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Rittz – Wishin’ (Video)

Rittz skillfully crafts a dark tale of regret on Wishin'. Both the song and the video paint a vivid picture of self-destruction. The somber track, which was lifted from The xx, one of the best indie rock albums of 2009, further sets the tone. He takes his skills to a... Read more

October 18, 2011 Video

Freeway – Turn it Up

Here's a hard new joint from Freeway. Check out Turn it Up. Click here to download.... Read more

October 18, 2011 Audio

Action Bronson & Statik Selektah – Cocoa Butter ft Nina Sky

Action Bronson and Statik Selektah go to work on Cocoa Butter! Statik Selektah serves up a horn-driven, soulful track and Action Bronson blesses it with dope verses. The hook is courtesy of Nina Sky. Check it out. Action Bronson and Statik Selektah have teamed up for an entire album called... Read more

October 18, 2011 Audio

Method Man in the studio recording a new album and mixtape (Video)

Here's some behind the scenes footage of Method Man in the lab recording a new album (Crystal Meth) and mixtape (Cliff's notes). The soundtrack to the footage features samples of some of his new songs. Based on this, the projects sound HOT. Check out the video below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThBkfzupxOE&feature=player_embedded... Read more

October 18, 2011 Video

Chuuwee – Joe Jackson (A Tyrant’s Rage)

Chuuwee is working on a project called Watching the Throne. Here's the second song to drop from the album. Check out Joe Jackson (A Tyrant's Rage). Click here to download. ... Read more

October 18, 2011 Audio

Big K.R.I.T., Talib Kweli, Outasight & Mela Machinko collaborate on the song Beautiful, a moving song dedicated to the fight against cancer. Check out the full song below.

Big KRIT has been working with some of the heaviest cats in the game--Bun B, T.I., Ludacris and The Roots, to name a few. His latest collabo is with Talib Kweli on a song called Beautiful (Outasight and Mela Machinko also join the track). The title is apt on a... Read more

October 18, 2011 Audio

The Kid Daytona – Fly Lullaby (Video)

9th Wonder chopped up a Billy Joel sample something lovely for The Kid Daytona's Fly Lullaby. Check out the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2oODg09svQ&feature=player_embedded Here's the Billy Joel track used on the sample. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5hPp2cRd9I... Read more

October 18, 2011 The Bridge, Video

XV – Blame Yourself ft GLC, Emilio Rojas & Casey Veggies

Here's a solid new track from XV. Check out Blame Yourself featuring Emilio Rojas, GLC and Casey Veggies. Click here to download.... Read more

October 17, 2011 Audio

Jadakiss & Styles P – Runnin’ Through the Jungle

Jadakiss and Styles P re-join forces to take their turn on Kanye and Jay-Z's Welcome To The Jungle. Check out Runnin' Through the Jungle. Click here to download.... Read more

October 17, 2011 Audio

Pac Div – Shadowboxin’ Freestyle

Pac Div goes in on a classic Wu beat. Check out Pac Div's Shadowboxin' Freestyle. Click here to download. And, here's the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4HkcfLCXiA... Read more

October 17, 2011 Audio, The Bridge, Video

Here’s the lastest from The Roots and it features Big K.R.I.T. Check out Make My, from The Roots upcoming Undun album.

A description of the concept behind the album and its full tracklist are below (note K.R.I.T. is the only feature). Here's the album description: undun is an existential re-telling of the short life of one Redford Stephens (1974-1999). Through the use of emotives and Redford’s internal dialogues the album seeks... Read more

October 17, 2011 Audio

Common – Sweet: Making of the Video (Video)

Common is about to drop a new single from his forthcoming album The Dreamer, The Believer. It's called Sweet and sounds like it is going to be extra soulful. Here's a behind the scenes look at the making of the video for Sweet, as well as a small taste of... Read more

October 16, 2011 Video

Before The Glitter: We asked you what the best year in hip-hop was and you answered. Here’s the first in a series of playlists that will feature music from the era you picked as the greatest in hip-hop…thus far: ’87-’99. This first installment features music from De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, The Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, Kid N Play, Special Ed, Monie Love, Chubb Rock, Pete Rock & CL Smooth and more. Check it out.

You listen to us on the regular. We listen to you too...We asked a couple of weeks ago what the best year ever in hip-hop was. There was no clear individual year that surfaced (though '93 and '94 got a lot of votes) but there was an overwhelming consensus that... Read more

October 15, 2011 Audio, Playlists, Throwback, Video

T.I., Jay-Z and Kanye West – N*ggas in Paris

TI just jumped on the N*ggas from Paris track and BODIED it. Check it out below.... Read more

October 15, 2011 Audio

Slim The Mobster – Who’s House ft Kendrick Lamar

Here's the latest from a couple of Dr. Dre co-signs. Check out Who's House by Slim The Mobster featuring Kendrick Lamar. Click here to download.... Read more

October 15, 2011 Audio

Phil Ade – College Girl

Phil Ade has re-launched his #PhilAdeFridays series. For the latest installment, he jumps on the beat for Dom Kennedy's Dream To Me. Phil calls his song College Girl. Check it out. Click here to download. Here's Dom Kennedy's Dream To Me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clMO9uW8vOY... Read more

October 14, 2011 Audio

Childish Gambino – All The Shine

Here are a couple of different versions of a new single by Childish Gambino. Check out All The Shine. Which version do you like better? Here's version 1 (my preference): And, version 2:... Read more

October 14, 2011 Audio

Kendrick Lamar – Rigamortis (Video)

Here's the video to one of the best songs on Kendrick Lamar's incredibly dope Section 80 album. Check out Rigamortis. Click here for the video to A.D.H.D. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBvngg87998&feature=player_embedded... Read more

October 14, 2011 Video

Drake – Make Me Proud ft Nicki Minaj

Here's the latest track to drop from Drake's upcoming Take Care album. Check out Make Me Proud featuring Nicki Minaj. Click here to download.... Read more

October 14, 2011 Audio

Slaughterhouse – The Illest

Fresh off DESTROYING the Cypher, Slaughterhouse is back with a red hot new joint. Check out The Illest. Lyricism is back!! Click here to download. Also, click here to download the uncensored version of the Yelawolf, Slaughterhouse, Eminem BET Cypher.... Read more

October 13, 2011 Audio, Video

Mobb Deep – Street Lights

Mobb Deep puts in work on a J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League track. The melancholy piano chords used by the League mesh well with Mobb Deep's dark flow. Check out Street Lights (with tags from Funk Flex). J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League stays busy. Click here to download F.A.M.E., the song they produced for Young Jeezy... Read more

October 13, 2011 Audio

Dr. Dre plays a snippet of a new song (Video)

Dr. Dre recently held an in studio listening station and played part of a new song. The beat is tough--vintage Dre--and sounds like it may feature Jay Rock. Check out the video below. If you missed it, here's Dre's Die Hard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jPNiCeR-8aA... Read more

October 13, 2011 Video

Travis Barker – Just Chill ft Beanie Sigel, Bun B and Kobe (Video)

Here's the new video for Travis Barker's Just Chill. Beanie Sigel and Bun B hold down the verses. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H6H5rSerws&feature=player_embedded... Read more

October 13, 2011 Video

Nas – It’s a Tower Heist ft Rick Ross

Fresh off dropping his new video for Nasty, Nas is back with a new song. Here's It's a Tower Heist featuring Rick Ross and production by Salaam Remi. Click here to download.... Read more

October 12, 2011 Audio

Nitty Scott, MC – Auntie Maria’s Crib (Video)

Nitty Scott, MC hit the big screen last night in one of The Cyphers. Here's her latest video, Auntie Maria's Crib. She goes in on a beat that has a vintage 90's feel to it. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpOnQ0S-UJo... Read more

October 12, 2011 Video

Black Thought – Stay True ft Malik B & MdotL

Here's a previously unreleased song from Black Thought. Check out Stay True featuring Malik B and MdotL. Click here to download.... Read more

October 12, 2011 Audio

LL Cool J drops an incredible verse as his acceptance speech for the 2011 BET Awards I Am Hip-Hop Icon Award. It’s further proof of why he’s one of the GOATs. Check it out.

The BET Hip-Hop Awards Cyphers got a lot of attention but one of the best moments was LL Cool J's acceptance speech for his I Am Hip-Hop Icon award. It's the first acceptance speech I can ever recall being written in rhyme and it shows why he continues to be... Read more

October 12, 2011 Video

Here are some of the best of the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards Cyphers. These include, Big K.R.I.T., Kendrick Lamar, TechN9ne, Machine Gun Kelly, B.o.B., Busta Rhymes, Ludacris, Skillz, Blind Fury and of course Shady 2.0. Click below to check them out.

Who had the best verse? Big K.R.I.T., TechN9ne, Machine Gun Kelly, Kendrick Lamar and B.o.B. Reek Da Villain, 2 Chainz, Busta Rhymes and Ludacris Lady of Rage, Blind Fury, Dom Kennedy and Skillz Yelawolf, Joe Budden, Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, Royce Da 5'9" and Eminem Click here for the rest... Read more

October 11, 2011 Video

XV – Boss Level

If you're a fan of the type of dance music you might here at the Ultra Music Festival, Coachella or Electric Zoo, you'll really dig this new track from XV. If you want more straight-forward hip-hop, it's not for you...Props to him for stepping out and not playing it safe. ... Read more

October 11, 2011 Audio

Khrysis & Sean Boog (The Away Team) – The Road to Redemption (Video)

Here's a new video from The Away Team. They chop up Marvin Gaye's song I Want You on the track. Check out The Road to Redemption. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_nmQAHJ38KA Here's the Marvin Gaye original song used on the sample. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmZ03Q7AoaU... Read more

October 11, 2011 The Bridge, Video

Stalley – Born to Win (Video)

Here's a cool "day in the life" video of Lamar Odom's return to his hometown Queens. The video is set to a soundtrack of a tight new song by Stalley which was produced by J. Rawls. It's part of a series by Nike called Always On. Check out Born to... Read more

October 11, 2011 Video

Rapper Big Pooh – They Say ft Choklate

Here's the latest from Rapper Big Pooh's upcoming album, Dirty Pretty Things. Check out They Say featuring Choklate. Click here to download.... Read more

October 11, 2011 Audio

Nas goes back to his roots in the video for Nasty. He literally sheds the floss and takes it back to the Nasty Nas days of nothing but hard rhyming. Check it out.

http://vimeo.com/30381262... Read more

October 11, 2011 Video

Murs – 316 Ways (Video)

Here's a new video from Murs for 316 Ways. The song is from his Love & Rockets Vol. 1: The Transformation album, which is in stores now. It is produced in full by Ski Beatz and is one of the best albums to drop this year. Click here to buy... Read more

October 11, 2011 Video

After years of speculation, Jay Electronica is finally poised to drop his album. Here’s the first song to drop from the project. Check out Call of Duty: MW3 featuring Mobb Deep.

Click here to download.... Read more

October 11, 2011 Audio

Bumpy Knuckles – Fake

You know it's a good day for hip-hop when you get new tracks from both Pete Rock and DJ Premier. Bumpy Knuckles does what he does (murder MCs) on Fake, produced by DJ Premier. Check it out. Click here to download.... Read more

October 10, 2011 Audio

Common – Hard Knock TV Interview (Video)

Here's an extended interview of Common. He discusses why No I.D. produced his entire new album, his current status with G.O.O.D. Music, creative license in writing, how acting opened him up, a potential collabo album with Nas and much more. Check it out. Click here to download Blue Sky, Common's... Read more

October 10, 2011 Video

Stalley – Larry Bird (Video)

Stalley gets it in on a rocked out Ski Beatz' track. Check out the video for Larry Bird. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osJdi2KiIOU&feature=player_embedded... Read more

October 10, 2011 Video

Torae – That Raw

Wow. Pete Rock laced Torae with that BOOM BAP on That Raw. Check out this heat rock. Click here to download.... Read more

October 10, 2011 Audio

Kendrick Lamar interview by LRG (Video)

Here's an interview of Kendrick Lamar where he discusses some of his current musical inspirations. He cites artists like Bilal, Floetry, D'Angelo and Erykah Badu as influences on his melody and general sound. That shows in the soulfulness that is heard throughout Section 80. Check out the interview below as... Read more

October 10, 2011 Food for Thought, Playlists, Video

Pac Div – The Greatness

Here's a hot new joint from Pac Div. It's called The Greatness and features a track from No I.D. that sports gospel-tinged harmonies and lush piano chords. Check it out. Click here to download. ... Read more

October 10, 2011 Audio

?uestlove breaks down the story behind The Roots upcoming Undun album (Video)

He discusses how the album is a concept album and why having the steady gig on The Jimmy Fallon show has given The Roots the security to fully pursue their artistic freedom. Given how much The Roots have already pushed the boundaries of hip-hop, this album should be extremely interesting. ... Read more

October 10, 2011 Video

Big K.R.I.T. – Money on the Floor Behind The Scenes Studio Session (Video)

Big K.R.I.T.'s Money on the Floor featuring 8Ball, MJG and 2 Chainz dropped a couple of weeks ago. Here's a dope behind the scenes look at the making of the track from Cinematic TV and shot by the good folks at Motion Family. Check it out. Click here to download... Read more

October 10, 2011 Video

Raekwon – Dart School (Video)

Here's Raekwon's latest video. Check out Dart School. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSYQeeb_grA&feature=player_embedded... Read more

October 9, 2011 Video

Hip-Hop & Love from A3C – Here’s a recap of one of my best hip-hop experiences ever.

A3C was an amazing hip-hop experience this weekend. It was a 3-day hip-hop festival and conference featuring informative panel discussions during the day and showcases with a mind-blowing amount of dope artists at night. Much like at South by Southwest, there was no floss--just a collective respect and love for... Read more

October 9, 2011 Food for Thought

Can you imagine DJ Premier and Nas rocking a classical music track? You don’t need to…as part of a documentary by RE: GENERATION about the history of music, Primo was commissioned to create a classical music track and he and Nas did a collabo with the Berklee School of Music Orchestra.

The film also chronicles the journey of 4 other producers creating music outside of their traditional genres, including Mark Ronson making a jazz track with Erykah Badu. The film won't be released until 2012, but you can check out a trailer featuring Premier preparing for his track below. Seeing how... Read more

October 9, 2011 Video

Russell Simmons & Rick Rubin – Def Jam’s First 25 Years (Audio Interview)

Here's an interview of Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin on the founding and legacy of Def Jam. The intro is a bit stiff (the interview is from NPR...) but it's very cool to hear the story of Def Jam from the voices of the founders, themselves. Click here to hear... Read more

October 9, 2011 Audio, Food for Thought

The Weeknd – Initiation

The Weeknd's new track Initiation is dark, brooding and soulful. The effects he puts on his vocals (continually going from low to high to low again) make it an ear-bending sonic experience. Check it out. For more new music from The Weeknd, click here to check out his remix of... Read more

October 9, 2011 Audio

ElzHi – Out Da Box TV Interview (Video)

Here's a very well done interview of ElzHi by Out Da Box TV. He discusses ElMatic, Slum Village, his early hip-hop influences and more. Check it out. Click here to listen to and download ElMatic, his mind-blowing retake on Illmatic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc8z5zsG7pY&feature=player_embedded... Read more

October 8, 2011 Video

Saigon – Oh Yeah (Our Baby) (Video)

Here's the latest video from Saigon's The Greatest Story Never Told, one of the better albums to drop this year. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2U2846xnMV8... Read more

October 8, 2011 Video