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Emilio Rojas & Joell Ortiz Make a Deeply Personal Record About Overcoming Struggles (Audio)

Emilio Rojas & Joell Ortiz Make a Deeply Personal Record About Overcoming Struggles (Audio)

Emilio Rojas has released a very personal record, with some assistance from Joell Ortiz. "Nada" finds Rojas talking about the obstacles he faced when he had nothing and the determination it took to overcome those circumstances. Specifically, he addresses the sacrifices made by his mother, working double shifts with three... Read more
January 27, 2015 Audio
Tony Touch Reaches Hip-Hop Tape #101 & Takes Naysayers To School (Mixtape)

Tony Touch Reaches Hip-Hop Tape #101 & Takes Naysayers To School (Mixtape)

Since the colored cassette tape shell days, Tony Touch has been servin' up the latest and the greatest Hip-Hop under his turntable style. The "Taino Turntable Terrorist" put early and everlasting emphasis on the freestyle, and made tapes, and later albums, that kept the color, originality, and improvisation of Hip-Hop... Read more
January 7, 2015 Audio, Fresh, Mixes
Your Old Droog Freestyles Over Some Vintage DJ Premier (Video)

Your Old Droog Freestyles Over Some Vintage DJ Premier (Video)

Your Old Droog stopped by NYC's Hot 97 for his first interview with Peter Rosenberg. Droog spoke about his ethnic origins, raising his status this year, traveling to Europe and more. At a little over ten minutes in, Rosenberg put him to the test and Droog stepped up with nearly... Read more
December 19, 2014 Video
Bogeda BAMZ Is Gifted With Slick Gab, Freestyling Over A B.D.K. Classic (Video)

Bogeda BAMZ Is Gifted With Slick Gab, Freestyling Over A B.D.K. Classic (Video)

Bodega BAMZ has been movin' for more than a minute. Stopping at Tony Touch's Toca Tuesdays show, the New York MC gets a chance to show what he's about. Rhyming over a classic Big Daddy Kane instrumental (that seems to suit BAMZ well), the MC shines politely with some stellar... Read more
December 16, 2014 Fresh, Video
King Los Goes To TOWN, Freestyling Over Alchemist Beats For 15 Minutes (Video)

King Los Goes To TOWN, Freestyling Over Alchemist Beats For 15 Minutes (Video)

This is a cool, refreshing concept... Baltimore, Maryland's King Los has earned a reputation for being one of the longest winded, most durable freestylers in the game today. His Backroom appearance, his Sway In The Morning spot, and his Toca Tuesday stop remained three of the most talked about, most... Read more
November 13, 2014 Fresh, Video
Ras Kass’ Razor Sharp Freestyle Streak Continues… (Video)

Ras Kass’ Razor Sharp Freestyle Streak Continues… (Video)

Ras Kass is moving like its the '90s again. In the splashing wake of Blasphemy (with producer Apollo Brown), Rap's answer to Vincent Van Gogh throws some verbal paint on Toca Tuesdays, with a cocky freestyle. What else would you expect from the sharp-tongued vet? Related: Ras Kass Flips A... Read more
November 7, 2014 Fresh, Video
Logic Is “Just Havin’ A Good Time, Spittin’ This Rhyme” In A True Freestyle (Video)

Logic Is “Just Havin’ A Good Time, Spittin’ This Rhyme” In A True Freestyle (Video)

Tomorrow (October 29), Heads can see if Logic's just-released Under Pressure is the #1 album in the country. For now though, the Gaithersburg, Maryland MC is just having fun. He rhymes about that light-hearted mood, just playing with words on Tony Touch's Toca Tuesdays. Whimsical with his direction, Logic seems... Read more
October 28, 2014 Fresh, Video
Joey Bada$$ Goes to Work on A Tribe Called Quest’s Scenario Remix (Video)

Joey Bada$$ Goes to Work on A Tribe Called Quest’s Scenario Remix (Video)

Joey Bada$$ has been on a freestyle tear, as of late. After wrecking a Toca Tuesday freestyle last week, he shows off with Statik Selektah now. Statik cues up A Tribe Called Quest's Scenario Remix track and Joey goes to work. Check out the video. Related: Joey Bada$$ Says He’s... Read more
September 25, 2014 Video
The Digital Stars Of 2014 Show Out In This BET Hip-Hop Awards Cypher (Video)

The Digital Stars Of 2014 Show Out In This BET Hip-Hop Awards Cypher (Video)

The first of many 2014 BET Hip-Hop Awards Cyphers has hit the web. Curated as a "Digital All-Star" grouping, this includes the Top 15-selling Andy Mineo, veteran Emilio Rojas, Common-cosigned Dreezy, De La Soul-cosigned Dillon Cooper, Retro Jace, and Conceited. With the exception of Mineo, who rang bells last year... Read more
September 22, 2014 Fresh, Video
Black Thought Joins Roots Affiliate On A Boisterous Electro Track (Audio)

Black Thought Joins Roots Affiliate On A Boisterous Electro Track (Audio)

STS is one of the wild cards of The Roots' extended family. The rapper also known as Sugar Tongue Slim has ties to both Philadelphia and Atlanta, and is gifted at tapping into both sounds. This is true on "$5,000 Dolla Coat Shit." With the kind of beat Heads might... Read more
September 16, 2014 Audio, Fresh
Joey Bada$$ Says He’s Bringin’ Brooklyn Back In A Tony Touch Freestyle (Video)

Joey Bada$$ Says He’s Bringin’ Brooklyn Back In A Tony Touch Freestyle (Video)

Some things just make sense. If Joey Bada$$ was around, in the industry, in the late '90s, he would have sounded right and exact on Tony Touch cassette tapes. The Taino Turntable Terrorist and the Pro Era front-man linked on Toca Tuesdays. On a loop-based beat made famous by Lootpack... Read more
September 16, 2014 Fresh, Video
Dilated Peoples Perform Music From Their New Album on Sway in the Morning (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
Doo Wop Features A New DJ Premier & Tony Touch Joint, Freestyles From Cory Gunz, Termanology & Planet Asia (Mixtape)

Doo Wop Features A New DJ Premier & Tony Touch Joint, Freestyles From Cory Gunz, Termanology & Planet Asia (Mixtape)

Legendary game-changing DJ, Doo Wop has always been vocal. The New Yorker, who boasts being a longtime member of both Bounce Squad and Flip Squad DJ's has rapped alongside Tony Touch (Diaz Brothers), toured the world with the late Guru, and made a host of certified classic mixtapes in the... Read more
July 20, 2014 Audio, Fresh, Mixes
Chris Rivers (aka Baby Pun) Goes 0 to 100 on a Tony Touch Freestyle (Video)

Chris Rivers (aka Baby Pun) Goes 0 to 100 on a Tony Touch Freestyle (Video)

Chris Rivers got his shot at a Toca Tuesday Freestyle, and Tony Touch hit him with the 0 to 100 track. Baby Pun got busy, flexing his flow that is oh so reminiscent of his Pops. Check out the video. Related: Styles P & Chris Rivers Have Trust Issues, But... Read more
July 2, 2014 Video
Lupe Fiasco’s Freestyle Fearlessness Continues Alongside Tony Touch (Video)

Lupe Fiasco’s Freestyle Fearlessness Continues Alongside Tony Touch (Video)

Last week, Lupe Fiasco lit up Sway Up The Morning with a 100% free, freestyle. In that moment, Lu' was in the zone and combined humor, deep thought, and an unwavering flow. This week, Fiasco appeared on Tony Touch's Toca Radio on Shade 45, and also went off the dome.... Read more
June 10, 2014 Fresh, Video
Got BARS? These MC’s Do. Here Are The Best Freestyles of 2013 (Video)

Got BARS? These MC’s Do. Here Are The Best Freestyles of 2013 (Video)

There are few things more satisfying in Hip-Hop than a killer verse. It's why Kendrick Lamar shook up the Internet for 3 weeks (an eternity these days) with his Control verse...and then again with his BET Cypher. We've assembled a collection of the best freestyles (mostly "writtens") of 2013. Check... Read more
December 24, 2013 Fresh, Video
Isaiah Rashad Freestyles For Tony Touch (Video)

Isaiah Rashad Freestyles For Tony Touch (Video)

Not all freestyles are crisp and buttery. In the TV era, many MCs kept unheard (and many times heard) writtens memorized for on-the-spot beckons for free's, whether Big Tigger or Sway & King Tech. Tony Touch has long been a DJ demanding dope content from MCs. With Top Dawg Entertainment's... Read more
November 12, 2013 Fresh, Video
Drake Confirms Wu-Tang Clan Collaboration

Drake Confirms Wu-Tang Clan Collaboration

Fresh off of releasing "Wu-Tang Forever," Drake confirmed to Rap Radar's Elliott Wilson that a remix is coming—during their sit-down interview (complete with audience). A person close to Drake also confirmed this on Twitter. For those playing at home, the Wu don't do a lot of guest appearances as a... Read more
September 23, 2013 Fresh
Crate Diggers: Tony Touch

Crate Diggers: Tony Touch

Forever and always, Tony Touch is my favorite 1990s NYC mixtape DJ. We used to buy his tapes (usually colored plastic cassettes) that would ship in from Tapekingz. The freestyle-format was so fresh, and Tony Toca would always make your money count with sounds you couldn't hear anywhere else. Plus,... Read more
August 7, 2013 Fresh, Video
Tony Touch Power Cypher FT A.G., Black Thought, M1, Lil Fame, Sean Price & Illa Ghee (Video)

Tony Touch Power Cypher FT A.G., Black Thought, M1, Lil Fame, Sean Price & Illa Ghee (Video)

In honor of his just-released The Piece Maker 3 (Return Of The 50 MC's), Tony Toca brought some albums guests and friends to his Shade 45 show to kick some off the dome bars. This really calls back to the great cassettes Touch used to make in the '90s. Delegates... Read more
July 18, 2013 Fresh, Video
Pro Era – Maxwell

Pro Era – Maxwell

Some members of Pro Era (Dirty Sanchez, Rockamouth and the late Capital STEEZ) go in over a RIDICULOUS flip of a choice Maxwell cut. Aptly, the track is called Maxwell. Take a listen below, and get ready to press rewind. Related: Pro Era – Toca Tuesdays Freestyle (Video)... Read more
February 28, 2013 Audio
Rakim – New York to Cali

Rakim – New York to Cali

Here's a previously unreleased alternate version of a rare track by Rakim. Check out this version and the original of New York to Cali below. Props: YouHeardThatNew Related: Big Daddy Kane vs. Rakim: here’s the playlist that settles the debate once and for all…or does it? (Playlist) Here's the original... Read more
November 27, 2012 Audio
Yasiin Bey recites Muhammad Ali (Video)

Yasiin Bey recites Muhammad Ali (Video)

A short version of Yasiin Bey reciting Muhammad Ali's "Float" poem surfaced a few months ago. Here's the full video. Check it out below. Related: Mister Cee - The Best of Black Star Mix (Mixtape)... Read more
October 17, 2012 Food for Thought, Video
Curren$y rhymes in The Backroom on 106 & Park (Video)

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
August 4, 2012 Video
Showbiz & AG – Do It 4

Showbiz & AG – Do It 4

AG from Showbiz & AG dropped a hot freestyle a couple of days ago. Here's a new song from the duo. Check out Do It 4. Related: AG - Toca Tuesday Freestyle (Video)... Read more
July 3, 2012 Audio
A candid conversation with Schoolboy Q (Video)

A candid conversation with Schoolboy Q (Video)

Here's a really good interview of Schoolboy Q. He talks about the Lakers, signing with Interscope, the circumstances under which a Black Hippy album would happen and the reasons why he quit sipping Lean. Real talk. Check out the video below. Props to Good Fella Media. Related: Schoolboy Q -... Read more
May 11, 2012 Food for Thought, Video
Jon Connor – No Thrillz (Video)

Jon Connor – No Thrillz (Video)

Here's a new video for Jon Connor's No Thrillz. Tough joint. Check it out below. Related: Jon Connor - Toca Tuesdays Freestyle (Video)... Read more
May 3, 2012 Video
Ab-Soul – SOPA ft Schoolboy Q

Ab-Soul – SOPA ft Schoolboy Q

SOPA is the latest from Ab-Soul and it features Schoolboy Q. Check it out below. Related: Ab-Soul - Pineal Gland (Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNpcN_iQszk&feature=player_embedded... Read more
April 24, 2012 Audio
Ransom – Pray For Me ft Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock

Ransom – Pray For Me ft Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock

Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock join Ranson on the previously unreleased Pray For Me. Kendrick is only on the hook but Jay Rock and Ranson hold it down with their verses. Check it out below. Related: Schoolboy Q Toca Tuesday Freestyle + Ab-Soul - Pineal Gland (Video)... Read more
April 18, 2012 Audio
There have been a lot of Kendrick Lamar freestyles floating around lately. This one is a little different.

There have been a lot of Kendrick Lamar freestyles floating around lately. This one is a little different.

First and foremost, he is truly going off the top of the head instead of kicking a pre-written verse. Secondly, he's rhyming with a live violin player. Check it out. Also, click here if you need more Kendrick Lamar freestyles in your life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVT9YiWUR1k&feature=player_embedded... Read more
July 24, 2011 Video
2 days, 2 dope freestyles. First up is Young Chris and then Pusha T.

2 days, 2 dope freestyles. First up is Young Chris and then Pusha T.

Young Chris laced Toca Tuesdays and Pusha T dropped bombs with Funk Flex.  Check 'em out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxFoKuC5Phw&feature=player_embedded Click here to download.... Read more
March 22, 2011 Audio, Video
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