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Erykah Badu Mixes Kanye With Whodini And Gets All The Way Trill (Audio)

Erykah Badu Mixes Kanye With Whodini And Gets All The Way Trill (Audio)

Erykah Badu's "covers" have become something to look forward to. After her grabbing rendition of Drake's "Hotline Bling" in late 2015, Ms. Badu wastes no time reworking Kanye West's "Real Friends," which was released less than one week ago (January 8). "Trill Friends: Badu Whodini Rough Mix" is an experiment... Read more
January 12, 2016 Audio
MC Eiht & Beneficence Drop Coast To Coast Wisdom On A Scratch-Driven Beat (Audio)

MC Eiht & Beneficence Drop Coast To Coast Wisdom On A Scratch-Driven Beat (Audio)

Newark, New Jersey's Beneficence keeps the interesting collaborations coming. Following his Masta Ace-featured "When The Sun Come," Bene' brings in another 1980s alum in MC Eiht. While Brick City and Hub City are more than 3,000 miles apart, the two rhyme veterans find common ground on "Anyway It Goes." The... Read more
January 6, 2016 Audio
Your Old Droog Combines Basketball, Seinfeld & Electro Funk (Audio)

Your Old Droog Combines Basketball, Seinfeld & Electro Funk (Audio)

Your Old Droog will not be pinned down. Over the last 18 months, he has tapped into 90s Hip-Hop, Jazz and Classic Rock as sonic canvases on which to paint his colorful lyrical pictures. Now, he pivots, heads to the 80s and whips up a track that not only conjures... Read more
November 13, 2015 Audio
Ice Cube & MC Ren Explain Why Rap Groups Are Hard To Sustain

Ice Cube & MC Ren Explain Why Rap Groups Are Hard To Sustain

This week, Straight Outta Compton opens to theaters. Presumably, millions of movie-goers will see Hollywood's take on the formation, rise, and eventual break-up of one of Hip-Hop's most influential and iconic groups: N.W.A. While the surviving members of N.W.A. (Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, DJ Yella, and MC Ren) all participated... Read more
August 11, 2015 Fresh
DJ Premier & Dr. Dre Are Clearly Up To Something, What Could It Be?

DJ Premier & Dr. Dre Are Clearly Up To Something, What Could It Be?

Nas' It Was Written. The 8 Mile Soundtrack. Game's The R.E.D. Album. Only a handful of times in their careers, combined spanning more than 50 years, have Dr. Dre and DJ Premier worked on the same album in a production capacity. There would have been several more of those times,... Read more
July 19, 2015 Fresh
Public Enemy’s Energy Only Grows. See The Man Plans, GOD Laughs Title Cut (Video)

Public Enemy’s Energy Only Grows. See The Man Plans, GOD Laughs Title Cut (Video)

Today (July 15), Public Enemy made their latest album, Man Plans, GOD Laughs available for stream. Formally released next week (July 22), Chuck D, Professor Griff, DJ Lord and Flavor Flav used the moment to bum-rush the bandwidth with an LP that shows its admitted influence by the likes of... Read more
July 15, 2015 Video
Drake Has a Message for His Enemies: He Has Energy And He Doesn’t Stand Alone (Video)

Drake Has a Message for His Enemies: He Has Energy And He Doesn’t Stand Alone (Video)

Drake takes a look at pop culture and turns it on its head in the instantly rewind-worthy new video for "Energy." The visual, for the song which is directed straight at Drake enemies, re-creates several recognizable moments from TV shows, films and real-life. Drake channels Oprah, Kanye West, Miley Cyrus,... Read more
July 10, 2015 Video
Rick Ross Facing Assault, Battery, & Kidnapping Charges After Arrest

Rick Ross Facing Assault, Battery, & Kidnapping Charges After Arrest

Rapper Rick Ross (a/k/a William Roberts) was apprehended outside of what is reported to be his Atlanta, Georgia home by a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force earlier today (June 24), along with his bodyguard. According to Jim Joyner, a task force supervisor, more details on the arrest would come... Read more
June 24, 2015 News
Action Bronson & Joey Bada$$ Celebrate Success While Staying True (Audio)

Action Bronson & Joey Bada$$ Celebrate Success While Staying True (Audio)

It was just 30 months ago that Action Bronson and Joey Bada$$ appeared on A$AP Rocky's "1 Train," a unified front of a new, nostalgic New York City Rap crop. In 2015, a lot's changed, but a lot hasn't. All three MCs have 2015 albums, all garnering a lot of... Read more
June 8, 2015 Audio
Ever See This Rare Cypher With Tupac and Warren G Over a Classic Dr. Dre Beat? (Video)

Ever See This Rare Cypher With Tupac and Warren G Over a Classic Dr. Dre Beat? (Video)

Here's a look back at some amazing footage of Tupac, Warren G, Big Syke and Richie Rich holding a spur of the moment cypher in the studio, over the "Gz and Hustlas" track Dr. Dre produced for Snoop's Doggystle LP. Tupac and Warren G are the more commonly known of... Read more
May 2, 2015 Throwback
Finding the GOAT: None of These MCs Have Made the Top 10…Yet

Finding the GOAT: None of These MCs Have Made the Top 10…Yet

Ambrosia For Heads’ Finding The GOAT series, the search for the Greatest Of All Time MC (as determined by you), began in September, 2014 and is soon down to its final 10+1 bye (Rakim, bringing the tally to 11) contestants. The MC who wins by the biggest margin in this... Read more
April 25, 2015 Fresh
Finding The GOAT (Round 3): Big K.R.I.T. vs. Action Bronson…Who You Got?

Finding The GOAT (Round 3): Big K.R.I.T. vs. Action Bronson…Who You Got?

We have reached the third round in the ultimate battle for the title of the GOAT (Greatest of All-Time). With 42 MCs remaining, we are asking you to help us rank who is the greatest MC to pick up a mic. We will take over 35 years of Hip-Hop into... Read more
March 31, 2015 Fresh
Charles Hamilton Has Everything To Prove In A 5 Fingers Of Death Freestyle (Video)

Charles Hamilton Has Everything To Prove In A 5 Fingers Of Death Freestyle (Video)

Five years ago, Charles Hamilton was seemingly on top of the world. The Harlem, New York MC  who happens to be MC Lyte's cousin had inked a deal with the dominant Interscope Records. Hamilton was releasing spotlight-grabbing mixtapes at a breakneck speed. Along with peers Wale, B.o.B., and Asher Roth,... Read more
March 12, 2015 Video
Denitia and Sene Are Severely Slept On. This Latest Single Beckons Mainstream Attention (Audio)

Denitia and Sene Are Severely Slept On. This Latest Single Beckons Mainstream Attention (Audio)

Synth Pop and R&B are as close as they've been in 25 years. Artists like Blood Orange (Dev Hynes), Solange Knowles, and SZA are chipping away, bringing the Dance-inspired diaspora to the masses. For years now, Denitia and Sene have been consistently great, releasing poignant, versatile music on relations, emotions,... Read more
March 2, 2015 Audio
Donald Glover Plans To Lay “Childish Gambino” To Rest? (Video)

Donald Glover Plans To Lay “Childish Gambino” To Rest? (Video)

Comedian, writer and actor Donald Glover may have allegedly taken "Childish Gambino" out of the Wu-Tang Name Generator back in the mid-2000s. However, there was nothing funny or silly about what followed. Between 2008 and 2014, seven mixtapes, two EPs, and an onslaught of guest appearances followed. In two studio... Read more
February 24, 2015 News
Detroit Vs. Everybody: How One City Staged a Hip-Hop Takeover (Editorial)

Detroit Vs. Everybody: How One City Staged a Hip-Hop Takeover (Editorial)

Detroit, Michigan is historically, a fighter’s city. The sharp elbows of the Bad Boy-era Pistons, the unbreakable spirit of the autoworkers through the decline of the industry’s bountifulness, and the cold, harsh conditions of everyday life make for the Great Lakes State to be rugged, never smooth. In the context... Read more
January 24, 2015 Food for Thought
Childish Gambino Tears Up The Stage On Jimmy Kimmel Live (Video)

Childish Gambino Tears Up The Stage On Jimmy Kimmel Live (Video)

Last night (January 13) Childish Gambino gave a truly amazing performance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." He performed his song "Sober" off his new double EP, STN MTN / Kauai with flawless vocals and energetic dance moves. The song sounds more peppy when performed with the live band. Gambino also later... Read more
January 14, 2015 Video
Picking Up Girls Gets Trippy In Childish Gambino’s Sober (Video)

Picking Up Girls Gets Trippy In Childish Gambino’s Sober (Video)

For Hip-Hop artists of the moment, is anybody making as alluring videos as Childish Gambino? Donald Glover's career in film, television, and the performing arts comes to life in so many visual companions to his acclaimed songs. "Sober," from the STN MTN / Kauai project is no expection. Set in... Read more
January 9, 2015 Fresh, Video
YG Has a New Album Coming. Here’s the First Single (Audio)

YG Has a New Album Coming. Here’s the First Single (Audio)

Many believe YG has an album of the year contender with My Krazy Life (but not the Grammy Awards). With it's club and car-friendly beats and raw, unfiltered lyrics, he and DJ Mustard established a new Cali sound for a new era in Hip-Hop. Not one to rest on his... Read more
December 5, 2014 Audio
Nas Hops On ScHoolboy Q’s Studio & Gives Fans The Latest News (Audio)

Nas Hops On ScHoolboy Q’s Studio & Gives Fans The Latest News (Audio)

The members of Black Hippy look up to Nas something fierce. All four members of the California collective have said as much over the last five years. With this in mind, Nasir pops onto the official "G Mix," or official Top Dawg Enterainment remix of ScHoolboy Q's "Studio," which also... Read more
September 10, 2014 Audio, Fresh
No Malice Puts Clipse Fans’ Hopes To Bed. “Being Very Clear” (Video)

No Malice Puts Clipse Fans’ Hopes To Bed. “Being Very Clear” (Video)

Like all great groups (Outkast, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan), The Clipse are currently sending some mixed messages in regards to their status. Both Pusha T and No Malice released studio albums in 2013, with very different sounds and messages. Push appeared on Mal's Hear Ye Him, which went... Read more
March 31, 2014 Fresh, Video
ScHoolboy Q Comes Clean on OXYMORON (Album Review)

ScHoolboy Q Comes Clean on OXYMORON (Album Review)

UPDATE: Click here to stream the album via iTunes Last night (2/17), ScHoolboy Q held a listening session for part of his highly-anticipated OXYMORON album, and AFH was in the building. Compared to other listening sessions, it was a laid-back affair that perfectly suited Q’s personality. There were about 150... Read more
February 18, 2014 Featured-homepage, Food for Thought
Is Theophilus London One Of The Most Original Hip-Hop Artists Of The Moment? Take A Look (Audio)

Is Theophilus London One Of The Most Original Hip-Hop Artists Of The Moment? Take A Look (Audio)

Some Heads aren't sure what quite to make of Theophilus London. This is an artist who isn't quite a MC, isn't quite a singer, but fits uniquely in the changing landscape of what a rapper might be in 2014. He's a fashion icon (it is New York City Fashion Week... Read more
February 7, 2014 Audio, Fresh
This Week in Video Brought Tough Love From Arsenio to Kanye West, New Videos from Talib Kweli & Snoop and More (Video Playlist)

This Week in Video Brought Tough Love From Arsenio to Kanye West, New Videos from Talib Kweli & Snoop and More (Video Playlist)

This week in video brought some OG advice from Arsenio Hall to Kanye West, new music videos from Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco, Timbaland, Snoop, Jay Z & Drake, and a hilarious joy ride with Ice Cube, Kevin Hart and Conan O'Brien. Check out the playlist below to catch up on... Read more
December 15, 2013 Featured-homepage, Playlists, Video
Schoolboy Q Discusses the TDE Cypher With Sway and Takes on the 5 Fingers of Death Freestyle (Video)

Schoolboy Q Discusses the TDE Cypher With Sway and Takes on the 5 Fingers of Death Freestyle (Video)

Schoolboy Q chopped it up with Sway about the TDE Cypher, TDE's newest member Isaiah Rashad, Kendrick's Control verse and more. He and Sway also prank called Kendrick on the air. After, Q took a run at the Five Fingers of Death Freestyle. Check out the video. Related: TDE BET... Read more
October 17, 2013 Video
Sometimes I Rap Fast, Sometimes I Rap Slow: The Evolution Of JAY-Z’s Flow (Food For Thought)

Sometimes I Rap Fast, Sometimes I Rap Slow: The Evolution Of JAY-Z’s Flow (Food For Thought)

As another NFL season loads up, the sports news cycle is dominated by teams, offenses, depth charts and injury reports. Although not a fan (au contraire), I often marvel at the dynamic strategies of Bill Bellichick, Tom Brady, and the New England Patriots. From season-to-season, the three-time Super Bowl champions... Read more
August 25, 2013 Featured-homepage, Food for Thought, Fresh
Big Sean breaks down “Hall of Fame” Track By Track (Video)

Big Sean breaks down “Hall of Fame” Track By Track (Video)

After dropping the most talked about song in Hip-Hop 11 days ago, Big Sean is back again, but this time he’s giving us a window into the inspiration and concepts for his brand new album. Scheduled for release August 27, the Detroit MC describes his sophomore G.O.O.D./Def Jam effort Hall... Read more
August 23, 2013 Fresh, Video
Dizzy Wright – World Peace

Dizzy Wright – World Peace

In a week of fierce lyrical warfare, Dizzy Wright changes the tone with his latest release. If you miss that Rawkus-era conscious Hip-Hop. This one's for you. Check out the introspective and insightful World Peace. Related: Dizzy Wright – The Flavor ft SwizZz (Video)... Read more
August 16, 2013 Audio
Eminem – Survival

Eminem – Survival

Although it might be background music to a video game commercial, anything Mr. Mathers does usually ends up at the forefront of hip-hop news. As guns are blasting during the latest preview of Call of Duty: Ghosts, a closer listen reveals Eminem himself shooting lyrical bullets off his new track... Read more
August 14, 2013 Audio
Rapsody – Kingship (Prod. DJ Premier)

Rapsody – Kingship (Prod. DJ Premier)

I attended a small listening session for Rapsody's upcoming mixtape She Got Game last night. It is hands down one of the best projects of the year so far (album or mixtape) with production from 9th Wonder, Khrysis, Terrace Martin and more, as well as guest verses from Ab-Soul, Raekwon,... Read more
August 14, 2013 Audio
2 Chainz – Feds Watching ft Pharrell (Video)

2 Chainz – Feds Watching ft Pharrell (Video)

Fresh off his performance at the BET Awards, 2 Chainz releases the video for Feds Watching, his collaboration with Pharrell. Check it out below. Related: Pharrell Discusses the Making of Feds Watching with 2 Chainz (Video)... Read more
July 1, 2013 Video
J. Cole Performs Crooked Smile and Power Trip at the BET Awards (Video)

J. Cole Performs Crooked Smile and Power Trip at the BET Awards (Video)

J. Cole also got his shine on the BET Awards. Check out his performances of Crooked Smile and Power Trip with Miguel. Related: J. Cole Discusses and Performs Crooked Smile ft TLC (Video)... Read more
July 1, 2013 Video
DJ Kay Slay – Grown Man Hip-Hop Part 2 (Sleeping With the Enemy) (Mixtape)

DJ Kay Slay – Grown Man Hip-Hop Part 2 (Sleeping With the Enemy) (Mixtape)

Kay Slay released his new mixtape Grown Man Hip-Hop Part 2 (Sleeping With the Enemy) today. It features verses from Raekwon, Styles P, Sheek Louch, Jay Rock, Busta Rhymes, Jon Connor, Beanie Sigel, Joell Ortiz, Saigon, Bun B and more. You can listen to and download the entire mixtape below.... Read more
January 23, 2013 Mixes
Angel Haze – Classick (Mixtape)

Angel Haze – Classick (Mixtape)

It seems it's the week for deeply personal records. Here's a new free EP from Angel Haze. She flows over classic hip-hop records like Doo Wop (That Thing), Song Cry and Love of My Life. She also includes an extremely detailed and disturbing tale of sexual abuse over Eminem's Cleaning... Read more
October 25, 2012 Audio, Mixes
Jay Rock – YOLA

Jay Rock – YOLA

Jay Rock has been quiet the last few months but he's back with some of that fiyah. Here's a new track from him called YOLA which was produced by Dave Free who also helmed Schoolboy Q's Blessed. Check it out below. Related: Childish Gambino - Sour Face featuring Jay Rock... Read more
August 14, 2012 Audio
Skyzoo – Jansport Strings (One Time for Chi Ali) (Prod. 9th Wonder)

Skyzoo – Jansport Strings (One Time for Chi Ali) (Prod. 9th Wonder)

Here's a new one from Skyzoo that was produced by 9th Wonder. Check out Jansport Strings (One Time for Chi Ali) and Skyzoo's description of the song below. Related: Skyzoo discusses Chi-Ali being his first favorite rapper (Video) Here's what Skyzoo had to say about Jansport Strings (One Time For... Read more
August 7, 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
Ab-Soul – Terrorist Threats ft Danny Brown & Jhené Aiko

Ab-Soul – Terrorist Threats ft Danny Brown & Jhené Aiko

Here's a new joint from Ab-Soul. The track was produced by Dave Free who laced the Blessed track for Schoolboy Q. Check out Terrorist Threats featuring Danny Brown and Jhené Aiko. Previously: Ab-Soul - Showin' Love... Read more
April 6, 2012 Audio
Murs speaks on the power of independent hip-hop (Video)

Murs speaks on the power of independent hip-hop (Video)

Here's a really dope interview from Murs speaking about the current state of the industry for independent artists and talking about the new generation of West Coast MCs. Get this knowledge. Also, click here to hear Murs (and many others) talk about his first favorite rapper. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZOw5GQlaSg&feature=player_embedded Props to LA... Read more
January 11, 2012 Food for Thought, Video
The Kid Daytona – New Yorker’s Ambition ft Aloe Blacc (Video)

The Kid Daytona – New Yorker’s Ambition ft Aloe Blacc (Video)

The Kid Daytona jumps on DJ Grand Wizard Theodore's Subway Theme from the movie Wild Style (aka the instrumental Nas used for the intro to Illmatic). Check out Daytona's video for New Yorker's Ambition featuring Aloe Blacc. Also, if you missed them, here are our interviews of The Kid Daytona... Read more
January 5, 2012 The Bridge, Video
XV – #EndOfTheWorld

XV – #EndOfTheWorld

Now that it's 2012, the end of the world chatter will begin. XV's not having it. He goes in on everything from conspiracy theories to stereotypes to social media...Check out #EndOfTheWorld. Also, click here to see XV and others talk about their first favorite MCs. Click here to download.  ... Read more
January 2, 2012 Audio
Action Bronson & Statik Selektah – Cirque Du Soleil (Video)

Action Bronson & Statik Selektah – Cirque Du Soleil (Video)

Wow. This new video from Action Bronson and Statik Selektah is HOT! The beat is tough, the rhymes are on point and the concept is ill. It's a mini-murder mystery revolving around JFK. Check out Cirque Du Soleil. The Statik Selektah/Action Bronson album is about to set 2012 off right.... Read more
December 23, 2011 Video
XV – The Kick (Video)

XV – The Kick (Video)

XV's dope song The Kick dropped back in September. Here's the video. Also, click here to see XV's incredible story about the first time see he heard Jay-Z's The Blueprint (at the end of the video). http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aWpC7PC7Sck... Read more
December 23, 2011 Video
Mos Def performs new music that features tracks by Madlib and J. Dilla (Video)

Mos Def performs new music that features tracks by Madlib and J. Dilla (Video)

The Mighty Mos Def (soon to be Yasiin Bey…though he’ll always be Mighty) performed some new songs at New York's S.O.B.'s. The tracks were produced by Madlib and J. Dilla (click here for a new song from Immortal Technique that also sports a previously unreleased Dilla beat). In a word--RUGGED.... Read more
October 22, 2011 Video
Big K.R.I.T. speaks on why his album is being delayed.

Big K.R.I.T. speaks on why his album is being delayed.

There's been a lot of anticipation around Big K.R.I.T.'s forthcoming album and there was considerable disappointment when it was announced last week that the album was delayed.  I've heard many tracks from the album and imho believe it will be more than worth the wait.  Check out what K.R.I.T. himself... Read more
September 13, 2011 Video
Fresh off his new label signing, Wale just dropped 2 hot new videos. Check out The Break Up Song and The MC.

Fresh off his new label signing, Wale just dropped 2 hot new videos. Check out The Break Up Song and The MC.

As you probably know, Wale recently signed to Rick Ross' Maybach Music.  It's unclear how this may affect his sound in the future, but The Break Up Song and The MC, both from Wale's 2010 More About Nothing mixtape, are vintage Wale.   The Break Up Song rocks a cool Stevie... Read more
February 7, 2011 The Bridge, Video
Can’t wait for XXL’s Freshman issue? Check out this article from The Well Versed on 10 MCs to watch in 2011.

Can’t wait for XXL’s Freshman issue? Check out this article from The Well Versed on 10 MCs to watch in 2011.

You will no doubt see many of the same faces on the XXL cover when it drops. The site also has a cool post on the 10 best mixtapes of 2011 here.  Props.  Click here for the article on 10 MCs to watch.... Read more
February 3, 2011 Food for Thought
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