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Mac Miller Kicks A Powerful, Smoky Freestyle For SBTV (Video)

The realness in Mac Miller's raps in 2013 might go overlooked by some, but there's so much there. Nonchalantly, Mac smokes a cigarette through his SBTV freestyle over The Notorious B.I.G. & 112's minimalistic "Sky's The Limit" instrumental. Mac makes the beat his own, and kicks some fly bars with... Read more

November 12, 2013 Fresh, Video

¡MAYDAY! & Tech N9ne Kick It With Kimbo Slice In Last Man Standing (Video)

Hip-Hop and martial arts have a long history of influencing each other. South Florida's ¡MAYDAY! and their label boss Tech N9ne made a survival, sports-inspired anthem in "Last Man Standing." To illustrate the message and premise of the record, the Strange Music camp welcomed Kimbo Slice to the studio, as... Read more

November 12, 2013 Fresh, Video

Isaiah Rashad Freestyles For Tony Touch (Video)

Not all freestyles are crisp and buttery. In the TV era, many MCs kept unheard (and many times heard) writtens memorized for on-the-spot beckons for free's, whether Big Tigger or Sway & King Tech. Tony Touch has long been a DJ demanding dope content from MCs. With Top Dawg Entertainment's... Read more

November 12, 2013 Fresh, Video

Young Buck Raps About a Friendship Gone Wrong on The Separation (Video)

Young Buck has been steady grinding since his return from prison. He's back with a new video for The Separation, a song where he details the consequences of betrayal by a friend. Check it out. Related: Young Buck Drops a Quick Freestyle to Let Everyone Know He’s Gettin’ Back (Video)... Read more

November 12, 2013 Video

Astro Catches Wreck in Another Cypher (Video)

After wrecking shop at the BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher, Astro gets busy during another one for The Cypher Effect. His verse commences at the 8:40 mark. Check it out below. Related: Astro Speaks on His New Mixtape and Drops a Verse (Video)... Read more

November 12, 2013 Video

Boldy James & Alchemist Get Vivid For Moochie (Video)

Boldy James' My First Chemistry Set has alchemy from the longtime producer for Prodigy, Action Bronson, and Dilated Peoples. Decon unleashes a colorful, informational video-inspired visual to the Alchemist-featuring single, the Big L-inspired "Moochie." Related: Boldy James & Alchemist – Reform School ft Earl Sweatshirt, Domo Genesis & Da$h... Read more

November 12, 2013 Fresh, Video

Nas Releases Trailer To His Shake The Dust Breakin’ Documentary (Video)

"Back in '83, I was an MC sparkin' / But I was too scared to grab them mics in da mic." - Nas Coming from Queens, Nas has always had close ties to the pillars of Hip-Hop. At a time when breakin' (or breakdancing) is seemingly endangered in its rooted... Read more

November 11, 2013 Fresh, Video

Madlib Serves Up the Ill Soul Sample for Roc Marciano on The Sacrifice (Video)

Madlib has provided sonic heat for Blu and Freddie Gibbs this year and now Roc Marciano is the benficiary. Here's the video for Marciano's soulful song, The Sacrifice. Related: Roc Marciano - The Pimpire Strikes Back (Mixtape)... Read more

November 11, 2013 Video

Drake Channels Memphis Soul In The Visual To Worst Behavior (Video)

Drake loves having fun. Drizzy knows that audiences will laugh with him, and sometimes at him, so with Nothing Was The Same and its roll-out, he seems to be having tons of fun. For the "Worst Behavior" video, Aubrey channels his ties to Memphis, Tennessee and visually references Willie Mitchell... Read more

November 11, 2013 Fresh, Video

AFH: The Week in Video (11/10/13) (Video Playlist)

The past week in video brought Eminem's first ever live performance of Rap God, super creative videos from Vic Mensa and Deltron 3030 featuring Zach De La Rocha, as well as strong interviews with J. Cole and Black Milk. You can check those videos out and more below and, if... Read more

November 10, 2013 Playlists, Video

5 Things We Learned From J. Cole’s Interview With Hard Knock TV (Video)

You gotta love Hard Knock TV's interviews. Nick Huff gets down to the heart of the matter with his subjects in a relaxed, no-pressure environment. J. Cole's cooled off on press as his fame has grown. However, the Roc Nation/Sony sensation opens up to Hard Knock, with his b-boy reflection... Read more

November 8, 2013 Fresh, Video

Black Milk Discusses the Events of the Hardest Year of His Life and More (Video)

Black Milk chopped it up with Montreality about working with Eminem, Proof and J Dilla, the new era of Detroit artists, some of his favorite current MC/Producers, the events of the hardest year of his life and more. Check out the video. Related: Black Milk – Sunday’s Best / Monday’s... Read more

November 8, 2013 Video

Deltron 3030 and Zach De La Rocha Combine for a Visual Melding of the Minds (Video)

Rage Against the Machine's Zach De La Rocha joined Deltron 3030 (Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan the Automator & Kid Koala) on Melding of the Minds, an aptly-titled space age Hip-Hop track powered by pounding guitar riffs. The video for the song is a dark animated short film about a... Read more

November 7, 2013 Video

Snoop Dogg, Daz and Kurupt Reminisce on Menace II Society in Bad 4 Me (Video)

Snoop Dogg enlists the services of Daz and Kurupt in his video for Bad 4 Me. The visuals also incorporated several instantly recognizable scenes from Menace II Society. Check it out below. Related: Snoop Dogg - That's My Work 2 (Mixtape)... Read more

November 7, 2013 Video

Did You Know Eminem Was Originally Going to Sign with Buckshot and Duck Down? (Video)

Eminem released a dope remake of Black Moon's Don't Front earlier in the week. Buckshot gave the inside story on how the song came to pass and his involvement. During the interview, he also revealed that Eminem was going to sign with Buckshot on Duck Down before going to Dre... Read more

November 7, 2013 Video

STS Says Things As They Are On Hell Wrong (Video)

The Roots' affiliate and Money Making Jam Boys member STS (Sugar Tongue Slim) is one of the nicest MCs out who's yet to release an album. He has a unique voice and style, but the content of his verses is usually spot-on to the new generation's opinion, with old-guard wisdom.... Read more

November 7, 2013 Fresh, Video

Does Marco Polo Have What it Takes to Make a Hot Beat from 3 Completely Random Records? (Video)

Marco Polo is on a pretty epic run this year, having released tracks with Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Lil Fame, Large Professor, Das EFX, The Artifacts, Organized Konfusion, King T, MC Eiht and more. His production skills were recently put to the test when he played Mass Appeal's Rhythm Roulette... Read more

November 7, 2013 Video

Vic Mensa & Eliza Doolittle Shape-Shift On YNSP (Video)

Without a deal, Vic Mensa damn sure gets it done. In the video to "YNSP," some ill post-production allows the MC to change shape and trail like some retro special EFX that looks super-tight in the visual to the INNANET TAPE joint. With the song talking about labels trying to... Read more

November 7, 2013 Fresh, Video

Eminem & Slaughterhouse Revive Rap City With A Backroom Freestyle + Interview (Video)

Although "Rap City" has been largely defunct in the Slaughterhouse-era, the Shady Records super-group is a call-back to the latter years of BET's flagship Hip-Hop program. Individually, Royce Da 5'9, Joe Budden, Crooked I were part of the Basement-era. Eminem was among Rap's biggest stars in the Big Tigger era... Read more

November 6, 2013 Fresh, Video

Take a Raw Behind the Scenes Look at Big K.R.I.T.’s Tour with Macklemore (Video)

Big K.R.I.T. recently commenced a nationwide tour with Macklemore. Here's an intimate behind the scenes look at some of K.R.I.T.'s experiences thus far on the journey. Related: Big K.R.I.T. Reflects on Life & Hip-Hop Through King Remembered in Time (Video)... Read more

November 6, 2013 Video

Fashawn Unveils The Ecology With The Evidence-Produced Single, The Beginning (Video)

Fresno's Fashawn has let four years slide between Boy Meets World and his studio sophomore album. After dabbling with many styles in between on mixtapes and joints with the likes of Wiz Khalifa, Murs, and Alchemist, Fash comes home to start rolling out The Ecology. Taking its name from the... Read more

November 6, 2013 Fresh, Video

Snoop Dogg & Dam-Funk Got 7 Days Of Funk In The Jheri Curled Faden Away (Video)

Snoop Dogg makes Reggae. Snoop Dogg makes '80s-tinged R&B. Now, Snoop D-O-double-G makes Funk. Teaming with Stones Throw's Dam-Funk, the pair (as 7 Days Of Funk) channel the kind of music that pioneers like George Clinton and Bootsy (the inspiration for the Snoopzilla moniker) made and which eventually led to... Read more

November 5, 2013 Video

Mathematics Releases Double Video for “Shorty” & “Four Horsemen” With Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa, Method Man & Cappadonna (Video)

Mathematics has released a double video for Shorty and Four Horsemen, two Wu bangers featuring Cappadonna & Masta Killa and Method Man & Inspectah Deck, respectively. Here's what Mathematics had to say about the videos: "This is a two-in-one video: "Shorty" featuring Cappadonna and Masta Kill (Wu-Tang Clan) set it... Read more

November 5, 2013 Video

AFH: The Week in Video (11/03/13) (Video Playlist)

This week in video brought red hot freestyles from Vic Mensa, Young Buck, Lanatan and Lil Fame, as well as new music videos from Yancey Boys & Common (Prod. J Dilla), Stalley, Game and Crooked I, a celebration of G.U.R.U., and Kool G Rap discussing his Top 10 MCs. Click... Read more

November 5, 2013 Playlists, Video

Eminem Unloads Groundhog Day The Same Weekend He Performs Rap God (Video)

In less than 24 hours, one of the biggest Rap release dates of 2013 takes place care of Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP 2 (aka #MMLP2). The follow-up to Em's 2000 classic includes a revived sound and style in the lyrics, with production inspired by the sample-heavy Rock/Rap synergy of the... Read more

November 4, 2013 Audio, Fresh, Video

Pharrell Revisits Working with Jay Z on The Black Album (Video)

10 years after working with Jay Z on The Black Album, Pharrell Williams discussed the process and what it meant to him with Life & Rhymes. Skateboard P discusses Jay with the utmost humility and labels him an artist's artist. He speak from the perspective of a true fan. Here's... Read more

November 4, 2013 Video

TDE and A$AP Mob Squash All the Rumors in an Interview with The Breakfast Club (Video)

Making it crystal clear that there's no beef between their crews (nor with Drake), Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky, Jay Rock, A$AP Ferg and Schoolboy Q conducted a joint interview where they addressed all the speculation point blank. They also discussed upcoming projects from Q and Ab-Soul, Ferg's album and the... Read more

November 4, 2013 Video

Serial Killers (B-Real, Demrick & Xzibit) Start a Riot with Wanted (Video)

Serial Killers (B-Real, Demrick and Xzibit) release the video for Wanted. The visuals depict a riot scene that closely matches the lyrical molotov cocktails being tossed by the MCs. Check it out below. Related: B-Real, Demrick & Xzibit - Serial Killers (Mixtape)... Read more

November 4, 2013 Video

Kool G Rap Discusses Nas, Big Pun and His Top 10 MCs (Video)

When one of the most highly-regarded MCs of all-time discusses his top 10 MCs, the world listens. Kool G. Rap sat down on the Juan Epstein Show and discussed his first meetings with Nas and Big Pun, as well as his top 10 MCs of all time. Surprisingly, Biggie and... Read more

November 2, 2013 Video

Logic Takes on the Montreality Questions (Video)

Logic steadily has been establishing himself as one of the illest up and coming lyricists in Hip-Hop. He recently interviewed with Montreality and answered their typical thought-provoking questions--first job, first check, favorite cartoon character, etc. What followed is one of the most engaging Montreality interviews so far. Check it out... Read more

November 2, 2013 Video

Lil Fame Get’s Busy on a New Freestyle (Video)

What is it about Lil Fame's voice that makes you want to tear ish up every time he spits? The M.O.P. marksman has released a video for a short (but not sweet) freestyle on a hard-hitting DJ Ronin track. Check out Get Busy. Related: M.O.P.’s Billy Danze, Sean Price &... Read more

November 2, 2013 Video

Action Bronson Explains Why He Body Slammed The Fan Who Crashed the Stage (Video)

Action Bronson gave an extended interview to Splash! Mag where he explained why he infamously body slammed a fan who crashed the stage (context is everything), discusses his favorite wrestlers, talks about how he got his name, whether he is signed to TDE and more. Check out the video. Related:... Read more

November 2, 2013 Video

Game Celebrates the Woman in His Life with a Flip of D’Angelo’s Lady (Video)

Game releases another video from his 2012 album Jesus Piece. All That (Lady) is built on D'Angelo's neosoul classic ode to the Lady in his life. Game, Big Sean and Lil Wayne all drop verses celebrating the lady in their lives. Check it out below. Related: Game & Nipsey Hussle... Read more

November 1, 2013 Video

Talib Kweli, Marco Polo & DJ Premier Honor Guru (Video)

Guru has been gone for three and a half years. However, the man also known as Baldhead Slick will never be forgotten. Marco Polo enlists Guru's Gang Starr partner DJ Premier, as well as late in life collaborator Talib Kweli for "G.U.R.U." This is heartfelt, and the latest tribute, following... Read more

November 1, 2013 Fresh, Video

Stalley Lights Up Paris With Gettin’ By (Video)

Few artists in 2013 can rival Ohio's Stalley in terms where they started the year, and here they ended up. After years of tapes and feature work, Honest Cowboy seemed to really cement Stalley's status as a star in the making. From that project, the video to "Gettin' By" really... Read more

October 31, 2013 Fresh, Video

Theophilus Martins Pops That Mid-Tempo With Balloons (Video)

Theophilus Martins is one of the breaking MCs that has displayed many styles in his burgeoning career. What's particularly interesting about Martins is that he lets his music do all the talking, with very little interview press or revelation on his own site. The approach to "Balloons" is especially catchy,... Read more

October 31, 2013 Fresh, Video

Action Bronson & Party Supplies Set Up A Screen For Blue Chips 2 (Mixtape Trailer)

Fans of Action Bronson often debate between Blue Chips and Rare Chandeliers. Bam Bam announced sequels to both projects following 2012. With the November 1 release date coming, Rik Cordero directed Bronson's trailer to Blue Chips 2. Ever the charmer, A.B. sports the brick cell phone, a dreadfully-bad suit, and... Read more

October 30, 2013 Fresh, Video

Vic Mensa Delivers One of the Best Backroom Freestyles Ever and the First Rap Genius Version (Video)

Vic Mensa is a microphone killer. He gave a taste of his freestyle capabilities last week on The Sway in the Morning Show and he's upped the ante with his Backroom freestyle. Mensa combines an unorthodox flow with complex metaphors to to deliver one mind-bending line after another. To give... Read more

October 30, 2013 Video

Crooked I Releases the Video for His Tupac-Inspired Against All Odds (Video)

Crooked I has been on a tear lately. First he smashed the Cypher. Then he blistered the mic on The Wake Up Show. Now, he releases the video for his Tupac-inspired song Against All Odds. Check it out below. Related: Crooked I Slaughters The Mic On The Wake Up Show... Read more

October 30, 2013 Video

EPMD’s DJ Scratch Speaks About His Friend and Mentor Jam Master Jay (Video)

Rest in Peace to Jam Master Jay who we lost 11 years ago today. Jay was a friend and mentor to EPMD's DJ Scratch while Run-D.M.C. and EPMD toured together. Scratch recently sat down to discuss their friendship and how Jay looked out for him in the beginning of Scratch's... Read more

October 30, 2013 Video

Lantana Spits an Adrenaline-Fueled Freestyle on Sway in the Morning (Video)

Few things in Hip-Hop get the heart beating like a killer verse...especially when it's unexpected. That's precisely why Kendrick's Control verse created an explosion for nearly 2 months in the Hip-Hop universe. We recently learned of a Cincinnati MC named Lantana. He spit a verse on Sway in the Morning... Read more

October 30, 2013 Video

Young Buck Drops a Quick Freestyle to Let Everyone Know He’s Gettin’ Back (Video)

Young Buck has only been back from his stint in prison for a couple of weeks, but he's already going hard in the studio. Here's a quick verse and video from Buck to let everyone know he's Gettin' Back. Related: Young Buck – RAGE ft Marvin Gaye (Video)... Read more

October 29, 2013 Video

Common Shines on Another Incredible J. Dilla Beat with Yancey Boys’ Quicksand (Video)

J. Dilla blessed a lot of great artists with his beats over his too short career, but there were some with whom he had a special connection. A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and, naturally, Slum Village instantly come to mind. He and Common, however, had a mind meld... Read more

October 29, 2013 Video

Jhene Aiko Makes A Lazy Day Anthem With Childish Gambino In Bed Peace (Video)

In time for cold season, when it's often harder to get out of bed in the morning, Def Jam's Jhene Aiko makes a jam about her ideal day. This plays like a modern day version to LL Cool J's "The Doo Wop" kinda, as she talks about a day filled... Read more

October 28, 2013 Fresh, Video

T.I. Shows How He’s Living in His Video for The Way We Ride (Video)

T.I.'s video for the G-Funk-inflected song The Way We Ride is a picturesque tour through the city with Tip. Related: Juicy J – Ain’t No Comin’ Down Remix ft T.I. (Audio)... Read more

October 28, 2013 Video

RJD2 Explains His Ethos Of Crate Digging & What He Looks For In Records (Video)

Fuse's Crate Diggers series continues with Philly-based RJD2. A founding member of the MHz with Copywriter, Camu Tao, and others, RJ became famous in the early 2000s for his solo works on Def Jux. Since those days, RJ's laced joints for Little Brother, Aceyalone, and Cage, among many others. His... Read more

October 28, 2013 Fresh, Video

Take a Look Back at the Best Video Content of the Past Week (Video Playlist)

The past week in video brought new music videos from Ice Cube, Schoolboy Q and DJ Khaled featuring Scarface, Jadakiss, Meek Mill, Akon, John Legend & Anthony Hamilton, dope freestyles from Crooked I and Childish Gambino and pieces on Mike Tyson, J. Cole, Ab-Soul and more. Check out the video... Read more

October 27, 2013 Featured-homepage, Playlists, Video

Janelle Monae Performs Dance Apocalyptic on SNL (Video)

Janelle Monae brought her quirky soul, funk fusion to SNL last night with a typically high energy performance. You can watch Dance Apocalyptic below. Related: Janelle Monae – Prime Time ft Miguel (Audio)... Read more

October 27, 2013 Video

Nipsey Hussle Gives the Real on Growing Up in Crenshaw on The Juan Epstein Show (Video)

Nipsey Hussle is one of the most authentic cats in the game right now. During a trip to NYC this week, he connected with Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds and discussed his African heritage, the grind as an independent artist, the new West Coast movement, first generation West Coast MCs... Read more

October 26, 2013 Video

Schoolboy Q Releases a High Energy Video for Banger (MOSHPIT) (Video)

Schoolboy Q takes a "less is more" approach to the new video for his song Banger (MOSHPIT). Q releases a video that is all black and white and which mostly features him performing in a black hoodie and black pants. Q's animated performance reinforces the high energy of the song.... Read more

October 25, 2013 Video