Skyzoo – The Backroom Freestyle (Video)
Skyzoo is the latest to drop a verse in The Backroom on 106 & Park. Check out the video. Related: Skyzoo - Give It Up (Video)... Read more
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Behind the Scenes with DJ Quik at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards Cyphers (Video)
DJ Quik talks about the origins of Cyphers, the difference between MCs and rappers and more behind the scenes at the BET Hip Hop Awards West Coast Cypher. Check out the video. Related: Sneak peek of the West Coast and Ruff Ryders Cyphers (Video)... Read more
The Warm Up Cypher Vol. 1 for the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards (Video)
As the premiere date for the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards approaches, BET releases a Warm Up Cypher featuring Tito Lopez, The Kid Daytona, Brianna Perry, Fame, K'la and Relly. Check it out and let us know who you think had the best verse. Related: Preview of West Coast Cypher... Read more
9th Wonder to release collabo albums with both Murs and Buckshot on 11/13 (Video)
The mighty 9th Wonder is handling all the production on not 1 but 2 albums that will be released on November 13th. The will include The Final Adventure, his 5th and final collabo album with Murs and The Solution, his 3rd album with Buckshot. Check out a video featuring the... Read more
Snoop Dogg & Action Bronson on GGN (Video)
Action Bronson stopped by Snoop's GGN (Double G Network) to talk hip-hop, food, critics and more. Check out the video. Related: Snoop discusses his change from Dogg to Lion (Video)... Read more
Fashawn, Murs & Chris Webby rhyme on the Sway in the Morning Show (Video)
Fashawn, Murs and Chris Webby stopped by the Sway in the Morning Show and dropped a few verses over some live beats from Ski Beatz. Check out the video. Related: Murs & Fashawn – This Generation (Video)... Read more
Joey Bada$$ – The Montreality Interview (Video)
Joey Bada$$ sat down with Montreality and talked about, his biggest fear, keys to success, who he would have been in a previous lifetime, his desire to collaborate with Nas and much more. Check out the video below. Related: Joey Bada$$ - Rejex (Mixtape)... Read more
The Weeknd – Rolling Stone (Video)
Here's the latest video from The Weeknd. Check out Rolling Stone. Related: Wiz Khalifa – Remember You ft The Weeknd (Audio)... Read more
Kendrick Lamar performs Swimming Pools (Drank) on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (Video)
Kendrick Lamar made his network TV debut last night. He performed Swimming Pools (Drank) with The Legendary Roots Crew on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Check out the performance and a great interview that features Kendrick flowing over the Regulators beat below. Related: Kendrick Lamar – Compton ft Dr. Dre... Read more
Miguel – Do You… (Video)
Miguel's Kaleidoscope Dream was the 3rd dope album to drop today (along with Skyzoo and Prodigy). He celebrates the album release with a sexy new video. Check out Do You...Related: Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream (Full Album Stream)... Read more
Moe Green – Keep On Movin’ (Video)
Moe Green lays back in the cut of a stone cold groove on Keep On Movin'. Check out the video. Related: Moe Green - Cruise Control (Video)... Read more
Styles P – Holiday Any Emcee (Video)
Styles P salutes Rakim in his new video for Holiday Any Emcee. The visual includes a lot of old school footage of Rakim to accompany The R's vocals on the hook. Check it out below. Related: Rakim performs Juice (Know the Ledge) in Atlanta (Video)... Read more
Skyzoo – Give It Up (Video)
Skyzoo's A Dream Deferred album is in stores today. Here's the video for his single, Give It Up. Check it out below. Related: Skyzoo – The Best of Skyzoo (Mixtape)... Read more
Nas – Cherry Wine ft Amy Winehouse (Video)
Nas created a classic and stylized look for the visual for Cherry Wine and may sure Amy Winehouse's presence was seen and felt. Check out the video. Related: Becoming: Nas (Mini-Documentary)... Read more
Stalley – Fountain of Youth ft Rick Ross & Nipsey Hu$$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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Apollo the Great – Ink Bleed ft Freeway (Video)
Apollo The Great and Freeway link on a straight mean face joint. Check out the video for Ink Bleed. Related: Freeway - We Up (Video)... Read more
Raekwon – Scroll (Video)
Here's a new video from Raekwon's Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang. Check out Scroll. Heat. Related: Pusha T, Joell Ortiz & Raekwon – Tick Tock (from The Man with the Iron Fists soundtrack)... Read more
Curt@!n$ – Ruthle$$ ft Schoolboy Q (Video)
Here's a new video from Curt@!n$ for his collabo with Schoolboy Q. Check out Ruthle$$. Related: Schoolboy Q - Party (Audio)... Read more
Yuna – Live Your Life (Remix) ft Theophilus London (Video)
Here are some visuals from singer Yuna, who is quickly becoming a rising force in chillout music. The song is the remixed version of Live Your Life and features a short verse from Theophilus London. Check it out. Related: Yuna – Video Playlist and Interview (Video)... Read more
Kendrick Lamar speaks with fuse about good kid, m.A.A.d. city (Video)
Here's a great interview with Kendrick Lamar by fuse. Kendrick speaks in detail about the meaning of his album cover for good kid, m.A.A.d. city and also touches on the message of Swimming Pools (Drank) and what music means to him, generally (it's more than music...). Check out the video.... Read more
Kendrick Lamar freestyles on the Funkmaster Flex Show (Video)
Kendrick Lamar stopped by Hot 97 in NYC to drop a verse for Funkmaster Flex. Flex laced him with the Who Shot Ya beat and Kendrick laid down what might be one of his most blistering rhymes EVER (think Rigamortus with a grudge). Wow. Check out the video. Related: Kendrick... Read more
G.O.O.D. Music (Common, Pusha T, Big Sean & Cyhi The Prynce) freestyle on the Funkmaster Flex Show (Video)
Part of the G.O.O.D. Music crew (Common, Pusha T, Big Sean & Cyhi The Prynce) hit the Funkmaster Flex show yesterday and laid down 9 minutes of hot verses. Everybody rhymed except Pusha T. Check it out. Related: Big Sean, Jay-Z & Kanye West – Clique (Audio)... Read more
Curren$y – Jet Life ft Wiz Khalifa & Big K.R.I.T. (Video)
Here's the latest video from Curren$y's album The Stoned Immaculate. Check out Jet Life featuring Wiz Khalifa, with Big K.R.I.T. on the hook and production. Related: Curren$y & Harry Fraud – Leaving the Dock (Video)... Read more
Jay Rock – YOLA (Video)
Jay Rock dropped his banger YOLA a few weeks ago. Here's the video. Related: Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, & Jay Rock – Highway to Hell (Audio)... Read more
Crooked I – Praise God ft K-Young (Video)
Here's a new video from Crooked I's Psalm 82v6 mixtape. Check out Praise God featuring K-Young. Related: Crooked I – Psalm 82: v6 (Mixtape)... Read more
Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (Deluxe Edition Video)
Lost your copy of The Purple Tape? No longer able to read the song titles? Never fear, the Deluxe Edition of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is here. Check out this video trailer for instructions on where you can cop one of the 1000 copies that will be sold. Related:... Read more
Nas performs Hate Me Now (Video)
Escobar seaason has returned...Here's look at Nas performing Hate Me Now for the FADER in Detroit. It still gets the crowd just as hyped as it did in 1999. Check out the video. Related: Nas & Scarface perform Hip-Hop at Rock The Bells (Video)... Read more
Frank Ocean – Pyramids (Video)
Frank Ocean takes a tripped out, existential journey in the 8 min+ long video for Pyramids. This one is definitely not safe for work but it's one of the most interesting videos of the year. Check it out below. Related: Frank Ocean - Sweet Life (Audio)... Read more
Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt 1 Trailer (Video)
Here's a trailer for Lupe Fiasco's upcoming album Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt 1 which is in stores on 9/25. Check out the video. Related: Lupe Fiasco – Battle Scars ft Guy Sebastian (Video)... Read more
Nas – Cherry Wine video sneak preview (Video)
Cherry Wine, Nas' collaboration with Amy Winehouse, will be the next video from Life is Good. Here's a sneak preview. Related: Me & Mr. Jones - A mix of mashups of music by Nas and Amy Winehouse from DJ Terry Urban (Audio)... Read more
Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap (Full Video)
We've posted a lot of content over the last few months from Ice-T's documentary Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap. Now, you can watch the whole film which features extensive interviews with Redman, Eminem, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Snoop, Nas, Q-Tip, DJ Premier, Chuck D, Afrika Bambaataa, KRS-One and... Read more
DJ Premier speaks on life (Video)
Here's an incredibly compelling interview of DJ Premier. Rather than survey his career, the focus is on who he is as a human being. Primo talks about how thankful he is for life now; his first experiences with death; spending time with Guru's son and how life has changed since... Read more