Saigon's upcoming The Greatest Story Never Told 2 album. Sai talks about his involvement with a woman that is blurring the line between friendship and relationship. Check our Relafriendship. Related: Saigon - Feet on the Ground (Audio)... Read more
Rah Digga – And Another One ft Rapsody
2 generations of true female spitters on a grimy track with that BOOM BAP. Check out Rah Digga's And Another One featuring Rapsody. Related: Rapsody – Beautiful Music ft Childish Gambino & GQ (Audio) And Another One f. Rapsody by Rah Digga... Read more
50 Cent – First Date ft Too Short
Too Short joins 50 Cent on the first single for his upcoming album, Street King Immortal. Here's First Date. Related: A tribute mix to Chris Lighty (the late, long term manager to 50 Cent) (Mixtape)... Read more
KiD CuDi – King Wizard
Here's the full version of a dope new track from KiD CuDi. Check out King Wizard. Related: KiD CuDi – Just What I Am ft King Chip (Audio)... Read more
Saigon – Feet on the Ground
Here's Saigon's first single from his upcoming album, Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 2: Bread And Circuses. Check out Feet on the Ground. Related: Saigon – Not Like Them ft Styles P (Video)... Read more
Mister Cee – Best Of Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh (Mixtape)
Mister Cee goes way back on his latest Best Of mix. This week, he tackles the music of Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh. You can listen to and download the entire mix below. And it goes a little somethin' like this...Related: Mister Cee - The Best of Bad Boy... Read more
Prodigy – Medicine Man (Prod. The Alchemist)
Prodigy's new album, The Bumpy Johnson Album, hit stores today. Here's a grimy Alchemist-produced track from the project. Check out Medicine Man. You can buy the album here. Related: Prodigy rhymes in The Back Room on 106 & Park (Video)... Read more
Here’s a Pete Rock remix of a song by Robert Glasper featuring Yasiin Bey (pka Mos Def). Super Ill. Check out Black Radio (Audio)
Related: The making of OMFGOD featuring Yasiin Bey and Mannie Fresh (Video)... Read more
ZZ Ward – Cryin’ Wolf ft Kendrick Lamar
Here's an amazing track by an artist name ZZ Ward. It's bluesy and soulful with smoky vocals. Oh...and it happens to feature a hot verse from Kendrick Lamar. Check it out below. Related: Kendrick Lamar - Compton featuring Dr. Dre (Audio)... Read more
Kendrick Lamar. Dr. Dre. Just Blaze. Compton. You are not ready. Check out Kendrick’s latest collabo with Dr. Dre, as well as the full tracklist for good kid, m.A.A.d. city, below (Audio)
Related: A recap of the NYC listening session for Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d. city Here's the tracklist for good kid, m.A.A.d. city: 1. Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter's Daughter 2. Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe 3. Backseat Freestyle 4. The Art of Peer Pressure 5. Money Trees feat. Jay Rock... Read more
Big Boi – Mama Told Me ft Kelly Rowland
Big Boi rocks over a track that sounds like part 80's Prince and part Zapp--funk and bounce. Check out Mama Told Me featuring Kelly Rowland (with tags). Related: Big Boi – She Said OK ft Theophilus London (Video)... Read more
Torae – Sh*t on My Mind (Audio)
Torae goes in on a dope 9th Wonder track. This is the first in a series of daily recording he will be creating. Check out Sh*t on My Mind. Related: Torae – Gettin’ Biz ft Khrysis (Audio)... Read more
Prince – Official Purple After Jam (Teaser)
Here's a ree-diculously funky jam session from Prince with Maceo Parker (legendary saxophonist for James Brown). Below is a 5-minute sampler, which includes a bit of Housequake at the end, and you can scoop the full set here. Related: D’Angelo performs She Came Into the Bathroom Window with The Roots... Read more
Talib Kweli – Outstanding ft Ryan Leslie
Talib Kweli released a shortened version of a track with Ryan Leslie on his Attack the Block mixtape. Here's the full version of the Boi-1da produced song. Check out Outstanding. Related: Talib Kweli & Z-Trip – Attack the Block (Mixtape)... Read more
Here’s a playlist celebrating the career of the legendary Method Man (Audio)
Clifford Smith. Johnny Blaze. Tical. No matter the moniker used, after nearly 20 years of shredding mics, Method Man is the epitome of a hip-hop Living Legend. He is the latest hip-hop icon we recognize in our series where we celebrate our legends while we still have them. Here's a... Read more
Skyzoo – The Best of Skyzoo (Mixtape)
As Skyzoo prepares for the 10/2 release of his new album A Dream Deferred, he treats fans to a new mixtape called The Best of Skyzoo. The project includes old favorites, exclusive never before heard stories from Sky, and new gems from the upcoming A Dream Deferred album. You can... Read more
Pharoahe Monch – Damage
Pharoahe Monch is back with some new heat. Check out Damage. Related: Slaughterhouse, Pharoahe Monch, Freeway and more perform in NYC (Video)... Read more
Evidence – Sakura ft Planet Asia
Evidence dropped Cats & Dogs, one of the best and most slept albums of the year, last year. Here's another dope track from him from 2011 that wasn't included on the album. According to Evidence, it's "blend [of] a Japanese Folk Song that [he] learned in first grade with Escapades... Read more
DJ Drama – My Way ft Common, Kendrick Lamar & Lloyd
A snippet from DJ Drama's My Way featuring Common, Kendrick Lamar and Lloyd dropped a couple of weeks ago. Here's the full song. Check it out below (with tags). Related: Kendrick Lamar freestyles on the Funkmaster Flex Show (Video)... Read more
The Lox – Grand Wizard ft Swizz Beatz
Here's a new track from The Lox set to the tune of Grand Wizard Theodore's Subway Theme from the movie Wild Style. Check out Grand Wizard featuring Swizz Beatz (with tags from IFWT). Related: Sheek Louch & Ghostface Killah - Stick 'Em ft Jadakiss (Audio)... Read more
Mister Cee – The Best of LL Cool J (Mix)
The latest in Mister Cee's Best of Tuesday mixes celebrates the music of James Todd Smith. Check out the Best of LL Cool J mix below. Related: Mister Cee – Biggie, Jay-Z or Nas Mix (Mixtape)... Read more
Freddie Gibbs – Baby Face Killa (Mixtape)
Freddie Gibbs' Baby Face Killa mixtape dropped today. Featured guests include Jadakiss, Young Jeezy, Jay Rock, Krayzie Bone, Curren$y, Dom Kennedy and more. You can listen to and download the entire project below. Related: Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Shame ft BJ The Chicago Kid (Video) ... Read more
Royce Da 5’9″, Skillz & Diamond D – One For the Money
Here's a new banger from the collective of Royce Da 5'9", Skillz and Diamond D (who still has the same buttery flow). Check out One for the Money. Related: Diamond D breaks down the stories behind his classic tracks... Read more
Common, Slaughterhouse, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and more comment on This Generation (Video)
Here's a dope promo for Murs & Fashawn's This Generation album which is in stores on 9/25. During a stop at Rock the Bells, the duo had a number of MCs comment on what they thought This Generation represents. Check out the video which features thoughts from Common, DJ Quik,... Read more
Wiz Khalifa – Remember You ft The Weeknd
Wiz Khalifa and The Weeknd make for an interesting combo. Though The Weeknd is the featured artist on the single, his presence is more prominent than Wiz's on the record. Check out Remember You. Related: Curren$y – Jet Life ft Wiz Khalifa & Big K.R.I.T. (Video)... Read more
Freddie Gibbs – Tell A Friend ft Curren$y
Here's another new song from Freddie Gibbs' Baby Face Killa project which drops tomorrow. Check out Tell A Friend featuring Curren$y. Related: Freddie Gibbs – Kush Cloud ft Krayzie Bone & SpaceGhostPurrp (Audio)... Read more
Miguel – Kaleidoscope Dream (Full Album Stream)
Miguel's Kaleidoscope Dream album is in stores on 10/2. Until then, you can listen to a full stream of the album below. Related: Miguel - Adorn (Video)... Read more
Jim-E-O – Breakthrough (Full Album)
Here's the 2nd album in 2 months from up and coming Texas rapper, Jim-E-O. Packed with lush beats and choice rhymes, it's a good way to head into the weekend. You can listen to and download all of Breakthrough below. Related: Jim-E-O - Fastlane (Full Album) Breakthrough by Jim-E-O... Read more
Who’s the best MC between Biggie, Jay-Z and Nas? Mister Cee attempts to answer that very question with his latest mix that pits each MC against the other, record for record. Listen and download below and tell us who you think takes the title (Mixtape)
Related: Rakim vs. Big Daddy Kane: The Playlist (Audio)... Read more
Freddie Gibbs – Kush Cloud ft Krayzie Bone & SpaceGhostPurrp
Freddie Gibbs, Krayzie Bone and SpaceGhostPurrp? That's a crazy combo. It sounds just like the title suggests. Check out Kush Cloud. Related: Freddie Gibbs – The Hard ft Dana Williams (Audio)... Read more
DJ Quik & Kurupt – The Demon’s Carol
DJ Quik and Kurupt unite on a super grimy track. Check out The Demon's Carol. Related: Mystikal & DJ Quik in the studio (Video)... Read more
Lil Fame & Termanology – Too Tough For TV
Here's another new joint from M.O.P.'s Lil Fame and Termanology from their upcoming Fizzyology project. Check out Too Tough for TV below. Related: Lil Fame and Termanology – Fizzyology (Video)... Read more