Pharrell laced Rick Ross with one of the funkiest tracks on God Forgives, I Don't. Here's some behind the scenes footage of Pharrell and Ross in the studio discussing the making of Presidential. Related: Rick Ross - 3 Kings featuring Dr. Dre & Jay-Z (Video)... Read more
Here's a video of Raekwon discussing the making of his classic album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx with superstar producers the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League. Check it out. Related: Raekwon performs CREAM (Video)... Read more
Sir Michael Rocks drops the first video from his Lap of Luxury Mixtape. Check out Now You Do. Related: Sir Michael Rocks - Lap of Luxury (Mixtape)... Read more
Here's a new video from the Trill OG Bun B. Check out Turn it Up featuring Aaron LaCrate. Related: Bun B - Stop Playin' featuring Royce Da 5'9" and Redman... Read more
Here's the video for Rapsody's 9th Wonder-produced Believe Me. Check it out. Related: Rapsody - Non-Fiction featuring Raheem DeVaughn & Ab-Soul... Read more
It's 40+ minutes of Cube. Check out the video. Related: Ice Cube discusses Detox, working with Chris Tucker on Friday, a new NWA album and more on The Sway in the Morning Show (Video)... Read more
Here's the new video for Talib Kweli's red hot Push Thru featuring Kendrick Lamar and Curren$y. Check it out below. Related: Talib Kweli performs in tribute to MCA (Video)... Read more
Here's part 2 of Out Da Box TV's fantastic interview with DJ Premier and Bumpy Knuckles. Check out the video and a description below. Related: DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles - More Levels (Video) Here's what Out Da Box TV had to say about the video: "As promised, Out Da... Read more
Nas sat down with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson to talk about being named one of the top 5 lyricists of all time, his divorce from Kelis, Life is Good, the spirit of Hip-Hop being ALIVE (though on a respirator) and more. Check out the video. Related: Nas performs The Don... Read more
Curren$y is the latest to step into The Backroom on BET's 106 & Park and drop a verse. Check out the video. Related: Curren$y - Toca Tuesday Freestyle (Video)... Read more
Asher Roth seamlessly flips from a written to a true off the top freestyle on NYC's Hot 97. Check out the video. Related: Nardwaur vs Asher Roth (Video)... Read more
Adrian Grenier (aka Vinny Chase from Entourage) has produced a documentary on the $400 Billion per year drug trade that looks both informative and darkly satirical. The film explores how the money is made through the eyes of former kingpins like Freeway Rick Ross (not the rapper...) and also incorporates... Read more
Here's a new video from Boldy James. The frequent Cool Kid collaborator made visuals for his sonically moody track Go Fish. Check it out below. Related: J Dilla - Detroit Game featuring Boldy James & Chuck Inglish... Read more
There's been a lot of chatter lately about Snoop Dogg's evolution to Snoop Lion. Here's an in-depth piece where we hear about the change from the Boss Lion himself. He discusses the new album, the documentary, his name change, gun control and more. Check out the video below. Props: Noisey... Read more
DJ Quik is part of Rock the Bells this year for the first time ever. Check out what he had to say about that, working with Murs, growing as an artist and more below. Related: DJ Quik mini-documentary (Video)... Read more
Schoolboy Q and A$AP Rocky have had some dope collabos and they are the latest to sit down and have a Back and Forth convo. They talk marriage, money, women and more, along with a healthy amount of jokes on Danny Brown. Straight comedy. Check out the video. Related: Schoolboy... Read more
Jay-Z's new Rocawear ad gives you a brief and stylish look at his journey from the Marcy Projects to the new Barclays Center of which he is a partial owner ("Now look at me, I can park at my own arena"). Check out the video. Related: Jay-Z talks about his... Read more
I'm digging these videos showing artists as who they are as real people, with no floss. Earlier, we saw Action Bronson doing his thing in the kitchen. Now, here's a look at Stalley & Curren$y just vibing. They kick it about their shared love of cars, music and speak of... Read more
"Life's good. It can get better." That's how Sound Fx end their song Let Go. They drops some jewels about their life experiences before they get there. Check out the video. Related: Sound Fx - Don't Listen to My Heart (With Your Heart)... Read more
Keyshia Cole is back with a new video. She still has one of the most emotionally rich voices in music. Check out Enough of No Love featuring Lil Wayne. Related: Super (Neo) Soul Sisters Playlist (Audio)... Read more
Angel Haze made a mini-horror film as the video for her burner, New York. Check it out below. Related: My Mic Sounds Nice documentary on women in hip-hop (Video) and playlist of female MCs (Audio)... Read more
What would Big K.R.I.T. and EL-P talk about if they had a conversation? Wonder no more. They are the latest to sit down and kick it as part of Noisey's Back and Forth series. Check out the video below. Related: Big K.R.I.T - What U Mean featuring Ludacris (Video)... Read more
Action Bronson brings that HEAT...no, literally. Check out this video showing how he gets down in the kitchen. Vocally, he may remind you of Ghostface Killah but in spirit, he's truly reminiscent of the Chef. Related: Nardwaur vs Action Bronson (Video)... Read more
Here's the video for Rick Ross' 3 Kings featuring Dr. Dre and Jay-Z. Each of Ross, Dre and Jay make appearances in the video...kinda. Instead of taking on the Herculean task of coordinating the schedules of 3 Kings, Ross chose to incorporate previously seen footage and photos of all 3... Read more
Stalley was on Shade 45 and spit some verses over that Rhyme No More beat DJ Premier laced for Jay-Z. Check out the video below. Related: Stalley - Hammers & Vogues ft Curren$y (Video) Here's Rhyme No More.... Read more
Check out the video. Related: Yasiin Bey performs with the Brooklyn Philharmonic (Video) Louis Vuitton "Dream" - Directed by Stuart McIntyre from Steam Films on Vimeo.... Read more
The mighty Common kicked a true off the top freestyle over the Otis beat (chopped up nicely) in his hometown Chicago. Check out the video below. Related: Common - Celebrate (Video)... Read more
Here's the latest video from Big K.R.I.T. Check out What U Mean featuring Ludacris. Related: Big Boi - Gossip featuring Big K.R.I.T. and UGK... Read more
Here's some high quality footage of Raekwon performing C.R.E.A.M. at Peter Rosenberg's birthday party in NYC. Related: Raekwon - Keep it Politics (Audio and Behind-The-Scenes Video) ... Read more
Prodigy is the latest to step into The Back Room on 106 & Park and drop a couple verses. Check out the video below. Related: Prodigy & Black Thought perform at the Lyricist Lounge 20th Anniversary Party (Video)... Read more
Schoolboy Q made a dope video for one of the hottest joints on his album Habits & Contradictions. Check out There He Go. Related: Schoolboy Q performs Nightmare on Figg St and Blessed (Video)... Read more
Ever wonder how MF DOOM's mask came into being? Here's a super fresh video featuring the creator of the mask, graffiti artist Frank Chapter, telling the story of the inception of the mask + a healthy dose of inside dope on DOOM. Ill. Check it out below. Related: Oh No... Read more
Pusha T sat down with MTV to talk about his recording process, the meaning behind some of his new songs and what to expect on his upcoming album generally. Check out the video. Related: Kanye West & Pusha T - New God Flow... Read more
Here's a professional-quality video of Kendrick Lamar performing ADHD at the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival. Check out the video below. Related: Talib Kweli - Push Thru featuring Kendrick Lamar & Curren$y... Read more
Here's a new video from Nipesy Hussle's The Marathon Continues mixtape. Check out They Know. Related: Nipsey Hussle - The Marathon Continues (Mixtape)... Read more
Outta nowhere, Capone-N-Noreaga just decided to drop a video for Blood Money from their 1997 debut album The War Report. Check it out below. Related: Raekwon - Chupacabra featuring Capone-N-Noreaga... Read more
First D'Angelo comes back, and now Angie Stone. Check out her video for Do What U Gotta Do (which has more than a hint of Left & Right in the groove). Still soulful... Props: OKP Related: D'Angelo performs at the BET Awards (Video) Peep the reference:... Read more
Busta Rhymes is in that rarefied class of artists (in any genre) who has been around for 20 years and is still putting out hot current music. Here's his latest video. Check out King Tut featuring Reek Da Villain and J Doe. Related: Busta Rhymes reunites ATCQ and LONS for... Read more
Here's a new one from Raekwon and a behind the scenes video with The Chef discussing the making of the song, which was produced by DJ Babu from Dilated Peoples. This is part of MTV2's Closed Sessions series. Check out the song, Keep it Politics, and BTS video below. Related:... Read more
Salute to Nas. Life is Good debuted at #1 on the Billboard album chart this week with 149,000 units sold. It's his 5th #1 album. Here are videos of him performing The Don and Nasty with a live band on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Related: Nas speaks on Illmatic and Life... Read more
Curren$y kicks a true off the head freestyle on Toca Tuesday Freestyles. Check out the video below. Related: Stalley - Hammers & Vogues featuring Curren$y (Video)... Read more
Here's the new video for Childish Gambino's Fire Fly. Instead of tracking the song, the visuals depict a short sci-fi mystery. Check it out below. Related: Childish Gambino - Royalty (Mixtape)... Read more
Here's a new visual from Redman for his 2010 joint with Saukrates. Check out I'm Sick (Lite Up the Disco). Related: Video playlist celebrating Redman's 20-year career (Video)... Read more
Here's a super dope 15-minute interview of DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles discussing maturing and staying relevant in the hip-hop game. Check it out below. Related: DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles - More Levels (Video)... Read more