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Statik Selektah, Joey Bada$$ & Freddie Gibbs Hit The Park In Style (Video)

For early What Goes Around single "Carry On," Statik Selektah set his turntables up in Lower Manhattan's famed Washington Square Park. There, the ShowOff shows off on a random afternoon, while Joey Bada$$ and Freddie Gibbs (who recently moved to Harlem) plug in, and put on. The vibe of the... Read more

August 19, 2014 Fresh, Video

Twista Walks With Monsters While Delivering One Of His Hardest Raps (Videos)

Twista's Dark Horse is in stores now. The Chicago pioneer took one of the album's most straight-forward Rap cuts, "Devils Angel," and traveled the world and times. The video features Grateful Dead-esque dancing skeletons, mythical monsters, and detailed green-screen backdrops. All this, while Twista bodies the beat and barely lets... Read more

August 19, 2014 Fresh, Video

Is There An Album-less Artist Out Making Bigger Visuals Than Travi$ Scott? (Video)

Following 2013's "Monster," Travi$ Scott grabbed the attention of Heads. The Horror video had a big budget aesthetic, with a narrative and a real courage by today's video standards. From the just-released Days Before Rodeo mixtape, "Don't Play" measures up. Clearly shot by highly-trained professionals, the video again taps into... Read more

August 19, 2014 Fresh, Video

Chuck D Goes DVD & Book Shopping, What’s He Cop? (Video)

Chuck D, a major supporter of Record Store Day, hit up the famed Amoeba Records in California. Public Enemy's main vocalist and a member of the record-slaughtering Bomb Squad group, Mista Chuck admits that his trips to stores like Amoeba are more for books and DVDs these days. However, the... Read more

August 18, 2014 Fresh, Video

Method Man & R.A. The Rugged Man Talk Music Industry Black-Balling (Video)

R.A. The Rugged Man, who's been a longtime label-mate of Masta Killa at Nature Sounds, predates a lot of Wu-Tang Clan members, as far as record contracts. The early 1990s Jive Records sensation known as Crustified Dibbs recently got up with Method Man backstage on the road, recalling their circa-1993... Read more

August 18, 2014 Fresh, Video

J. Cole Pays Respect To Michael Brown In Ferguson (Video)

Just a few days ago, J. Cole released an incredibly heartfelt track, "Be Free," dedicated to the recent passing of Michael Brown and the tragic events that continue to unfold in Ferguson, Missouri. But that wasn't enough for Cole. Making his way to the scene of Brown's passing, J. Cole... Read more

August 18, 2014 Fresh, Video

M.O.P. Shows How They’re The Original Backstreet Boys Alongside Domingo (Video)

Back in June, M.O.P. teamed up with Domingo for a Brownsville-to-East New York connection in "We Put It Down." The Same Game, New Rules inclusion is the latest hardcore Hip-Hop track from the veteran acts, all three disciples of late '80s, early '90s Rap music. For the video, Heads travel... Read more

August 18, 2014 Fresh, Video

Jazmine Sullivan Sings a Cautionary Song for Women to a Room Full of Men (Video)

Jazmine Sullivan's most powerful songs have had a consistent theme about the fallout when relationships go bad. She continues along those lines with "Stupid Girls," but delivers the message very differently than in the past. She premieres the cautionary tale for women in a New Orleans barbershop...full of men. The... Read more

August 18, 2014 Video

Catch Up On the Best in Hip-Hop Video From the Last Week (Video Playlist)

The last week brought several gems in Hip-Hop video. Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff reunited to perform "Summertime" in Vegas, DJ Babu recounted what happened to a fan who punched DJ Premier in the face, Marco Polo made a compelling and entertainment argument about why "Your Old Droog" is... Read more

August 17, 2014 Video

Here’s A Supremely Compelling Case For Why Your Old Droog IS Nas (Video)

As the debate about the identity of "Your Old Droog" rages on, one of our readers put us on to this supremely entertaining and compelling video from Marco Polovision as to why "Droog" unequivocally IS Nas. Marco painstakingly and quite hilariously lays out dozens of connections between "Droog" and Nas,... Read more

August 17, 2014 Featured-homepage, Video

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Perform Summertime in Vegas (Video)

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince reunited to perform their classic "Summertime" in Las Vegas. Will this song ever get old?? Check out the video. Related: DJ Jazzy Jeff Recounts His Surprise Performance with The Fresh Prince on Graham Norton (Video)... Read more

August 16, 2014 Video

What Do Remy Ma & Biggie Smalls’ Sway Freestyles Have In Common? (Video)

In Remy Ma's first post-prison freestyle, the former First Lady Of The Terror Squad hits Sway In The Morning with a verse. As Sway Calloway points out, Remy joins The Notorious B.I.G. as the only 2 artists on his show to seamlessly edit her curses on the fly. With Sway... Read more

August 16, 2014 Fresh, Video

Killah Priest Gets Back To Heavy Mental Form In Body Of Light (Video)

When it comes to stuffing raps full of information, historical and religious context, and still opining on social issues, could any crew rival the HRSMN? While Ras Kass and Canibus amassed reputations for these traits, another true master in the realm of dense lyricism is Killah Priest. Twenty years removed... Read more

August 16, 2014 Fresh, Video

A$AP Rocky Reveals His Production Skills & Stories About His Late Brother & Father In SVDDXNLY: Part Two (Video)

Noisey continues their documentary following around A$AP Rocky and his cohorts on their rise to Hip-Hop's forefront in part two of their SVDDXNLY series. In this webisode, we get an inside look into how Rocky first met his assistant Lou way before the A$AP Mob was discovered, as well as... Read more

August 15, 2014 Fresh, Video

Termanology & Sean Price Lyrically Kick Down The Front Door (Video)

Termanology and Boot Camp Clik's own Sean Price hit the studio and the stage to record visuals to the cut, "Front Door," from Termanology's recently released EP, Mas G.O.Y.A. The two talented MC's strap up rhymes about the state of Hip-Hop, keeping their hunger alive for their family and friends,... Read more

August 15, 2014 Fresh, Video

25 Years Later Here’s an Amazing Look at the Making of Do the Right Thing (Video)

Spike Lee has teamed with Beats Music to put together an amazing short film on the making of Do the Right Thing, in celebration of the film's 25th anniversary this year. The video features Spike doing a guided tour of all the Brooklyn landmarks featured in the movie, as well... Read more

August 14, 2014 Video

Kool A.D. & Toro Y Moi Rep Hip-Hop’s Golden Age In The Front (Video)

Kool A.D., formerly of the Brooklyn based group Das Racist, enlists the talents of Tory Y Moi and Amaze 88 for his latest video, "The Front." Lacing the track with some funky, feel good instrumentals, Kool A.D. opens the cut with the classic line, "Yes, yes y'all and you don't... Read more

August 14, 2014 Fresh, Video

Witness The Birth Of Flying Lotus’ Brainchild, Captain Murphy (Video)

Back in 2012, the mysterious Captain Murphy hit the airwaves alongside the likes of Earl Sweatshirt and Jeremiah Jae. We then discovered his mixtape, Duality, but still had no idea who was behind this cartoon rapping phenomenon. We later discovered the man behind the animated mask to be Flying Lotus,... Read more

August 14, 2014 Fresh, Video

Remy Ma Delves Into Details About Her Incarceration With Sway Calloway (Video)

Sway Calloway gives a powerfully heartfelt introduction for Remy Ma before their candid, insightful interview on Sway In The Morning. With husband Papoose in the building, Sway and his cohorts pry out the nitty-gritty from Remy in regards to her six and a half year incarceration which included a few... Read more

August 14, 2014 Fresh, Video

On Their BackPack Travels, Buckshot & P-Money Have Just Begun (Video)

Buckshot and Raz Fresco hit the baseball diamond for some straightforward bars over a crisp production from P-Money in their latest visuals to the cut, "Just Begun." Buckshot, who hit the stage in a different capacity on Hot 97's comedic improv segment a few months ago, dropped this single and... Read more

August 14, 2014 Fresh, Video

Krayzie Bone Applies The Pressure With Precise Choppin’ (Video)

Last year, Krayzie Bone unleashed his QuickFix: Less Drama, More Music. The EP's opener was "Apply The Pressure," a metaphoric message to the streets, the fans, and the Heads on how to get things done. Clearly, the defacto leader of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony isn't done promoting the project, as he releases... Read more

August 14, 2014 Fresh, Video

Rittz Turns Down and Makes Double Time Rap Sound Easy. It’s Not…(Video)

Signing to Tech N9ne's Strange Music has not changed Rittz. He's still bringing that hot double time fire when it comes to melting the microphone. Though his latest video is for his song "Turn Down," it's hard not to get amped by Rittz's blistering delivery. Check it out. Related: Rittz... Read more

August 13, 2014 Video

Iggy Azalea & Rita Ora Make a Girl Power Video Referencing Kill Bill (Video)

Iggy Azalea's video for "Black Widow" featuring Rita Ora is a revenge fantasy that draws on the Quentin Tarantino film, Kill Bill. The two sword-wielding women flex some serious "Girl Power" as they take out a boorish man (played by none other than Kill Bill's Michael Madsen). Whether or not... Read more

August 13, 2014 Video

What Becomes Of A Hallucinating Fan Who Punches DJ Premier? Babu Explains (Video)

In 1999 Dilated Peoples joined Gang Starr and Rage Against The Machine on tour. These experiences were well-chronicled on the later track, "Gang Starr Bus" by Bumpy Knuckles, produced by DJ Premier. Three legendary outfits toured in a well-remembered time in music. Gearing up for his own new release with... Read more

August 13, 2014 Fresh, Video

Is Atmosphere’s Slug The Ultimate Rap Dad? Check Out Southsiders (Video)

Released back in May, Atmosphere's seventh studio album Southsiders is the latest work from Slug and Ant's band. The Minneapolis, Minnesota duo's sound has greatly changed since their late 1990s Soul-sampling introduction, but Slug's witty wordplay, and constant homages to late '80s and early '90s Hip-Hop stay strong. The title... Read more

August 13, 2014 Fresh, Video

You Can Feel The Dust In Joey Bada$$’s Latest Visual (Video)

Joey Bada$$'s "Big Dusty" captures just how the Brooklyn, New Yorker channels those obscure '90s styles implemented by acts like The Artifacts, Cannibal Ox, and Smif-N-Wessun. Youthful, unpredictable, and clever, Joey's video complement finds the MC on an inward journey, surrounded by night moves, vivid back-lit colors, and melting herb.... Read more

August 12, 2014 Fresh, Video

Dilated Peoples Perform Music From Their New Album on Sway in the Morning (Video)

Dilated Peoples held a mini concert on the Sway in the Morning show, performing "Show Me the Way" and the DJ Premier-produced "Good as Gone" from their new album Directors of Photography. Welcome back, fellas...Check it out. Related: Dilated Peoples Freestyle Off the Top on Toca Tuesdays (Video)... Read more

August 12, 2014 Video

Remy Ma Reveals Her Post-Prison Plans, Confirms Record With Jadakiss (Video)

Yesterday (August 11), Remy Ma made her first televised appearance since being released from prison earlier this month. The artist formerly known as Remy Martin sat on the "106 & Park" stage opposite one of her loyal supporters in Shad Moss (fka Bow Wow). The former Terror Squad member who... Read more

August 12, 2014 Fresh, Video

DJ Skee Quits Radio, Says The Platform Has Fallen Off

For more than 10 years, DJ Skee has been an integral touchstone to Hip-Hop culture. A native of Minnesota, Skee and his SkeeTV platform have been deeply responsible for the careers of Game, Freddie Gibbs, and Skeme, among others. Once a top mixtape DJ, Skee has expanded into production, his... Read more

August 12, 2014 Fresh, Video

Dilated Peoples Freestyle Off the Top on Toca Tuesdays (Video)

Rakaa and Evidence from Dilated Peoples dropped by DJ Tony Touch's Toca Tuesday show and kicked a mean freestyle, off the top. Their new album Director's of Photography is available for sale today. Check out the video. Related: You Thought That They Were Gone For Good, But Dilated Peoples Are... Read more

August 12, 2014 Video

BJ The Chicago Kid Releases a Video For All the Beautiful Women Who May Not Know They Are (Video)

BJ The Chicago Kid has lent his silky voice for records by Kendrick Lamar ("Kush & Corinthians"), Schoolboy Q ("Studio") and many others. The talented singer-songwriter also has had many gems of his own. As with songs like "His Pain," he has a knack for exploring subjects in an earnest... Read more

August 11, 2014 Video

Joell Ortiz Puts Down 16 Bars With Fervor (Video)

In AOL Boombox's 16 Bars series, Joell Ortiz steps in. The Brooklyn, New York veteran has built a reputation and his career foundation on confident, thoughtful bars that may or may not always belong to a song. So 16 is no problem for the Slaughterhouse MC. Here, he does as... Read more

August 11, 2014 Fresh, Video

Lupe Fiasco Takes Aim at Materialism on Next To It (Video)

Lupe Fiasco is back with some more message music. On "Next to It" featuring Ty Dolla $ign, he puts a little perspective on materialism. He flips both sides of the coin pointing out that no matter how much you have there's always someone with more (a Benz is nothing when... Read more

August 11, 2014 Video

Here’s a Look Back at the Week’s Best Videos in Hip-Hop (8/10/14) (Video Playlist)

This week in Hip-Hop video brought new music videos from Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, Spesh & Kool G Rap, Dom Kennedy, Lil Boosie, Saigon, Jeezy, Mick Jenkins, Rick Ross and more, Souls of Mischief discussing their new album, a Dipset reunion with Cam'ron, Jim Jones and Hell Rell, as well... Read more

August 10, 2014 Playlists, Video

Episode 1 of Black Jesus is Here. What’s the Verdict? (Video)

Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder's new series, Black Jesus, premiered on Adult Swim earlier this week. The show is set in present day Compton and features a Black Jesus who curses, hangs with the homies and, wherever possible, delivers messages of forgiveness, love and compassion for humankind. The show has been... Read more

August 9, 2014 Video

Asher Roth Releases Another Soulful 70’s Rock-Infused Song with a Message (Video)

It's clear from Asher Roth's recent material that he's feeling a soulful 70's Rock/Soul influence. According to Asher, the song and video for "Last of the Flohicans" represent "the death of ego. Removing 'I' from the situation and living a life built around courage and love." Check out the video.... Read more

August 7, 2014 Video

Dipset Restakes Its Claim With Reunited Cam’ron, Jim Jones & Hell Rell (Video)

It's all coming full circle for The Diplomats. Cam'ron is as active as he's been since his days on Roc-A-Fella Records. Jim Jones is moving in both music and television. Freekey Zekey is a free man, moving in the streets and performing with his cohorts. Additional affiliates like Hell Rell... Read more

August 7, 2014 Fresh, Video

Through the Magic of Editing, Barack Obama Performs Fancy (Video)

Since literally and figuratively dusting off his shoulder during his first campaign, President Barack Obama has been seen as the first president of the Hip-Hop generation. Now, through the magic of editing, Pres. Obama is back at it again. Here's a hilarious clip stitching together countless sound bites to create... Read more

August 7, 2014 Video

Ab-Soul & Retch Kick Some Cool Verses as Pro Era Looks On (Video)

Statik Selektah drops a smooth beat just in time for Retch and Ab-Soul to lay down some slick rhymes on Shade 45's Showoff Radio. In between verses, Pro Era's Joey Bada$$ and Nyck Caution walk into the room prompting Ab-Soul to kick some spirited bars of his own. Ab says... Read more

August 7, 2014 Fresh, Video

Action Bronson Begins A Freestyle Over Rick Ross’ The Devil is a Lie Then Goes Acapella (Video)

Action Bronson appeared on HOT 97's morning show. After fielding some personal questions regarding his family and discussing his new psychedelic single, "Easy Rider," Bam Bam eventually stands on the horizon of being beckoned for bars. Asked to freestyle, Bronson is fed Rick Ross' instrumental to "The Devil Is A... Read more

August 7, 2014 Fresh, Video

Wu-Tang Clan Opens Up For The Daily Show, Then Premiers Ron O’Neal (Videos)

UPDATED with the recorded version of "Ron O'Neal" below. Jon Stewart presses all eight living members about the Wu-Tang Clan reunion (which isn't a reunion at all, technically speaking) for A Better Tomorrow. Interestingly enough, "The Daily Show" host directs some of the most pressing questions to Raekwon, regarding the... Read more

August 7, 2014 Fresh, Video

Kool G Rap & Spe$h Get Mafiaso In Their DJ Premier-Produced Meeting (Video)

In late May, artist Spe$h linked with Kool G Rap to drop "The Meeting." Produced by DJ Premier, the track was an account of some mob business, with lyrics to go. Two months and some change later, the video arrives, finding Spe$h and G waiting in idling cars, tailing victims,... Read more

August 6, 2014 Fresh, Video

Mick Jenkins Releases a Powerful and Timely Video About a Water Shortage (Video)

The theme of Mick Jenkins upcoming project, The Water(s), is fully flushed out in the Chicago raised MC's cinematic visuals to his cut, "Jazz." Quenching the thirst of the people with his commanding voice, light, dreamlike production sets the scene for Mick to spit his story as a few local... Read more

August 6, 2014 Fresh, Video

Scarface Talks With Devin The Dude & Discovers How Devin Got His Name (Video)

In the second episode of The Devin The Dude Show, Scarface sits down Dev to laugh and chop it up about his favorite Odd Squad album (2:00), his top Houston rappers (6:15), getting Devin to smoke weed on his new album (8:00), and a story about Geto Boys' Bushwick Bill... Read more

August 6, 2014 Fresh, Video

Has Lil Boosie Made His Realest Song To Date, Over A B-Real Beat? (Video)

Lil Boosie is an artist who has a strong core fan-base, but hasn't always extended much beyond those who've been with him since the beginning. For fans of lyrics and honest songwriting, Trill Fam (which includes Boosie Bad Azz, Webbie, Foxx, Lil Trill, and the deceased Lil Phat) aren't always... Read more

August 6, 2014 Fresh, Video

MC Tree & Lennon Grace Us With Some Chicago Grown Soul-Trap (Video)

From it's burgeoning "drill" scene fostered by the likes of Chief Keef, to the rise of Save Money's Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa, and the continued success of the city's all-stars including Common, Kanye, and the like, Chicago is relentless as a hotbed for Hip-Hop. One such member of... Read more

August 6, 2014 Fresh, Video

The Souls Of Mischief Discuss Their New Album There Is Only Now (Video)

The Souls of Mischief continue their passionate drive to push the boundaries of their music and this time they've laid the experience of that journey to wax on their upcoming album, There Is Only Now, which will be released on August 26th. Sitting down with Hyptrak TV, the Oakland artists... Read more

August 6, 2014 Fresh, Video

Disclosure Performs Latch with Sam Smith on Jimmy Kimmel Live (Video)

Disclosure teamed up with Sam Smith on Jimmy Kimmel Live for an animated performance (literally) of their song of the Summer, "Latch." Check out the video. Related: Disclosure Gives Usher’s Good Kisser a Deep House Remix (Audio)... Read more

August 6, 2014 Video

Chuck Inglish Is in Cool Kid Form on Keith Sweat (Video)

Taking a page out of A$AP Ferg's book, Chuck Inglish releases a song titled after a back in the day star that has absolutely nothing to do with the song's subject. That doesn't matter though. "Keith Sweat" has enough Cool Kid boom bap to get your head nodding no matter... Read more

August 5, 2014 Fresh, Video

Dom Kennedy Reflects on Life Lessons Learned After School (Video)

Dom Kennedy keeps the Heads happy, as the SoCal MC keeps delivering fly visuals from his Get Home Safely album. "After School," was a standout from the Top 25 charting 2013 work, as Dom goes to just the right setting to drive home his recollection from how the game went... Read more

August 5, 2014 Fresh, Video