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
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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
Miguel – Do You… (Video)
Miguel's Kaleidoscope Dream was the 3rd dope album to drop today (along with Skyzoo and Prodigy). He celebrates the album release with a sexy new video. Check out Do You...Related: Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream (Full Album Stream)... 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
Moe Green – Keep On Movin’ (Video)
Moe Green lays back in the cut of a stone cold groove on Keep On Movin'. Check out the video. Related: Moe Green - Cruise Control (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
Styles P – Holiday Any Emcee (Video)
Styles P salutes Rakim in his new video for Holiday Any Emcee. The visual includes a lot of old school footage of Rakim to accompany The R's vocals on the hook. Check it out below. Related: Rakim performs Juice (Know the Ledge) in Atlanta (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
Skyzoo – Give It Up (Video)
Skyzoo's A Dream Deferred album is in stores today. Here's the video for his single, Give It Up. Check it out below. Related: Skyzoo – The Best of Skyzoo (Mixtape)... Read more
Nas – Cherry Wine ft Amy Winehouse (Video)
Nas created a classic and stylized look for the visual for Cherry Wine and may sure Amy Winehouse's presence was seen and felt. Check out the video. Related: Becoming: Nas (Mini-Documentary)... 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
Stalley – Fountain of Youth ft Rick Ross & Nipsey Hu$$le (Video)
Stalley's Fountain of Youth featuring Rick Ross & Nipsey Hu$$le is one of the most soulful tracks on the MMG compilation. Here's the video. Related: Stalley - Home to You ft Wale (Video)... Read more
Becoming: Nas (Video)
UPDATE: Part 2 is included below. Here's part 1 of a really dope mini-documentary on Nas. It features behind the scenes footage of him preparing to perform, interview footage, stories of his beginnings (watching MC Shan perform, Queensbridge, meeting Large Professor) and more. If you're a Nas fan, you need... 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
The Kid Daytona – Low ft Jadakiss (Video)
Here's the video for The Kid Daytona's collabo with Jadakiss. Check out Low. Related: The Kid Daytona – Summer Games: The Kid With The Golden (Mixtape)... 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
Rakim performs Juice (Know the Ledge) in Atlanta (Video)
We got to witness the legendary Rakim Allah perform his classic from the Juice soundtrack last night in Atlanta from about 5 feet away after he was honored with the I Am Hip Hop Icon Award at the 2012 BET Hip-Hop Awards. The God MCs still commands a stage like... Read more
2012 BET Hip-Hop Awards Cypher Previews (Video)
The 2012 BET Hip-Hop Awards tape tomorrow in Atlanta and air on Tuesday, 10/9. As the show draws closer a couple of Cypher previews have surfaced. First up, is a West Coast cypher featuring Snoop Dogg, DJ Quik, E-40, Kurupt, Xzibit and YG. Next is a Ruff Ryders cypher preview... 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
Curren$y & Harry Fraud – WOH ft Styles P (Video)
Curren$y and Harry Fraud drop their 2nd video from their Cigarette Boats project. Check out WOH featuring Styles P. Related: Curren$y & Harry Fraud – Cigarette Boats (Mixtape)... 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
Kendrick Lamar – Interview + Toca Tuesdays Freestyle (Video)
Here's a double dose of Kendrick Lamar. First up is an interview where he discusses the status of his collaboration with J. Cole, why he respects Cole, what he talks about with Lady Gaga and more. Next is Kendrick's Toca Tuesdays Freestyle. Check out both videos below. Related: Kendrick Lamar... 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
Jean Grae has dropped some intense videos over the last couple of years. Here’s another one…Be warned. Check out Kill Screen (Video)
Related: Talib Kweli – Uh Oh ft Jean Grae (Extended Video) ... 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
Snoop Dogg and Dom Kennedy talk hip-hop, food, women and more (Video)
Here's a dope conversation between Snoop Dogg and Dom Kennedy, 2 generations of West Coast MCs. They discuss their influences, West Coast rap, women and more. The discussion takes place on a mock nightly news set and hilarity ensues. Check out the video. Related: A playlist celebrating the career of... 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
Murs & Fashawn – This Generation (Video)
Murs & Fashawn's This Generation project is in stores now. Here's the video for the title track. Check it out. Related: Murs and Fashawn interview each other at the Skatepark (Video)... Read more
Check out this mix of The Pharcyde’s Passing Me By, A Tribe Called Quest’s 1nce Again and Black Moon’s How Many MC’s (Audio)
You dig that Bizarre Tribe mixtape combining ATCQ and Pharcyde music? Here's one to really blow your wig back. ABSOLUTE FIRE!!! Check out Pharcyde of the Black Moon. Related: Bizarre Tribe – A Quest to The Pharcyde a blend of classic cuts from A Tribe Called Quest and The Pharcyde... 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
Phonte – Gonna Be a Beautiful Night ft Carlitta Durand
Phonte's Charity Starts at Home album keeps on giving. Here's the latest video from the project. Check out Gonna Be a Beautiful Night featuring Carlitta Durand. Related: Big Sant – Rap Ni**a ft King Mez, Tito Lopez & Phonte (Audio)... Read more
Macklemore – The Backroom Freestyle (Video)
Macklemore is the latest to hit up The Backroom on 106 & Park, and the first to wear a Hungarian tiger fur coat while blazing the blue mic. Check out the rhyme he drops. Related: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Same Love ft Mary Lambert (Audio)... Read more
Murs and Fashawn interview each other at the Skatepark (Video)
Here's a really engaging conversation between Murs & Fashawn. The 2 talk about the common elements between skateboarding and hip-hop, the origin of their names, philanthropy, fatherhood and more. Check out the 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
Stalley – Home to You ft Wale (Video)
Stalley's latest video is for Home to You, his duet with Wale. It's another gem off Stalley's Savage Journey to the American Dream mixtape. Check it out below. Related: Stalley - Savage Journey to the American Dream (Mixtape)... Read more
Kendrick Lamar reflects on his Career Path (Video)
Here's a cool interview of Kendrick Lamar where he breaks down the meaningful milestones of his career path. Check out the video. Related: A recap of Kendrick Lamar's 1st ever listening session for good kid, m.A.A.d city... 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
Rittz – Paradise ft Nikkiya (Video)
Tech N9ne's newest signee Rittz contrasts his rapid fire, double-time flow with a laid back funky soul track on Paradise. It works. Dude's lyrical game is TOUGH. Check out the video. Related: Rittz - White Jesus: Revival (Mixtape)... Read more
Ghostface Killah & Sheek Louch interview with fuse (Video)
Ghostface Killah and Sheek Louch dropped a red hot song last night. Here's an interview of the duo where they explain how they came together to record their forthcoming Wu-Block project, speak on 90's hip-hop and discuss current MCs they like (not surprisingly, Ghost likes Action Bronson). Check it out... 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
Kendrick Lamar Interviews & Freestyles (Video)
Here are 2 interviews of Kendrick Lamar and he drops a verse at the end of each. In the first interview, he discusses the album, cover art, a song called Black Boy Fly which addresses the cover and more, then flows over the Mobb Deep Eye for an Eye beat.... Read more