Styles P – I Need Weed (Video)
420 is definitely inspiring to Styles P, as well. He goes hard over a Scram Jones track in his new video. Check out I Need Weed. Related: Styles P – Reckless ft Raekwon... Read more
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Redman – Hands Up ft Mr. Cheeks & DoItAll (Prod. Easy Mo Bee)
Redman drops a new song for 420 and it's got that KNOCK to it. Check out Hands Up, featuring Mr. Cheeks and produced by Easy Mo Bee. Related: Redman – Lookn’ Fly Too ft Method Man & R.E.A.D.Y. Roc (Video) Click here to download... Read more
Raekwon – Hip-Hop: Yesterday, Today, Forever (Video)
Here's a cool short video on Raekwon. It includes and impassioned performance of C.R.E.A.M. by The Chef as well as an interview where he discusses the current state of hip-hop, including his respect for Kendrick Lamar. Check out the video. Related: Statik Selektah – Bird’s Eye View ft Raekwon, Joey... Read more
Guru – Moment of Truth (Video) + Mister Cee Tribute Mix (Audio)
Here's more love for Guru on the 3rd anniversary of his passing. First up is an amazing short film that is previously unreleased. It features never before seen interview and performance footage as well as some really inspiring moments of Guru speaking to students in a school. Next, is Mister... Read more
Smoke DZA – N*ggaz 4 Life (Prod. Pete Rock)
Smoke DZA goes to work on a Pete Rock track. Check out N*ggaz 4 Life. Related: Smoke DZA – Gotham F*cking City ft Joey Bada$$ (Video)... Read more
Ludacris – Raised in the South ft Young Jeezy
Ludacris and Young Jeezy rep their region. Check out Raised in the South. Related: Ludacris – Tell Me What They Mad For ft Pusha T & Swizz Beatz (Audio)... Read more
DJ Premier – Guru Tribute Mix
Today marks the third anniversary of our loss of Guru. To celebrate his life, here's the mix that his Gang Starr partner DJ Premier did as a tribute. Since Guru was also one of the finest MCs to ever come out of Boston, we dedicate this to all those affected... Read more
Miguel – How Many Lies (Remix) ft Kendrick Lamar (Video)
Here's the video for Miguel's How Many Drinks, complete with the verse from Kendrick Lamar. Check it out. Related: Miguel – Candles in the Sun (Video)... Read more
Dizzy Wright – XXL Freshmen Freestyle (Video)
Dizzy Wright turns in one of the strongest of the 2013 XXL Freshmen Freestyles. Check out the video. Related: Dizzy Wright – The First Agreement ft Nikkiya and Manny Scott (Video)... Read more
Ghostface Killah – Murder Spree ft Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa & Sin Sin (Apollo Brown Remix)
Apollo Brown put his touch on Ghostface Killah's Murder Spree featuring Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa and Sin Sin. This version is extra soulful. You literally might break your neck head nodding. Real talk. Check it out below. Related: Adrian Younge & Ghostface Killah – Rise of the Ghostface Killah... Read more
Medusa – Lay Down ft MC Lyte
MC Lyte jumps on a funked up track with Medusa and they CRUSH it. This joint goes hard. Check out Lay Down. Related: UNITY: A salute to the women of hip-hop (Video Playlist)... Read more
Joey Bada$$ – Hotbox ft NYCk Caution
Here's a new one from Joey Bada$$. Check out Hotbox featuring NYCk Caution. Related: Statik Selektah – Bird’s Eye View ft Raekwon, Joey Bada$$ & Black Thought (Audio)... Read more
Marco Polo – G.U.R.U. ft Talib Kweli & DJ Premier
One day before the 3rd anniversary of Guru's passing, here's a really dope tribute to him from Talib Kweli, DJ Premier and Marco Polo. Check out G.U.R.U. Related: Talib Kweli – Come Here ft Miguel (Audio) Click here to download... Read more
Yasiin Bey Performs in Paris (Video)
Yasiin Bey recently performed in Paris with the Robert Glasper Experiment. Here's some video of the event, which includes a guest appearance by Kanye West who performed Can't Tell Me Nothing. Check it out below. Related: Mos Def – The Light is not Afraid of the Dark (Prod. Kanye West)... Read more
KRS-One Freestyles and Performs a Verse From Step Into a World (Video)
The Blastmaster KRS-One kicks a freestyle and drops a verse from Step Into a World, and shows that he's still FRESH for 2013...Check out the video. Related: A playlist celebrating the career of the legendary blastmaster KRS-One (Audio)... Read more
Crate Diggers: DJ Babu (Video)
Fuse continues its Crate Diggers series with the legendary DJ Babu of Dilated Peoples and The World Famous Beat Junkies. Check out the video below. Related: Crate Diggers: J. Dilla (Video)... Read more
Logic – Roll Call
You gotta be mad confident to rock on a classic OutKast track. Logic has got the guts and the skills to do it. Dude is a problem. Check out his song Roll Call that features him blacking out over the Ms. Jackson track. Related: Logic – Young Sinatra III... Read more
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Can’t Hold Us ft Ray Dalton (Video)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' song Can't Hold Us is a BIG anthem. The video is pretty EPIC too. Independent music has come a long way. Check out the video for Can't Hold Us below. Related: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis vs. Nardwaur (Video)... Read more
J. Dilla – Trucks
J. Dilla was working on an album called The Diary before he passed away. Some tracks from that project have surfaced over the last few weeks and the full project will be released later this year. The latest release is a riff on the 80's hit Cars. You can listen... Read more
De La Soul – Get Away ft The Spirit of the Wu
The members of De La Soul have put out music over the last few years (some solo, some features and some collabos with one another) but they have not put out an official De La record since 2004. They're baaaack....For their first release, they flow over the beat that was... Read more
DJ Jazzy Jeff – Vinyl Destination Ep. 8 (Video)
Here's episode 8 of DJ Jazzy Jeff's Vinyl Destination series. This episode finds Jeff and Skillz in Paris, Moscow, Niznhy Novgorod (try pronouncing that) and Oslo. In addition to the usual travel stresses, Jeff has to deal with trying to get back a computer he left in an airport. Check... Read more
Adrian Younge & Ghostface Killah – Rise of the Ghostface Killah (Video)
The RZA makes an appearance in the video for Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge's super dope Rise of the Ghostface Killah...but is that the real Ghostface? Take a look at the video below and weigh in. Related: Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa, Killah Priest & Adrian Younge perform I Declare War... Read more
REKS – Caged Bird ft EZDREAD
REKS smooths it out over his latest track. Check out Caged Bird featuring EZDREAD. Related: REKS – I Remember ft Rapper Big Pooh... Read more
Havoc – Life We Chose ft Lloyd Banks
Havoc and Lloyd Banks join forces on a gully new joint. Check out Life We Chose. Related: Havoc – Cash Flow ft Slum Village... Read more
Skyzoo & Torae – The Get Up
Skyzoo and Torae team up under the name The Barrel Brothers and drop a red hot track. Check out The Get Up. Related: Skyzoo – Spike Lee Was My Hero (Video)... Read more
Statik Selektah – Bird’s Eye View ft Raekwon, Joey Bada$$ & Black Thought
Statik Selektah assembled the trifecta of Raekwon, Joey Bada$$ and Black Thought on his latest release. Check out Bird's Eye View. It gets no better. Related: Black Thought speaks on his 2013 plans (Video)... Read more
K. Dot (aka Kendrick Lamar) – Y.H.N.I.C. (Mixtape)
Here's Kendrick Lamar's first ever mixtape, Y.H.N.I.C., which was originally released in 2003. It's amazing to hear Kendrick's progression over the years, both in terms of the evolution of his flow and the subject matter he discusses. He went from a more East Coast, Jay-Z-influenced style to one that is... Read more
Drake – Girls Love Beyonce ft. James Fauntleroy
Here the Toronto MC samples Destiny Child's Say My Name and delivers an oddly soulful track. Check out Girls Love Beyonce ft. James Fauntleroy. Related: Dj Khaled- No New Friends ft. Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne... Read more
DJ Khaled- No New Friends ft. Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne
Drake mentioned releasing 2 new songs this week during his trip to Elliot Wilson's radio show last week and delivers as promised. Here's the first of two new song releases. This was the track that was supposed to be the SFTB remix but it "took on a life of it's... Read more
Pro Era – Overseas (Video)
Here's a video for one of the toughest joints on the Pro Era mixtape (and that's saying a lot). Check out Overseas. And, if you've been sleeping, you can listen to and download the Pro Era mixtape here.... Read more
Jurassic 5 perform at Coachella (Video)
After several years apart, LA underground kings Jurassic 5 reunited and rocked the stage at Coachella. You can watch their entire 1-hour set below. Related: Wu-Tang Clan perform at Coachella (Video) Here's the set list: Back 4 U I Am Somebody Jayou Nu-Mark desk solo Hip-Hop History Break Monkey Bars... Read more
Common – Open Letter Pt. II
I wanna rhyme like Common Sense...Common adds a verse in support of Jay-Z over the Open Letter track. Check out Open Letter Pt.II. Related: Common – Congratulations ft Cocaine 80′s Click here to download.... Read more
Dizzy Wright – The First Agreement ft Nikkiya and Manny Scott (Video)
Dizzy Wright drops some serious knowledge in his song The First Agreement. The video features the 2013 Freshman Class member in a throwback X hat along with several stills of historic images. Check it out. Related: XXL Announces Freshman Class 2013 Cover... Read more
Wu-Tang Clan perform at Coachella (Video)
In a preview of what may be to come in this 20th anniversary year of Enter the 36 Chambers, Wu-Tang Clan reunited on the stage in Coachella over the weekend. Check out videos of performances of Protect Ya Neck and C.R.E.A.M. below. Related: Mathematics – Face the Problemzz ft GZA,... Read more
Styles P – Reckless ft Raekwon
Styles P and Raekwon trade verses over a chopped up Queen loop on the latest Wu Block collabo. Ill joint. Check out Reckless. Related: Styles P – Float ft Jadakiss (Audio)... Read more
Young Roddy – Still Tryna Get It (Video)
Here's a new video from JET Life member Young Roddy. Check out Still Tryna Get It. Related: Young Roddy – Russian Roulette ft Smoke DZA (Video)... Read more
Common – Congratulations ft Cocaine 80’s
Here's a new song from Common with longtime collaborator, No I.D. Same result--dopeness. Check out Congratulations featuring Cocaine 80's. Related: Common freestyles over Clique (Video)... Read more
CJ Fly – The Error
Joey Bada$$ was the first to break, but the Pro Era crew is filled with talented MCs. CJ Fly is the latest to step out and shine. True to his other Pro Era brethren, you can hear the deep 90's influence in his music. Check out The Error. Related: Pro... Read more
Frank Ocean – Lost (Video)
Frank continues to pull out hits from his debut Channel Orange. Check out the latest, Lost, and let us know what you think. Related: Frank Ocean – Eyes Like Sky... Read more
Kendrick Lamar – The Green Files (Mixtape)
Here's a mixtape of some of the many non-album cuts of Kendrick Lamar from over the years. It includes tracks with Talib Kweli, Miguel, Jay-Z, J. Cole, A$AP Rocky and more. If you've missed any of these gems or just want them in one place, this compilation should do the... Read more
Joey Bada$$ XXL Freshman Freestyle
XXL continues to roll out the freestyle videos from their XXL Freshman cover. Check out the Pro Era representer hold it down for his team. Related: Joey Bada$$ – Day in the Life... Read more
J. Dilla – Center of Movement ft 5 ELA & Pierre Anthony (Video) + Proof – Keep It on the Low ft J. Dilla
Here's a double dose of J. Dilla. You can watch a video from The Rebirth of Detroit project for the song Center of Movement and listen to a previously unreleased track from Proof that features Dilla below. Related: Crate Diggers: J. Dilla (Video)... Read more
RAIN – Look What I Got (Video)
Here's a cool video from North Carolina spitter, RAIN. The visuals are a first person perspective tour through RAIN's life. Check out Look What I Got. Look out for Rain's new album Live Fast Die Young dropping this summer. Related: RAIN - Good Credit (Audio)... Read more
Big K.R.I.T. Speaks on King Remembered in Time (Video)
Big K.R.I.T. spoke to the fans about his King Remembered in Time mixtape. 3 Little Digs captured the conversation on video. K.R.I.T. talked about how he chose the title, how he makes beats, his favorite 2Pac song, wanting to work with Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q, his cover art, what he... Read more
Ghostface Killah – Rise of the Black Suits (Remix) (Video)
Here's a grisly video for the Apollo Brown remix of Ghostface Killah's Rise of the Black Suits. Ghost does not make an appearance in the video. Related: Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa, Killah Priest & Adrian Younge perform I Declare War on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (Video)... Read more
Ab Soul XXL Freshman Freestyle
XXL continues to roll out their Freshman Freestyles. Check out the latest one courtesy of TDE's Ab Soul. Related: Awolnation – Sail (Remix) ft Kendrick Lamar & Ab-Soul... Read more
Pusha T- Numbers On Boards
Jay-Z shook the cyber world up today with the release of his Open Letter. Kanye and Pusha decided to "keep the feeling going". Check out the smooth Number On Board. Related: Pusha T Decodes ‘Doesn’t Matter’ Click here to download... Read more
Living Legends: Lauryn Hill (Playlist)
Although she is arguably THE GREATEST DOUBLE THREAT OF ALL TIME (MC and singer--and let's not forget actor...), people still sometimes forget just how incredible an artist Lauryn Hill is. Not here, not today. Here's a playlist celebrating the illustrious career of Living Legend Lauryn Hill. Listen to the playlist... Read more
Jay-Z- Open Letter
After Swizz Beatz tweeted a picture out of Timbaland, Jay-Z and himself in the studio. Jay-Z drops a track where he addresses all of the rumors and speculation surrounding his life. This joint is not to be played with! Related: Kendrick Lamar – Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe (Remix) ft... Read more
Miguel – How Many Drinks (Remix) ft Kendrick Lamar
Miguel and Kendrick Lamar like up for a remix to Miguel's How Many Drinks that is STRAIGHT FIRE! You can check out the remix below and the cover article to this month's VIBE which features Kendrick and Miguel here. Related: Miguel – Candles in the Sun (Video)... Read more