Pac Div – Gimme What You Got
Here's a hot new joint from Pac Div. OC fans will instantly recognize the classic sample. Check out Gimme What You Got. Related: Pac Div - Automatic Here's the OC joint.... Read more
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Nas speaks with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson on MSNBC (Video)
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$y rhymes in The Backroom on 106 & Park (Video)
Curren$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 freestyles on NYC’s Hot 97 (Video)
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
T.I. – F*ck It (So What)
Here's a new one from T.I. Check out It (So What). Related: T.I. - Go Get It... Read more
Masta Killa – What You See/Cali Sun (Video)
Here's a new double video for 2 Masta Killa joints. Check out What You See/Cali Sun. Related: RZA & Nas - The Set Up (Mashup)... Read more
Pusha T – Pies
Here's a new track from Pusha T. Check out Pies. Related: Pusha T discusses his new album (Video)... Read more
Rich Forever vs. God Forgives, I Don’t: Which Rick Ross Project is better?
Complex did an interesting piece comparing and contrasting Rich Forever and God Forgives, I Don't to see which Rick Ross project was better. Check out what they had to say below. Which project do you think is better? Related: Rick Ross - Rich Forever (Mixtape) Here's the intro to the... Read more
How to Make Money Selling Drugs film trailer (Video)
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
The video for Kendrick Lamar’s Swimming Pools (Drank) matches the brooding intensity of the song. Check it out below (Video)
Related: Kendrick Lamar - Vanity Slaves Pt 1 & 2... Read more
Boldy James – Go Fish (Video)
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
Snoop discusses his change from Dogg to Lion (Video)
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
Havoc – Separated (Real From the Fake)
I tried to ignore the Mobb Deep beef. We try to keep it positive at AFH and not engage in the gossip. It also seemed like things were going to pass after Havoc's initial statements about the Infamous tweets. However, things have heated up again over the last few weeks... Read more
Sir Micahel Rocks – Lap of Lux (Mixtape)
Here's a new mixtape from Sir Michael Rocks. In typical Cool Kids' fashion, it's heavy on those 808s and similar to The Rocks Report from last year, Rocks also includes some funked out 80's R&B-influenced joints (tracks 4, 5, and 9). You can listen to and download all of Lap... Read more
Murs & Fashawn – Slash Gordan
Here's a tough new joint from Murs and Fashawn. They go line for line on the mic over a track that features a hard beat, rocked out guitars and steel drums. Ill combos all around. Check out Slash Gordan. Murs & Fashawn's collabo This Generation Album hits stores on 9/25.... Read more
DJ Quik speaks on joining the 2012 Rock the Bells tour (Video)
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 & A$AP Rocky – Back and Forth interview (Video)
Schoolboy Q and A$AP Rocky have had some dope collabos and they are the latest to sit down and have a Back and Forth convo. They talk marriage, money, women and more, along with a healthy amount of jokes on Danny Brown. Straight comedy. Check out the video. Related: Schoolboy... Read more
Jay-Z – From Marcy to Barclays (Video)
Jay-Z's new Rocawear ad gives you a brief and stylish look at his journey from the Marcy Projects to the new Barclays Center of which he is a partial owner ("Now look at me, I can park at my own arena"). Check out the video. Related: Jay-Z talks about his... Read more
Here’s a playlist featuring some of the best hip-hop to drop during the month. You’ll hear songs featuring Redman, Andre 3000, KRS-One, Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Slaughterhouse, Childish Gambino, Big K.R.I.T., Kanye West, J. Cole, Beanie Sigel, Elzhi, Nas and many more (Audio)
Click below to listen to the whole thing. Related: Best of May and June 2012 Playlist (Audio)... Read more
Stalley & Curren$y in New Orleans (Video)
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
Eminem interview with 95.5 in Detroit (Audio)
Here's an interview with Eminem where he discusses his relationship with 50 Cent, working with Slaughterhouse, starting his new album and more. Check it out below. Related: Eminem - Interview with Whoo Kid (Audio)... Read more
Sound Fx – Let Go (Video)
"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 – Enough of No Love ft Lil Wayne (Video)
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 – New York (Video)
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
Big K.R.I.T. & EL-P – Back and Forth (Video)
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 flexes his culinary skills (Video)
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
Snoop Dogg took a trip to Jamaica that had a transformative effect on him. The experience was chronicled and will be the subject of a documentary that premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Here’s a trailer for the film, Reincarnated (Video)
Check out the video below. Related: A playlist celebrating the 2-decade career of the legendary Snoop Dogg (Audio)... Read more
Rick Ross – 3 Kings ft Dr. Dre & Jay-Z (Video)
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
Miguel – Adorn (Video)
Miguel just dropped a video for his sultry single Adorn. Check it out below. Related: Miguel - Sure Thing (Remix) featuring Pusha T... Read more
Stalley spits live on Shade 45 (Video)
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
Hit-Boy – Old School Caddy ft Kid Cudi
Hit-Boy (the producer behind tracks like My God, N's in Paris, A$AP Rocky's Goldie, and Kanye's Thearflu/Way Too Cold/Cold) is stepping from behind the board and up to the mic. Here's a new song from him. Check out Old School Caddy featuring Kid Cudi. Related: A$AP Rocky - Goldie (Video)... Read more
Elzhi – Blue Widow (Video)
Here's a new video for Elzhi's Blue Widow. Check it out below. Related: Elzhi - Out Da Box TV Interview (Video)... Read more
Here’s a beautifully shot clip where Yasiin Bey recites one of Muhammad Ali’s most famous rhymes–the one leading up to the Rumble in the Jungle with George Foreman (Video)
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
Common freestyles in Chicago over Otis (Video)
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 a playlist featuring some of the incredible (neo) soul sisters in the 90’s. You’ll hear music from Jill Scott, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Zhane, Angie Stone, Amel Larrieux and many more (Audio)
Check it out below. Related: Do What U Gotta Do (Video)... Read more
Big K.R.I.T – What U Mean ft Ludacris (Video)
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
Raekwon performs CREAM (Video)
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 rhymes in The Back Room on 106 & Park (Video)
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
Jay Electronica – Act 2: Patents of Nobility (The Turn) (Album Tracklist)
Looks like Jay Electronica's album may be coming sooner rather than later. He released a snapshot of a tracklist on Twitter for Act 2: Patents of Nobility (The Turn). One song that has been released so far is an incomplete form of Dinner at Tiffany's (The Shiny Suit Theory). The... Read more
Schoolboy Q – There He Go (Video)
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
50 Cent – New Day ft Dr. Dre & Alicia Keys
Dr. Dre has been jumping on some tracks lately. First with Kendrick, then with Ross and now with 50. I'm starting to wonder if he's warming up to finally complete Detox...Here's the latest. Check out 50 Cent's New Day featuring Dre and Alicia Keys. Related: Rick Ross - 3 Kings... Read more
The Knux – Animal
Here's a new one from The Knux. Check out Animal. Related: ¡MAYDAY! – Hardcore B*tches featuring Murs (Video)... Read more
The Making of MF DOOM’s Mask (Video)
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 discusses his new album (Video)
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
J. Cole – The Cure
J. Cole always BLACKS OUT on Kanye beats (witness below). His new song The Cure is no exception. He spits that flame, Warm Up style, over the Lift Off track from Watch the Throne. Check it out below. Cole world...Related: J. Cole interview with DJ Drama (Video) Here are a... Read more
RZA & Nas – The Set Up (Mashup)
Here's a new mashup from RZA. He combined the vocals from Nas & Havoc's The Set Up (from It Was Written) with RZA's B.O.B.B.Y. Check it out below. Related: The Man With the Iron Fists trailer (Dir. by RZA) (Video)... Read more
The Official 2012 Rock the Bells Mixtape
The 2012 Rock the Bells Festival is around the corner. Here's the official mixtape for this year's tour. It features new music from Ice Cube, DMX, Murs, Tech N9ne, Xzibit, Hit Squad, Hieroglyphics, KRS-One, RZA and more, and is mixed by Cypress Hill's DJ Muggs. You can listen to and... Read more
Jon Connor – While You Were Sleeping (Mixtape)
Jon Connor has been dropping a lot of heat the last few weeks. Here's his new mixtape While You Were Sleeping. You can listen to the whole project and download it below. Related: Jon Connor - True Colors (Video) Download Mixtape... Read more
Kendrick Lamar performs ADHD at the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival (Video)
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
Rick Ross – Diced Pineapples ft Wale & Drake
Here's another release from Rick Ross. Check out Diced Pineapple featuring Wale & Drake. God Forgives, I Don't is in stores on 7/31. Related: Rick Ross - Sixteen featuring Andre 3000... Read more