Nipsey Hu$$le was poised to blow last year after being named an XXL Freshman, and then his album got derailed.
He's back with a new video from his Marathon mixtape. Check out Keys to the City.... Read more
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We dropped the audio for Wale’s Cookup ft Stalley, Black Cobain and Tone P a week ago. Here’s the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxmn2l81hHQ&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Here’s a new DJ Quik video off The Book of David. Check out Nobody ft Suga Free.
Also, click here for an incredible mini-documentary about DJ Quik.... Read more
eLZhi’s ELmatic mixtape was easily one of the best of the year.
Check out his video for It Ain't Hard to Tell. And, if you're not up on Elzhi's mixtape yet, do yourself a favor and click here to download it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38HmE7fuE1w&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Ready for a new Roots album? Not yet…and not soon enough, but it’s coming.
Check out the interview below of ?uestlove and Black Thought for more details. Here's an excerpt from the story, and click here to read the whole thing: For the follow-up to The Roots' 2010 album, "How I Got Over," drummer ?uestlove says the veteran hip-hop band is planning a "concept... Read more
Big K.R.I.T. rips it on this live version of Time Machine. Check out the video.
A lot of these live clips sound like ish...but this one is shot well and bumps. http://vimeo.com/24712546... Read more
You may have heard by now that Juice is being remade and Soulja Boy is reprising the role of Bishop. All backlash against him aside, could ANYBODY ever fill that role the way Tupac did?
If it's been a while since you saw the hip-hop classic that showed the world Tupac was as much a force to be reckoned with onscreen as he was offscreen, watch the whole movie below. Click here for an article discussing Souja Boy's role in producing the film.... Read more
DJ Quik: Compton Alumni is a REALLY dope mini-documentary.
The film is very well shot and gives some great insight into the life and times of DJ Quik, from the man himself. Check out the whole short film below. http://vimeo.com/24593445 And, if you missed it, click here for our DJ Quik playlist and a link to download a mixtape... Read more
Here’s a video for one of the best songs on The Jets’ Jet Life to the Next Life mixtape.
Check out Nothin' Lesser ft Young Roddy and Trademark Da Skydiver. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkaZuODOgNQ Click here to listen to and download the Jet Life to the Next Life mixtape.... Read more
Kidz in the Hall have been doing it BIG for years but they have never made it big.
They will get their chance starting Sunday as their new reality web series, Here Now, debuts Sunday on www.kidzinthehall.com and suckerfree.mtv2.com. They also have a new album, Occasion, dropping later this Summer. Here's a new video from Occasion, which features a trailer for Here Now, at the end. Check out... Read more
Salute to Shaquille O’Neal. His presence in the NBA will be sorely missed.
In honor of the big fella, here are a couple of dope joints linking Shaq and hip-hop's big fella, Biggie Smalls. First up is Shaq's Can't Stop the Reign ft The Notorious B.I.G., and next is a powerful video ESPN dropped a few months ago examining the connection between Shaq... Read more
The video for Can’t Wait is the 3rd collabo between Cyhi Da Prince and director Decatur Dan for CyHi’s Royal Flush mixtape.
They are 3 for 3. Check it out. Click here for more from CyHi and Decatur Dan and a link to download CyHi's Royal Flush mixtape.... Read more
You can hear 9th Wonder’s influence in Khrysis’ beats…That’s a good thing.
It's in the boom BAP and dark chords. Khrysis laced King Mez with a banger called From the South. Check out the video ft Thee Tom Hardy and Sean Boog. http://vimeo.com/24473359... Read more
Kids These Days are a dope hip-hop BAND. They have a hot spitter, guitar, trombone, saxophone, drums and more…
Check out their new video called Summerscent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAopeQdGe8Y&feature=player_embedded Click here for more Kids These Days. And, speaking of hip-hop bands, these cats were one of the first (and no, it's not The Roots). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ2pArGnXJ8... Read more
The video for Bad Meets Evil’s Fast Lane is coming soon. Until then, here’s a sneak preview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glu-JosmhXY&feature=player_embedded Click here for the latest from the Royce Da 5'9" and Eminem collabo.... Read more
Curren$y + Nardwaur = Straight Entertainment
Check out Round 2 of their interviews. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVvzAZh7LKs&feature=player_embedded Here's their first interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY3IOq4uzpc&feature=related... Read more
Big Sean ripped My Last on Jimmy Kimmel.
The New Edition sample really comes alive with live instrumentation. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azFV4qHyHA0... Read more
Ahh…here we go. Here’s the new video for Kendrick Lamar’s HiiiPoWeR (ft J. Cole on the production). Get ready for Section 80.
If you're feelin' this, check out this mix featuring new Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole and many, many more "new" cats who are killing the game right now.... Read more
Big K.R.I.T and Slim Thug have been making some incredible collabos lately.
It's cool to see different "generations" of Southern rappers coming together to make good music. Here's the video for Slim Thug's Coming From ft Big K.R.I.T. and J-Dawg. Also, click here for Now or Neva, another heat rock from K.R.I.T. and Slim.... Read more
Here’s the first video from Trademark Da Skydiver, Young Roddy and Curren$y’s stellar mixtape, Jet Life to the Next Life.
Check out Jet Set/Jet Life. Props to 2DopeBoyz for making the mixtape happen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5S9Y8Nw1tw&feature=player_embedded If you missed it, click here to listen to the whole mixtape and download it.... Read more
Pac Div go in on a sample of one of the best tracks from Andre 3000’s The Love Below.
Check out the video for Fallin', from their mixtape, Mania, which you can listen to and download below. http://vimeo.com/24145207 Need some more Pac Div in your life? Check out their video for Rollin' and download their mixtape, Don't Mention It, here. Here's the Andre 3000 joint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGriTyFX96k&feature=related Here's Mania: Download... Read more
Erykah Badu’s Window Seat beat is the gift that keeps on giving. The latest beneficiary is The JETS.
Check out their video for Pilot Seat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7YIu5mDacU&feature=player_embedded Click here to listen to and download The Jets mixtape, Jet Life to the Next Life. And, click here to download Pilot Seat and check out Badu's versions.... Read more
Sir Michael Rocks of The Cool Kids dropped a really hot mixtape in March. Here’s a new video for Livin’ It Up, one of the toughest joints on the mixtape.
It's a Cool Kids/JETS collabo with Sir Michael and Trademark Da Skydiver going in on a super soulful track. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUh4DNHbSnU&feature=player_embedded Click here to listen to and download the mixtape, The Rocks Report.... Read more
Here’s a cool little short film on Big Boi called The Crown Life.
As the name suggests, it's brought to you by Crown Royal (with product placements aplenty) but it's actually a well done behind the scenes look. They do justice to the often underrated and too little celebrated other half of OutKast. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kZehIu2--I&feature=player_embedded... Read more
You know Kendrick Lamar’s music but what do you know about the man?
Here's a cool little interview giving some insight into his mental. Check it out. Props to Ruby Hornet for the clip. http://vimeo.com/23803454 Click here for more from Kendrick Lamar.... Read more
Dom Kennedy brings you some more of that new G-Funk with Designer Sh*t.
Check out the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89u_GEsFcpM&feature=player_embedded This is from The Original Dom Kennedy mixtape. If you haven't gotten it already, do yourself a favor and scoop it here.... Read more
The Kid Daytona dropped one of the hottest mixtapes of 2010. Here’s a video for one of the best songs off the mixtape: Padma (So Buttery).
Check it out. Click here to download The Interlude mixtape. And here's the live version of Padma (So Buttery) from BET's 106 & Park. He did it big with a band. Peep the contrast. http://vimeo.com/20573254... Read more
Kendrick Lamar gets his best Wiz Khalifa flow on. Check out this behind the scenes video.
Not sure if this was made for public consumption but it looks like he was having fun and his impersonation is kinda dope... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRv4U1TUynY&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Slim Thug has been on his grustle lately. He ripped verses for both E-40 and Big K.R.I.T. last month, and here’s a new solo joint from him.
Check out the video for Miss Mary. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7ijfibMf9I&feature=player_embedded Click here for That Candy Paint from E-40 ft Slim Thug and Bun B and click here for Big K.R.I.T.'s Now or Neva remix ft Slim.... Read more
If Pusha T doesn’t win mixtape of the year, he definitely gets the award for most videos for a mixtape.
Here's Blow, video #3 from the Fear of God mixtape.... Read more
Last week Elzhi dropped his incredible tribute to Nas’ Illmatic. Here’s a cool video that tells how it went down.
Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl-T7RPUT6M&feature=player_embedded If you haven't downloaded ELmatic yet, click here. It's a monster.... Read more
E-40’s That Candy Paint ft Slim Thug & Bun B is one of the strongest songs on his new album. Check out the new video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwGUdiIjROg&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Sade has inspired some dope hip-hop performances lately. Killa Kyleon murders the Soldier beat.
Check out the video. And, if you missed it, click here to check out Sade's first ever collaboration, The Moon & The Sky, featuring Jay-Z. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YGhItoxszw&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Saigon just dropped the video for his song Clap off his album The Greatest Story Never Told.
Just Blaze is on the track and Faith Evans is on the hook. It's a great song from an even better album. Check it out.... Read more
EDO.G has been dropping nothing but HEAT the last few weeks. Here’s some more.
Check out the video for Stop It. Ed's album, A Face in the Crowd, drops on 5/17. It's sounding like a winner. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU6gasWau4I&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Curren$y’s mixtape with The Alchemist, Covert Coup, is one of the best of the year.
Here's the video for Blood, Sweat and Gears from that project. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL_QXrYrOzY&feature=player_embedded Click here to download the Covert Coup mixtape.... Read more
TechN9ne adds to the long list of solid Toca Tuesday Freestyles.
This one was clearly a written verse, as are most "freestyles" these days, but it's still dope (even with a flub). Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOd0duXL7UI&feature=player_embedded# Click here for more Toca Tuesday Freestyles.... Read more
Here’s another ill sample. Check out how Nottz flips this classic Queen track for Pusha T.
Here's the video for Pusha T's Open Your Eyes. This is another one from Pusha T's stellar Fear of God mixtape. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZwAgHmcj2s&feature=player_embedded Here's the Queen classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ... Read more
Pac Div comes with some of that new G-Funk on Rollin’. This one BUMPS.
Check out the video. http://vimeo.com/23463398 This joint is off Pac Div's Don't Mention It mixtape which DEFINITELY deserves mentioning. If you don't have it already, listen to the whole thing and download it below. Download Mixtape... Read more
Here’s the last installment of Kidz in the Hall’s Brain Candy series. The mixtape drops on Thursday.
Check out the video tease and full song for Playground. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpCw3nuJfyg Click here to download.... Read more
Happy Mother’s Day to the moms out there. You are appreciated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdI8SfMHuxs&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNcloTmvTeA... Read more
Check out this preview of a MONSTER new track from Detox, set to 24/7-like visuals of Shane Mosley and Manny Pacquiao. The song is called Die Hard. It’s about to go down…
Check out this preview of a MONSTER new track from Detox, set to 24/7-like visuals of Shane Mosley and Manny Pacquiao. The song is called Die Hard. It's about to go down...... Read more
Here’s a new video from Kev Brown and Kaimbr. Check out Go Green.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9vzDcttIE4&feature=player_embedded Click here to download a mixtape of Kev Brown classics.... Read more
Wale and Meek Mill dropped a teaser video for 100hunnit a couple of days ago. Here’s the official video.
Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gp1kGGchkw&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Raekwon’s Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang album keeps on rolling.
Here's the video for Butter Knives. http://vimeo.com/23176515 For more Raekwon, click here.... Read more
It’s time for another Toca Tuesday Freestyle. This one comes courtesy of Random Axe (aka Black Milk, Guilty Simpson and Sean Price).
They go in over 2 beats, one of which is from Odd Future (peep the quick reference from Black Milk). Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGH3rJViiV0&feature=player_embedded Click here for more Toca Tuesday Freestyles ft Saigon, Cyhi Da Prynce, Yelawolf and others.... Read more
Salute to Redman. He’s still doing it well after 20 years. Check out the video for Cheerz.
This is from Redman's latest album, Reggie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nBszEEg5_Y&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Black Cobain and Wale go IN on 4am. The rhymes are on point and the track is lush and soulful.
Hopefully this move to Maybach Music Group is going to give Wale some more shine without changing who he is as an artist. Check out the video for 4am. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baqpYAUCXfQ&feature=player_embedded Speaking of Wale, here's another video from him that just dropped: 100hunnit w/Meek Mill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4dUEsfn3Z8&feature=player_embedded... Read more