King Mez’s new video is called Something’s Missing. Whatever’s missing, it’s definitely not lyrics.
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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
Here’s a simple but stylish video from Versis called Slow Down.
Watch the video and and listen to Versis' whole album, illcandescent, below. http://vimeo.com/23167095 Here's the album: iLLCANDESCENT by Versis... Read more
What’s better than a new song from Phonte? A new song and a new video from Phonte…
Check out Focus' song Uh! ft Phonte and the latest video from The Foreign Exchange's Authenticity album, The Last Fall. Here's Uh! UH! feat. Phonte by Focus... And, here's the video for The Last Fall: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PanDa2DZ3g&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Reks’ latest album is packed with tracks from some of the most credible producers in hip-hop.
He's already dropped videos for songs produced by DJ Premier and The Alchemist. The latest video is for Mascara, produced by Statik Selektah. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOH0T3AKnjE&feature=player_embedded For more Reks, including a full album stream and link to buy the album R.E.K.S. - Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme), click here.... Read more
?uestlove has long been one of the more fascinating personalities in hip-hop but has he always been like that?
Check out how he was when he was 17 from the latest episode of MTV's When I was 17.... Read more
Here’s a new video for an older Jay Electronica song. Check out Dimethyltryptamine.
Try saying that fast 3 times... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SThOdYGRmI8&feature=player_embedded... Read more
This is a really amazing performance from Big K.R.I.T. It speaks for itself.
Check out The Vent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sadSa9Kb1VA&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Lupe Fiasco’s Words I Never Said is one of the best tracks on the album. Check out the new video.
The video is just as intense as the song. If you're quick enough on the pause button, you'll peep the QR code Lupe sticks on the bus (and again on a wall later in the video--click here if that's gibberish). It's a belated Easter egg from Lupe. Here's the video:... Read more
Vado’s Toca Tuesday Freestyle is one of the nicer ones to drop in a few weeks.
Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWw3DemWPJw These Toca Tuesday Freestyles continue to be among the best out there these days. Click here for more.... Read more
Pusha T and Malice have been making noise independently lately but what’s up with The Clipse?
Check out this video which sheds some light on the status of The Clipse, as well as some behind the scenes footage of TiRon, Nickelus and Phil Ade. http://vimeo.com/22885429... Read more
It takes BIG STONES to hop on a track that Jay-Z murdered back in the day, but that’s just what Pusha T did on Can I Live…
...and he kinda killed it. I'm not saying he topped or even equaled Jay, but it's hard to be mad at what Pusha did with the track. Check out the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74niHnKDLcw&feature=player_embedded This is from Pusha T's Fear of God mixtape. If you missed it, click here to download. And,... Read more
Sir Michael Rocks teams up with Mr. Friday, Phil Ade, in the video for Over and Over.
This one is from Sir Michael Rock's solid mixtape, The Rocks Report. Click here if you missed it. Check out the video. http://vimeo.com/22746023... Read more
Dead Prez celebrate beauty that goes beneath the skin on The Beauty Within.
This is to the tune of B.o.B.'s Nothin' On You. Check out the video. http://vimeo.com/22800990 Of course this isn't the first time they've looked past the physical to seek a connection. Remember this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwTNOxJXMYM... Read more
Large Professor & Neek the Exotic dropped a hot single a couple of weeks ago. Here’s the video for Still on the Hustle.
It's good to see these 2 still putting in work. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uedonaXJPk&feature=player_embedded Click here to download (right click and "save link as"). Click here for more on Neek the Exotic and Large Professor.... Read more
Big Boi’s stellar Sir Lucious Left Foot album is still yielding fruit. Check out his new video for Be Still ft Janelle Monae.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9BXyV7iZ3I... Read more
Asher Roth and Nottz dropped the audio for Enforce the Law a couple of months ago. Here’s the video.
Fans of the movie Training Day will undoubtedly recognize the storyline. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R_IfSI7SMk&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Kendrick Lamar brings mad energy to the stage. Check out this live performance of The Heart Pt. 2.
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DJ Quik’s new album The Book of David dropped yesterday. Here’s the new video for his single Luv of My Life.
Check it out. Need more Quik? Click here for a playlist, mixtape and link to buy the album.... Read more
The upcoming 9th Wonder documentary is looking really STRONG. Check out this preview of The Wonder Year.
http://vimeo.com/21497226 Also, if you missed it, check out this interview of Phonte from the film.... Read more
It’s been a minute since Kidz in the Hall served up some Brain Candy but they return with another strong installment.
Check out Sip & Ride. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlxLt6fXIEA&feature=player_embedded Click here to download. For more Brain Candy, click here. Click below to hear the full track:... Read more
Kendrick Lamar dropped his new single HiiiPoWeR last week. Here’s some footage of him and the good Dr. Dre in the lab undoubtedly cooking up some more heat for Kendrick’s upcoming album, Section 80.
The footage is to the soundtrack of HiiiPoWeR (produced by J. Cole). Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpY_udWm_0k&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Pete Rock and Camp Lo dropped a mixtape called 80 Blocks From Tiffany’s a couple of weeks ago. Here’s the first video from their upcoming album of the same name.
Check out Mic Check. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC24lKyAhEI&feature=player_embedded Click here if you missed the mixtape.... Read more
Check out this video of Kanye West’s headlining performance at Coachella.
I was in the crowd at Coachella rooting for Kanye...and he delivered. In the past 2 years I have witnessed in person the professional nadir for Mr. West (the 2009 VMAs) and possibly his apex last night at Coachella. The vitriol I witnessed at the VMAs after the infamous Taylor... Read more
Pusha T dropped the audio for My God last month. Now check out the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clo0U1BMR5I&feature=player_embedded And, if you missed his mixtape Fear of God, click here.... Read more
Here’s some new Skillz. Check out the video for Enjoying the View.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm6k9Onahko&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Keeping it on the jazzy tip, check out the video for Can’t Shake It Easy by Donwill of Tanya Morgan.
http://vimeo.com/20919894 If you dig what you hear, check out the whole album, Don Cusack in High Fidelity,below: Don Cusack In High Fidelity [Bonus Remixes, Artwork & Music Video] by Donwill... Read more
Dom Kennedy dropped 1 of the best mixtapes so far this year with The Original Dom Kennedy.
Here's a video for his song CDC off that project. If you missed The Original Dom Kennedy, treat yourself and download it here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g3OoTu8rUE&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Outasight goes in on a funk/rock track. Check out So What.
His new album, Figure 8, drops on 4/26. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9ligPENRdM&feature=player_embedded Click here to download.... Read more
Is there anybody else who can’t wait for the A Tribe Called Quest documentary? Those who were fortunate enough to see it at Sundance have been raving about it. It premieres at the Tribeca Film festival on 4/27 and hopefully in theaters soon thereafter. Until then, see below for a sneak peek at a clip from the movie: Beats, Rhymes & Life.
Those who were fortunate enough to see it at Sundance have been raving about it. It premieres at the Tribeca Film festival on 4/27 and hopefully in theaters soon thereafter. Until then, see below for a sneak peek at a clip from the movie: Beats, Rhymes & Life.... Read more
J. Rocc has got some great tracks. Here’s a cool video of him during a stint in Japan over his beat for Stay Fresh.
It's short, but the music will have you locked. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTc0r5L8DM4&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Xzibit is back on the scene with a couple of really hot joints.
Check out the videos for Man on the Moon and What It Is, both featuring dope verses from Young De. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oikwWIFmwIU&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnfD5wOOK1Y&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Enter the Wu-Tang Clan. Here’s some rare footage of The RZA, GZA and ODB from ’91 that will crack your cranium. 20 years strong.
At the end the GZA (Genius) kicks a rhyme that sounds 10x more like Big Daddy Kane than Shaolin. Incredible. Mad props to Ego Trip for this clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9C4-sbQISg&feature=player_embedded... Read more