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

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

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

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

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

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