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Big K.R.I.T. – I Heard It All

It's a Big day for Big K.R.I.T. fans. Earlier, he dropped his new video for 4eva N a Day and here's a new song. Check out I Heard it All. This is a bonus cut from K.R.I.T.'s re-release of his stellar mixtape K.R.I.T. Wuz Here which drops on 5/8. This... Read more

April 30, 2012 Audio

Notorious BIG: Behind The Music Sneak Preview (Video)

A Behind the Music: Notorious BIG dropped several years ago but Vh1 has put together a brand new version that premieres on 5/2 at 9pm EST. Check out a 10 min sneak preview of the show below. This is the remix...Related: Previously unreleased interview of Biggie on the set of... Read more

April 30, 2012 Video

Big K.R.I.T. – 4eva N a Day (Video)

Big K.R.I.T.'s Live from the Underground album is coming soon. Till then, here's a cool new video for the title track to his dope mixtape 4eva N A Day. Similar to Eminem and Royce Da 5'9's Fastlane video, it employs animation on top of live action. Check it out below.... Read more

April 30, 2012 Video

Del The Funky Homosapien & Parallel Thought – Bring It

Del The Funky Homosapien lives up to his name on this funky new track. Check out Bring It ft Parallel Thought. Props: 2DBZ Related: Souls of Mischief - '93 Til Infinity (Video)... Read more

April 30, 2012 Audio

BJ The Chicago Kid & Kendrick Lamar Perform Faith (Video)

BJ The Chicago Kid and Kendrick Lamar have had teamed up to make some great music together. Here's a look at them performing one of their collabos live. Kendrick spits fire and BJ brings the soul. Check out Faith. Related: BJ The Chicago Kid - The World Is a Ghetto... Read more

April 30, 2012 Video

NYC’s legendary KISS FM went off the air on 4/30. Here’s DJ Red Alert’s final mix for the station. Thanks for the memories, KISS FM.

If you live in the New York metropolitan area, no doubt you know the legendary KISS FM went off the air early this morning after 30 years in the game. If you never had the opportunity to hear KISS, without a question you felt its impact. It was one of... Read more

April 30, 2012 Audio, Mixes

50 Cent – Remain Calm ft Snoop Dogg & Precious Paris

Here's some new music from 50 Cent. Remain Calm features Snoop Dogg and Precious Paris and is from 50's upcoming mixtape The Lost Tape presented by DJ Drama. Related: 50 Cent - Nah Nah Nah ft Tony Yayo (Video)... Read more

April 28, 2012 Audio

Nas – The Don (Video)

Been waiting for this one. Here's the new video from Nasty Nas. Check out The Don (produced by Heavy D and Salaam Remi). Related: Nas - Daughters http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E3wIJ774gJs... Read more

April 27, 2012 Video

1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) – Up Every Night (Video)

Here's a party joint from 1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology). Check out the video for Up Every Night. Related: Statik Selektah and Termanology discusses their earliest music influences (Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGlrnBJEj6U&feature=player_embedded... Read more

April 27, 2012 Video

TiRon & Ayomari – They Go

Here's a high BPM new song TiRon and Ayomari that was produced by Oddisee. Check out They Go. Related: Oddisee - Hustle Off They Go (prod. by Oddisee) by The Cafeteria Line... Read more

April 26, 2012 Audio

New music from Nas: Daughters

Here's a new one from Nas. The 2nd single from his upcoming Life Is Good album is called Daughters. He spits some real talk from the perspective of a father with a daughter. Dopeness. Check it out below. Related: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Nas' Illmatic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRnh9gKJpJQ... Read more

April 26, 2012 Audio

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Mobb Deep’s The Infamous

Today is the 17th anniversary of the release of Mobb Deep's The Infamous album. Similar to what they did for the anniversary of Illmatic, to commemorate the date Complex has done an article called 10 Things You Didn't Know About Mobb Deep's The Infamous (like did you know Nas actually... Read more

April 25, 2012 Food for Thought

Big K.R.I.T. – The Road Less Traveled (pt. 1) (Video)

Here's a behind the scenes look at the life and times of Big K.R.I.T. as he prepares for the June 5th release of his album Live From The Underground. Check out Big K.R.I.T: The Road Less Traveled. Related: Big K.R.I.T. talks about what it takes to succeed (Video)... Read more

April 25, 2012 Video

Curren$y – Smoke One for Spitta (Mixtape)

Out of nowhere, Curren$y drops a new mixtape ahead of his upcoming album The Stoned Immaculate. You can listen to all of Smoke One for Spitta below. Related: Curren$y - What It Look Like ft Wale... Read more

April 25, 2012 Audio, Mixes

Raekwon – This Sh*t Hard ft LEP Bogus Boys

Here's a new video from Raekwon. Check out This Sh*t Hard featuring LEP Bogus Boys. Related: Raekwon - Dedication ft JD Era (Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZV1wyDnmFE&feature=player_embedded... Read more

April 25, 2012 Video

Phonte – The Life of Kings ft Big K.R.I.T. & Evidence (Video)

I needed this in my life today. New Tigallo, New Tigallo, New Tigallo. Well...not exactly a new song but it is a new video from Phonte. Check out The Life of Kings featuring Big K.R.I.T. and Evidence, with 9th Wonder on the boards. Phonte's super slept on Charity Starts at... Read more

April 25, 2012 Video

Slaughterhouse – My Life ft Cee-Lo

My Life featuring Cee-Lo Green is the newest single from Slaugherhouse. Related: Slaughterhouse - Hammer Dance (Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB9nFiJChDo... Read more

April 25, 2012 Audio

Jill Scott – Blessed (Video)

Jill Scott is not hip-hop but she's in the family and she's DOPE. Check out the new video for her song Blessed. Related: Pharoahe Monch - Still Standing ft Jill Scott (Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jXeXV0vgrtY... Read more

April 25, 2012 Video

Ab-Soul – SOPA ft Schoolboy Q

SOPA is the latest from Ab-Soul and it features Schoolboy Q. Check it out below. Related: Ab-Soul - Pineal Gland (Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNpcN_iQszk&feature=player_embedded... Read more

April 24, 2012 Audio

Jadakiss – Respect It ft Fabolous & Lloyd Banks

Here's another new song from Jadakiss. This one features Fabolous and Lloyd Banks. Check out Respect It. Jadakiss' Consignment mixtape drops on Friday. Related: Jadakiss - Paper Tags ft Styles P, Wale & French Montana... Read more

April 24, 2012 Audio

REKS – Riggs & Murtaugh ft Action Bronson

Here's another solid track from REKS' new Straight, No Chaser album that's produced entirely by Statik Selektah. Check out Riggs & Murtaugh featuring Action Bronson. Related: REKS - Such a Showoff ft Termanology, Kali & JFK... Read more

April 24, 2012 Audio

Masta Ace – Slow Down (prod. DOOM)

Here's a new collabo from Masta Ace and DOOM...yep, you read that right. Check out Slow Down with Masta Ace on the vocals and DOOM on the track. Related: Masta Ace - BK We Don't Play... Read more

April 24, 2012 Audio

Warren G – Party We Will Now ft Game & Nate Dogg

Last week, Warren G dropped a snippet of some new music featuring previously unreleased vocals from Nate Dogg. Here's the whole song. Check out Warren G's Party We Will Now featuring Game and Nate Dogg on the hook (tagged up by DJ Skee). Related: Warren G - This Is Dedicated... Read more

April 23, 2012 Audio

Jadakiss – Paper Tags ft Styles P, Wale & French Montana

Jadakiss & Styles P reunite on Paper Tags which also features Wale and French Montana. This is from Jadakiss' Consignment mixtape which drops on Friday. Check it out below. The Kid Daytona & Jadakiss - Low (Remix)... Read more

April 23, 2012 Audio

Erick Sermon Tells Classic Stories to Cipha Sounds and Rosenberg

Erick Sermon recently sat down and talked with Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds about Redman, Keith Murray, Dr. Dre, dollars, missing out on the opportunity to sign Biggie and Wu-Tang and a bunch of other topics. Check out the full video interview below. Related: Erick Sermon tells the stories behind... Read more

April 23, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Phonte and 9th Wonder interview on The Come Up Show (Audio)

Here's an interview of 9th Wonder and Phonte by The Come Up Show. 9th talks about being a professor, his legacy and more. Phonte talks about not selling out, his moral compass and more. Real talk from some real legends. Listen to the whole interview below. Related: Playlist of music... Read more

April 23, 2012 Audio, Food for Thought

Here’s the video for Slaughterhouse’s Hammer Dance. Check it out below (Video)

Related: Crooked I - Nikki http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdnjbzB8Nh4&feature=player_embedded... Read more

April 22, 2012 Video

Here are 2 playlists of hip-hop from the 80’s and 90’s and the 80’s R&B originals that inspired them (Playlist)

Learning recently that Nas had been thinking about rocking over the Juicy sample on Illmatic before Biggie did it on Ready To Die reminded me how much hip-hop is built on smoothed out 80's R&B. So, this week here are 2 playlists. The first is full of smoothed out R&B... Read more

April 21, 2012 Audio, Playlists

Tha Dogg Pound – DPGC’ology (Mixtape)

Tha Dogg Pound have dropped a couple of hot new joints this week. Here's a full new mixtape from them. It features verses from Snoop Dogg, E-40, Dom Kennedy, 2 Chainz and more. The full tracklist is below. Click here to download DPGC'ology. Related: Playlist of 3 generations of West... Read more

April 20, 2012 Audio, Mixes

Curren$y – Fast Cars Faster Women ft Daz Dillinger

Here's a new one from Curren$y featuring Daz Dillinger. Check out Fast Cars Faster Women. Related: Curren$y - What It Look Like featuring Wale http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Rk5jyvE8CMU... Read more

April 20, 2012 Audio

BJ The Chicago Kid – Hay

Here's yet another dope track from BJ The Chicago Kid. This time he flips up Crucial Conflict's Hay and takes it from hip-hop to soul. Check both BJ's take and the original Hay below. Related: BJ The Chicago Kid - Dream II (Video) Here's the Crucial Conflict original. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDyp7E4Lj74... Read more

April 19, 2012 Audio, The Bridge

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Nas’ Illmatic

Today is the 18th anniversary of the release of Illmatic. To commemorate the day, Complex did an incredible article that lists 10 inside dope stories about the making of Illmatic. One example is that Russell Simmons passed on signing Nas to Def Jam...Click here to read all 10 Things You... Read more

April 19, 2012 Food for Thought

Sheek Louch & Ghostface Killah – Shrooms ft Styles P

Here's yet another new joint from Sheek Louch and Ghostface Killah and this time they added Styles P to the mix. And, the track is mean! Check out Shrooms. Related: Sheek Louch & Ghostface Killah - Batman... Read more

April 19, 2012 Audio

Nas Behind The Music Full Episode (Video)

Related: Nas - The Don Video Sneak Preview... Read more

April 19, 2012 Video

DJ Premier GURU tribute mix (Playlist)

Today marks the 2-year anniversary of the day we lost Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal (better known as GURU from Gang Starr). As we do on these days, rather than mourn the loss, we celebrate the LIFE through the music. No better way to do that than through the tribute playlist... Read more

April 19, 2012 Audio, Playlists

Tha Dogg Pound – 21 Gun Salute + Warren G plays a snippet of a new song featuring previously unreleased Nate Dogg vocals (Video)

Here's another West Coast OG double play. First is a video of Warren G playing a snippet of some new music featuring previously unreleased Nate Dogg vocals and next is a second new song from Tha Dogg Pound in 2 days. No complaints...Check out the Warren G video and Tha... Read more

April 18, 2012 Audio, Video

Ransom – Pray For Me ft Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock

Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock join Ranson on the previously unreleased Pray For Me. Kendrick is only on the hook but Jay Rock and Ranson hold it down with their verses. Check it out below. Related: Schoolboy Q Toca Tuesday Freestyle + Ab-Soul - Pineal Gland (Video)... Read more

April 18, 2012 Audio

The ILLZ – Weightless

Here's a lush, jazzy track from The ILLZ--sharp lyrics and beautiful music. Check out Weightless (a totally different acoustic rock song kicks in at around 4:30). Related: The ILLZ - Despiertate Awake (Audio)... Read more

April 18, 2012 Audio

Mac Miller & Curren$y – Cold

Here's a laid-back new collabo between Mac Miller and Curren$y that was produced by The Cool Kids' Chuck Inglish. As with almost all tracks featuring Curren$y, it's soulful. Check out Cold. Related: Mac Miller - Macadelic (Mixtape)... Read more

April 18, 2012 Audio

Sneak preview of Nas’ video for The Don (Video)

The video for Nas' The Don is dropping soon. Here's a sneak preview. Related: Sneak preview of Behind The Music: Nas (Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1rG2IqJv0I&feature=player_embedded... Read more

April 18, 2012 Video

Previously unreleased interview of The Notorious BIG on the set of the video for The Warning (Video)

It's been a big week for hip-hop and it just got bigger. The week kicked off with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg including a mind-blowing hologram of 2Pac in their set and now here's a previously unreleased interview of The Notorious BIG (and he discusses the change from Biggie Smalls)... Read more

April 18, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Tha Dogg Pound – Bouncin’ ft Snoop Dogg & Dom Kennedy

Here's another multi-generational Cali anthem. Check out Bouncin' by The Dogg Pound featuring Snoop Dogg and Dom Kennedy. 20+ years and G-Funk still lives strong. Related: David Banner - Californication ft Snoop Dogg, Game, Nipsey Hu$$le & Ras Kass and 9th Wonder - Enjoy ft Warren G, Murs & Kendrick... Read more

April 17, 2012 Audio

Chuuwee – Le Pere Du Peuple (Video)

Here's another hot new joint from Sacramento MC Chuuwee. Check out the video for Le Pere Du Peuple. Chuuwee continues to show why he's one to watch in 2012 and beyond. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn63aPR5gM4&feature=player_embedded... Read more

April 17, 2012 Video

Schoolboy Q – Toca Tuesday Freestyle + Ab-Soul – Pineal Gland (Video)

Here's a double play from 2 Black Hippies. First up is Schoolboy Q kicking a verse on Toca Tuesday Freestyles and next is a tripped out (literally) new video from Ab-Soul for his song Pineal Gland (if you read up on the Pineal Gland you'll have a whole different level... Read more

April 17, 2012 Video

Cyhi The Prynce – The Open Letter (Video)

Cyhi The Prynce released his new song The Open Letter last week. Here's the video. Check it out below. http://vimeo.com/40522229... Read more

April 17, 2012 Video

Joe Budden – Going Thru The Motions

Here's a new one from Joe Budden. Check out Going Thru The Motions. His Mood Muzik box set drops soon. Related: Slaughterhouse performs at SXSW 2012 (Video)... Read more

April 17, 2012 Audio

A$AP Rocky – Goldie

Here's a new joint from A$AP Rocky that was produced by Hit Boy. Check out Goldie. Related: Theophilus London and A$AP Rocky - Big Spender... Read more

April 16, 2012 Audio

Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg perform at Coachella 2012 with Eminem, 50 Cent, Kendrick Lamar, Wiz Khalifa and 2Pac’s Hologram

The performance with 2Pac's hologram got all the shine earlier today, but from the looks of it, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg all around shut it down last night at Coachella. In addition to the 2Pac hologram, Eminem, 50 Cent, Wiz Khalifa and Kendrick Lamar all shared the stage with... Read more

April 16, 2012 Playlists, Video

1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) – Thug Poets ft Roc Marciano & Havoc

Here's a dope new track from 1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology). Check out Thug Poets featuring Roc Marciano and Havoc. Related: Statik Selektah & Termanology discuss their biggest musical influences (Video)... Read more

April 16, 2012 Audio

Nas Behind The Music Sneak Preview (Video)

Behind The Music continues to show love to hip-hop. The next installment will tell Nas' story. Check out the 10 minute sneak preview below. The full show premierex Wednesday night on Vh1. Related: Nas interview with Peter Rosenberg (Video)... Read more

April 16, 2012 Video