Halftime is another previously unreleased track from Amy Winehouse's upcoming album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures. What a loss. Check it out below (stream only). ... Read more
The Weeknd's House of Balloons album (click here to download it for free) is the gift that keeps on giving. Check out the video for The Knowing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W_nDYKsexo&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Here's a soulful track from Chuuwee's Watching The Throne project. Check out the video for Reign (Long Live the King). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GmKKZdaZiw&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Select Records and Fresh Records How can Select Records and Fresh Records be ahead of Rawkus AND Loud??? 2 words: historical context. Without a doubt, both Rawkus and Loud released records by some of the greatest MCs to ever bless the mic, but each of those record labels was building... Read more
#19 Loud Records Steve Rifkin may not be a household name like Suge Knight, Sean "Puffy" Combs or Baby aka The Birdman, but his impact on hip-hop is enduring just the same. In the 90's, his Loud Records put out some of the grimiest hip-hop that had ever been heard.... Read more
J-Live was one of my favorite rappers in the late 90's/early00's. Dude always brought something fresh to the game whether it was ill metaphors, intricate stories or just plain spittin' flames. 10 years later, nothing has changed. He's still one of the dopest (and most underrated) MCs in hip-hop (click... Read more
Before record labels were considered "the enemy" their brands actually meant something. Artists dreamed of being on the same label as the MCs they grew up idolizing and some labels had such credibility fans would buy the record just because it was on that label. Over the next several days... Read more
Terrace Martin is holding it down for that new West Coast sound. Here's the new video for his song On Some Other Sh*t featuring Problem and TayF 3rd. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=42Q99Sgas5w... Read more
Here's another soulful joint from Freddie Gibbs & Statik Selektah. This time, Smoke DZA and Chace Infinite join Gangsta Gibbs on the track. Check out the video for Keep It Warm For Ya.... Read more
FINALLY! The full CD quality version of Kendrick Lamar's remix of Rigamortus featuring Busta Rhymes is here. There have been a few videos of K. Dot playing this in concert with a taste of Busta's rhyme. Now, here's Busta's whole verse and it is FIRE. Salute to Busta Rhymes. After... Read more
Over the last few weeks, The Roots have been dropping videos as a lead up to the release of their album, undun, on December 6. This week, they've released Sleep, which is part 4 of 4 videos. Like the album, the videos tell the story of Redford Stephens, a fictional... Read more
Here's another hot record from Austin's JIM-E-O. It's about grinding hard in pursuit of your dreams. Check out I'm On featuring Bluu Suede.... Read more
Yelawolf's Radioactive is in stores now. If you haven't scooped it, you can buy it here. Below is one of the bonus cuts from the iTunes release. Check out In This World.... Read more
After going HARD with Sweet, Common smooths it out on Celebrate. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2sX22KEkkE&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Here's another ill collabo. Check out Madlib and Freddie Gibbs' Thuggin'. Gangsta Gibbs sounds good on Madlib's stripped down, introspective production. If you like this, be on the look out for a full album from them early next year. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Thuggin' by Rappcats... Read more
Here's another tough Statik Selektah/Action Bronson collabo. Check out the video for Not Enough Words. Their joint album, Well Done, drops tomorrow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8APYF0kkas&feature=player_embedded... Read more
The essence is there, but it feels very different from the final version. His tempo is slower and more deliberate, the track is stripped down and there's a spoken exchange between some women at the end. Click here to download.... Read more
Here are a couple of cool pieces on Common. First is his appearance on MTV's When I Was 17. Next, is an interview of him by DJ Drama where he talks about the motivation behind So Sweet, G.O.O.D. Music, his approach to his upcoming The Dreamer, The Believer album, rhyming... Read more
We told y'all a few months ago about that remix of Kendrick Lamar's Rigamortus featuring Busta Rhymes. It still has not dropped...but K. Dot brought out Busta Bus while in LA and there's footage with the verse and more. If you missed it before, it is a MUST. Check it... Read more
Rittz dropped an incredible video for Wishin' a few weeks ago (click here if you missed it). It explored some of his deepest and darkest thoughts. Here's the download for the song.... Read more
Here's a great video for Statik Selektah's Play The Game featuring Big K.R.I.T. and Freddie Gibbs. It was shot A3C and also doubles as a good behind the scenes look at the energy that was in the air at that hip-hop festival. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFJbufYpxT0... Read more
Here's a double play from Young Jeezy. Check out his new song I Do featuring Jay-Z and Andre 3000, and the new video for F.A.M.E. featuring TI below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CiXZ23Unec Here's I Do featuring Jay-Z and Andre 3000 (with tags...for now) Click here to download.... Read more
Here are a couple of cool interviews of Kendrick Lamar. 2DopeBoyz caught him in Miami and posed several questions submitted by readers of the site. K. Dot discusses how he stays grounded, dealing with family pressures and what it was like being a part of the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards... Read more
Here's a new video from Naughty by Nature featuring Joe. Check out Perfect Party. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXLoPB4LHIk&feature=player_embedded... Read more
This is the first single of his upcoming 20th album, and the song is produced by Mad Lion. Respect to the Blast Master. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1q_C0o9GHsw... Read more
Here's Chuuwee's debut album, Watching The Throne, and it's free. Listen to the whole album and download it here. The tracklist is below. Here's the tracklist: http://www.djbooth.net/index/mixtapes/entry/chuuwee-watching-the-throne/#listen... Read more
Ab-Soul, Jay Rock and Kendrick Lamar have all dropped hot albums in the last year. Schoolboy Q has got next. Here's his latest song, My Hatin' Joint.... Read more
A lot of hot joints have dropped from Rapsody's For Everything project, including many produced by 9th Wonder. It also has features from Kendrick Lamar, Freeway and more. You can listen to and download the whole thing below. Download Mixtape... Read more
David Dallas made some noise in the Spring with an ill collabo with Freddie Gibbs. Here's another solid song from him featuring Buckshot Shorty. Check out the video for Ain't Coming Down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq8ecXOhCM0&feature=player_embedded Here's Caught in a Daze featuring Freddie Gibbs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0NdvQIeKFU... Read more
Here's part 3 of 4 videos from The Roots' upcoming undun album. It continues the story of the album's lead character, Redford Stephens (see below for the description). This one is shorter and seems more like set up for the finale. Check out Stomp featuring Greg Porn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxaeiAblJuA&feature=player_embedded Here are... Read more
Talib Kweli gets it in on the Sway & Devi Dev show. Check out his live a capella rendition of Distraction. Also, here's another performance he did of the song at the Occupy Wall Street protests. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zYidlNdRpLQ... Read more
Here's the full title track from M.O.P.'s upcoming album. Check out Sparta. Also, click here to hear a sampler for the Sparta album. Click the down arrow on the right to download the track.... Read more
A legend pays his respects to a legend. Here's DJ Premier's Heavy D Tribute Mix. The first 10 minutes are tributes from Heavy's friends and then Premier does his thing with Heavy D's hits. Check it out. Also, click here for our Heavy D tribute video playlist. Click here to... Read more
Here's the new video for XV's track, Awesome. It captures the playful nature of the song. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn8XU0DcMMQ&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Here's an M.O.P. double feature. First up, is a sampler of M.O.P.'s upcoming album, Sparta. The album drops on 11/22 and you can hear snippets of its songs below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNiQaYMZcMw&feature=player_embedded Next, is a retrospective M.O.P. mixtape that was mixed by Statik Selektah. You can listen to and download The History... Read more
It's been 25 years since Run-D.M.C. dropped their landmark album, Raising Hell. As a tribute to the silver anniversary of the album, and Run-D.M.C. generally, Mick Boogie has put together a mixtape of new takes on Run-D.M.C. classics. The project features performances by Bun B, Skillz, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Rapper... Read more
Here's a strong new mixtape from Nitty Scott, MC. You can listen to all of Doobies x Popsicle Sticks and download it below. Download Mixtape... Read more
The outpouring of love for Heavy D continues. Here's an incredibly funky tribute song from DJ Quik, who wrote a verse that vividly describes the greatness of the Overweight Lover. Check out Heavy Mr. Big Stuff. Click here to download.... Read more
Yelawolf's Radioactive will be in stores on 11/21. Here's another release from the album. Check out Throw it Up featuring Gangsta Boo and Eminem.... Read more
Here's another re-take on a Pete Rock track. Nitty Scott, MC, Tanya Morgan and 6th Sense create their own version of Down With the King. Check it out. Click here to download. Here's Run-DMC's original classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBCq-Z08OEs... Read more
Statik Selektah did a ridiculously dope tribute remix to Heavy D's Nothin' But Love. He blends Hev's vocals with the track from T.R.O.Y. and a couple other classic hip-hop cuts. Check it out. Also, click here for our Heavy D tribute playlist. Click here to download.... Read more