I'm feeling the diversity of the music so far on Murs and Fashawn's upcoming collaboration album called This Generation. Their first single, Slash Gordan, featured the 2 MCs trading line for line over hard guitar riffs. Now, on the title track, each trades in the hard rhyming for a more... Read more
Brother Ali has dropped a lot of fantastic records and video from his Mourning in America album over the last few months. The album is in stores today and you can listen to a full stream of it below. Related: Brother Ali slays the 5 Fingers of Death on the... Read more
A snippet of Missy Elliot's song 9th Inning dropped last week. Here's the full version of the song AND another song from her called Triple Threat. Check out both below. Related: J. Cole – Nobody’s Perfect ft Missy Elliott (Video)... Read more
Here's another new release from Showbiz & AG. Still diggin'...Check out Walkin' On Air featuring A. Bless. Related: Showbiz & AG – Every Time I Touch The Mic ft OC & Frank V (Audio)... Read more
Need some soul in your life? Angie Stone has got plenty. She takes it back to the 80's with the funky sounds of Backup Plan. Check it out. Her new album Rich Girl is in stores on 9/25. Related: Super (Neo) Soul Sisters Playlist (Audio)... Read more
Here's the latest single from Skyzoo's upcoming A Dream Deferred album. Check out Give It Up, produced by !llmind. Related: Skyzoo – Theo vs JJ (Dreams vs Reality) (Mixtape)... Read more
J. Cole performed a soulful new song called I'm a Fool at Rock the Bells a few weeks ago. Here's the studio version. Check it out below. Related: Kendrick Lamar & J. Cole in concert in North Carolina (Video)... Read more
DJ Drama's Quality Street Music is in stores next week. Here's a snippet of a song from the album called My Way which features Common, Kendrick Lamar & Lloyd. You'll hear all of Common's verse, the hook and just a taste of Kendrick's verse. Check it out. Related: DJ Drama... Read more
DJ Drama has a project dropping in October. Here's an introspective track from the album featuring Jadakiss, Nipsey Hu$$le and Young Jeezy with Cee-Lo on the hook. Check out Never Die. Related: Jadakiss – We Gettin’ Money ft Trae Tha Truth & Styles P (Video)... Read more
16 years. That's how long it's been since we lost 2Pac on that terrible Friday the 13th. As has become his custom on these days, Mister Cee dropped a mix on NYC's Hot 97 to celebrate Pac's LIFE. You can listen to the entire mix below. Related: 2Pac video playlist... Read more
Scoe and Kendrick Lamar pay homage to their West Coast predecessors like Tha Dogg Pound, NWA, Snoop, Dre, Ice Cube, 2Pac and more on Tha Influence. California love (and respect) Check it out. Related: Kendrick Lamar & J. Cole in concert in North Carolina (Video)... Read more
Ghostface Killah jumps on New God Flow with Pusha T and Kanye West and takes it to another level. Check it out (with tags for now). Related: Ghostface Killah & Sheek Louch - Union Square (Audio)... Read more
A super fresh mashup of ATCQ's Electric Relaxation and The Pharcyde's Runnin' dropped a couple of weeks ago from a project called Bizarre Tribe: A Quest to the Pharcyde. Here's the full project which is chock full of blends of classics from Tribe and The Pharcyde. Dope! You can listen... Read more
Delicious Vinyl, label home to The Pharcyde, Masta Ace, The Brand New Heavies, J Dilla and more recently had its 25th anniversary. To celebrate the milestone, they enlisted Soul Brother #1 Pete Rock to do a mix of some of the gems in their catalog. Listen to and download the... Read more
Ohhh...here we go. This is the 2nd release from RZA's Man With the Iron Fists soundtrack. Check out Tick, Tock featuring Pusha T, Raekwon and Joell Ortiz. There's really nothing more to say. Related: Method Man, Freddie Gibbs & Streetlife - Built For This (from The Man With the Iron... Read more
Here's a new video from Busta Rhymes for his song Doin' It Again off Year of the Dragon. The song sports the same track used on Hi-Tek's Round & Round and features a dedication to Chris Lighty, Busta's manger of 21 years, in the beginning. Check it out. Related: Busta... Read more
Danny Brown's upcoming album is going to be produced entirely by Blu & Mainframe (Johnson & Johnson) and will be called Danny Johnson. Change, the first release from the project, has an early (Dilla-influenced) Slum Village feel to it. Check it out. Related: The Alchemist – Flight Confirmation ft Danny... Read more
Here's a super tough new joint from Blu, complete with scratches of Guru vocals on the hook (peep the reference below). Check out Blu Lemonade. Related: Blu & Exile – The Great Escape ft Homeboy Sandman & ADAD (Audio) Here's that Guru vocal.... Read more
Hot 97's Mister Cee is starting a new weekly series he creates "Best of Tuesday" mixes. He kicks it off with a 1-hour long mix of hits from Bad Boy Records. You know the names: Biggie, Craig Mack, The Lox, Total, 112...You can listen to and download the entire mix... Read more
G.O.O.D. Music's Cruel Summer compilation hits stores on 9/18. Check out snippets and a track list for the album below. Related: Big Sean - Clique ft Jay-Z & Kanye West (Audio) Here's the track list: 01. To The World by Kanye West & R. Kelly 02. Clique by Kanye West,... Read more
Jon Connor puts on another lyrical display on the Statik Selektah-produced What I Do. Check it out. Related: Jon Connor - The Backroom Freestyle (Video)... Read more
This has been one of the best years for female MCs in a looong time...and it just got better. Here's a preview of a new song from Missy Elliott featuring Timbaland. Check out 9th Inning. Related: J. Cole Nobody's Perfect video featuring Missy Elliott... Read more
Nipsey Hu$$le goes in on an early 2000s throwback track (see below). Check out Get Away featuring Ken Malik. Related: Nipsey Hu$$le - They Know (Video) Here's the original track.... Read more
Here's another collabo between Compton MC Buddy and Pharrell. Check out Far as They Know. Related: Buddy - Inspired (Prod. Pharrell) (Audio)... Read more
Kay Slay serves up the original version of Highway to Hell featuring Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q and Jay Rock on his new mixtape The Return of the Gatekeeper. Check out the song and Kay Slay's full mixtape below. Related: Jay Rock, Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q interview with Page 31 (Video)... Read more
Mary J. Blige is not an MC...but she has been the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul for more than 20 years. She is the next artist we salute as part of our Living Legends series where we celebrate the careers of our hip-hop icons while we still have them. Here's a... Read more
Miguel is dropping a new album called Kaleidoscope Dream in October. Here's a 3-song sampler from the album, including one where he rides the same sample Eminem did for My Name Is (see below). Check it out. Related: Miguel – Adorn (Video) Here's the original track sampled on track #2. ... Read more
Freddie Gibbs slows it down with his new song The Hard...but it's still gangsta. Check it out. Related: Freddie Gibbs – Bout It Bout It ft Kirko Bangz... Read more
Big Sean, Jayy-Z & Kanye West link on the latest G.O.O.D. Music release. Check out Clique. Related: Kanye West & Pusha T - New God Flow (Audio)... Read more
Joey Bada$$ drops off his 2nd mixtape of the year. This is a coda to his 1999 mixtape called Rejex because these cuts didn't make the first mixtape. Far from throwaways, these tracks are of the same quality as those on 1999--more vintage 90's beats laced with Joey's throwback flow.... Read more
Here's a banger from Jean Grae (#sounderrated). Gamers from back in the day will recognize the theme song immediately. Check out Kill Screen. Related: Pharoahe Monch & Jean Grae experience South Africa (Video)... Read more
Here's some more new music from Xzibit. Check out Up Out the Way featuring E-40. Related: Xzibit – Louis XIII ft King T & Tha Alkaholiks (Prod. Dr. Dre)... Read more
Here's Big Sean's new mixtape. It sports features from J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Royce Da 5'9" and more. You can listen to and download all of Detroit below. Related: Kanye West, Big Sean, 2 Chainz & Pusha T – Mercy (Video) Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Powered by DatPiff.com... Read more
Wow. Wow. WOW. Here's a super rare gem--audio footage of Biz Markie and Rakim rhyming in high school. It's so vintage Rakim rhymed under a different name...SUPER FRESH. This is from a project called the Lunchroom Battles. Check it out. Related: Rakim vs Big Daddy Kane: the playlist that settles... Read more
Fat Joe adds a heartfelt tribute to Chris Lighty, his longtime manager, on Slaughterhouse's Goodbye. Check it out. Related: DJ Wonder Chris Lighty tribute mix (Audio)... Read more
Lil Wayne drops the 2nd high profile mixtape of the day. You can listen to and download Dedication 4 below. Related: Keyshia Cole – Enough of No Love ft Lil Wayne (Video) Download Mixtape... Read more
Here's a brand new mixtape from Talib Kweli. You can listen to and download all of Attack the Block below. Related: Talib Kweli - Push Thru ft Curren$y & Kendrick Lamar (Video) Download Mixtape... Read more
The hip-hop community is still reeling from the sudden and tragic loss of Chris Lighty on Thursday. Here are links to 2 of the better articles written about both the impact Lighty had on hip-hop culture and the man, himself. First is an article written by Rob Kenner of Complex... Read more
People who have been down with Stalley for a minute may know him as the singer on Stalley's single Slapp as well as the producer of the vast majority of the Lincoln Way Nights album. The 2 reunite on Last Day on the MT. The result is the same: soulful... Read more
Roc Marciano slips into a laid-back flow reminiscent of Raekwon over a soulful flute-driven track. Check out Sweet Nothings. Related: M.A.R.S. (Cormega, Action Bronson, Saigon & Roc Marciano) – M.A.R.S. (Video)... Read more
We've dropped a few joints from the Closed Sessions Vol. 2 mixtape over the last few weeks. Now you can listen to and download the whole thing which features songs from Blu, Action Bronson, Freddie Gibbs, Sir Michael Rocks, Raekwon and many more. Check it out below. Related: Download the... Read more
Here's another Hieroglyphics reunion. This time Casual teams up with Souls of Mischief. Check out Hier-O-Dot. Related: Casual & J Rawls - Respect Game Or Expect Flames ft Del the Funky Homosapien (Video)... Read more
Here's a tough new minimalist track from Pac Div--nothing but beats & rhymes. Check out Black Acura featuring Mac Miller & Raven Sorvino. Related: Pac Div - Bank (Audio)... Read more