Jon Connor – What I Do
Jon Connor puts on another lyrical display on the Statik Selektah-produced What I Do. Check it out. Related: Jon Connor - The Backroom Freestyle (Video)... Read more
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Slum Village – Live It Up ft Vice
Here's a new track from Slum Village. Check out Live It Up featuring Vice. Related: Slum Village - Reppin' (Video)... Read more
Nipsey Hu$$le – Get Away ft Ken Malik
Nipsey Hu$$le goes in on an early 2000s throwback track (see below). Check out Get Away featuring Ken Malik. Related: Nipsey Hu$$le - They Know (Video) Here's the original track.... Read more
Buddy – Far as They Know ft Pharrell
Here's another collabo between Compton MC Buddy and Pharrell. Check out Far as They Know. Related: Buddy - Inspired (Prod. Pharrell) (Audio)... Read more
Styles P – Holiday Any Emcee
Here's a new one from Styles P. Check out Holiday Any Emcee. Related: Styles P – The Diamond Life Project (Mixtape)... Read more
Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, & Jay Rock – Highway to Hell
Kay Slay serves up the original version of Highway to Hell featuring Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q and Jay Rock on his new mixtape The Return of the Gatekeeper. Check out the song and Kay Slay's full mixtape below. Related: Jay Rock, Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q interview with Page 31 (Video)... Read more
Freddie Gibbs – The Hard ft Dana Williams
Freddie Gibbs slows it down with his new song The Hard...but it's still gangsta. Check it out. Related: Freddie Gibbs – Bout It Bout It ft Kirko Bangz... Read more
Xzibit – Up Out the Way ft E-40
Here's some more new music from Xzibit. Check out Up Out the Way featuring E-40. Related: Xzibit – Louis XIII ft King T & Tha Alkaholiks (Prod. Dr. Dre)... Read more
Throwback: Classic Audio of Rakim and Biz Markie Rhyming in High School (Audio)
Wow. Wow. WOW. Here's a super rare gem--audio footage of Biz Markie and Rakim rhyming in high school. It's so vintage Rakim rhymed under a different name...SUPER FRESH. This is from a project called the Lunchroom Battles. Check it out. Related: Rakim vs Big Daddy Kane: the playlist that settles... Read more
Curt@ins – Ruthle$$ ft Schoolboy Q
Here's a new joint from Curt@ins. Check out Ruthle$$ featuring Schoolboy Q. Related: Schoolboy Q - Party (Audio)... Read more
Blu & Exile – The Great Escape ft Homeboy Sandman & ADAD
Here's some new music from Blu & Exile. Check out The Great Escape featuring Homeboy Sandman & ADAD. Related: Blu – Rap Dope (Audio)... Read more
Slaughterhouse – Goodbye with Fat Joe
Fat Joe adds a heartfelt tribute to Chris Lighty, his longtime manager, on Slaughterhouse's Goodbye. Check it out. Related: DJ Wonder Chris Lighty tribute mix (Audio)... Read more
Lil Wayne – Dedication 4 (Mixtape)
Lil Wayne drops the 2nd high profile mixtape of the day. You can listen to and download Dedication 4 below. Related: Keyshia Cole – Enough of No Love ft Lil Wayne (Video) Download Mixtape... Read more
Talib Kweli & Z-Trip – Attack the Block (Mixtape)
Here's a brand new mixtape from Talib Kweli. You can listen to and download all of Attack the Block below. Related: Talib Kweli - Push Thru ft Curren$y & Kendrick Lamar (Video) Download Mixtape... Read more
Blu – Rap Dope
Here's the latest from Blu. Check out Rap Dope. Related: Blu & Exile – A Man (Audio)... Read more
Stalley – Last Day on the MT ft Rashad
People who have been down with Stalley for a minute may know him as the singer on Stalley's single Slapp as well as the producer of the vast majority of the Lincoln Way Nights album. The 2 reunite on Last Day on the MT. The result is the same: soulful... Read more
Various Artists – Closed Sessions Vol. 2 (Mixtape)
We've dropped a few joints from the Closed Sessions Vol. 2 mixtape over the last few weeks. Now you can listen to and download the whole thing which features songs from Blu, Action Bronson, Freddie Gibbs, Sir Michael Rocks, Raekwon and many more. Check it out below. Related: Download the... Read more
Casual & J Rawls – Hier-O-Dot ft Souls of Mischief and MHz
Here's another Hieroglyphics reunion. This time Casual teams up with Souls of Mischief. Check out Hier-O-Dot. Related: Casual & J Rawls - Respect Game Or Expect Flames ft Del the Funky Homosapien (Video)... Read more
Happy Birthday Michael Jackson – Mister Cee Tribute Mix (Mixtape)
Happy birthday to the King of Pop. As has become his custom on meaningful dates for fallen legends, Mister Cee did a tribute mix. You can listen to the whole thing below. Related: DJ Jazzy Jeff's Micheal Jackson Tribute (Mixtape)... Read more
Buddy – Inspired (Prod. Pharrell)
Buddy, yet another dope MC from Compton, dropped a hot duet with Kendrick Lamar some months ago called Staircases, that was produced by Pharrell. Skateboard P once again blesses Buddy with another lush track. Check out Inspired. Related: Buddy - Staircases ft Kendrick Lamar (Audio)... Read more
Torae – Gettin’ Biz ft Khrysis
Torae takes it back to the 90's rhyming over a track with a hard horn break and a James Brown sound. Fonky. Check out Gettin' Biz featuring Khrysis. If you like this one, you can listen to and download all of Torae's Off the Record EP here. Related: Torae -... Read more
THURZ – Are You Not ft Johnny Polygon
THURZ rocks over a chilled out and melodic beat on Are You Not. This is a different sound for him but it's a good look. Check it out. Related: THURZ - Another Number ft BJ the Chicago Kid (Audio)... Read more
DJ Jazzy Jeff – Life Colors (Mixtape)
DJ Jazzy Jeff has started a fantastic tradition of dropping mixtapes just in time for the holidays. Labor Day is no exception. For this mixtape, he switched things up and has mixed in everything from pop to dubstep to new jack swing. Though rooted in hip-hop, it covers a broad... Read more
Xzibit – Louis XIII ft King T & Tha Alkaholiks (Prod. Dr. Dre)
Xzibit unites with some West Coast OGs on his latest track. Check out King XIII featuring King T & Tha Alkaholiks and produced by Dr. Dre. Related: Xzibit - Man on the Moon + What It Is (Videos) ... Read more
Beanie Sigel – Dangerous ft Young Chris & Game
Beanie Sigel teams up with Game and Young Chris on his latest release. Check out Dangerous. Beanie's album This Time is in stores on Tues 8/28. Related: Beanie Sigel - The Reunion featuring State Property (Video)... Read more
Styles P – The Diamond Life Project (Mixtape)
Here's a new mixtape from Styles P. It has features from Jadakiss, Pusha T, Bun B, Curren$y and more. You can listen to and download all of The Diamond Life Project below. Related: Trademark Da Skydiver - Phone Home featuring Curren$y & Styles P (Audio) Download Mixtape... Read more
Bizarre Tribe – Runnin’
Here's a mashup of A Tribe Called Quest's Electric Relaxation and The Pharcyde's Runnin. Super ill. This is part of an upcoming project called Bizarre Tribe by Gummy Soul that will do several mash ups between the 2 legendary groups. Check out the song and a video trailer for the... Read more
Styles P – YO Trill Sh*t ft Bun B
Here's new music from Styles P. Check out YO Trill Sh*t featuring Bun B. Related: Craig G - Heaven & Hell featuring Styles P (Audio)... Read more
Ras Kass – Sushi
Ras Kass barely takes a breath on his new song Sushi. He's too busy spittin'. The West Coast underground OG is still doing it. Check it out below. Related: Ras Kass - Holes in the Ozone (Video)... Read more
Mann – Bend ft Kendrick Lamar & Frank Ocean
Kendrick Lamar and Frank Ocean lend vocals to a new track by Mann. Check out Bend. Related: Frank Ocean - Sweet Life (Prod. Pharrell)... Read more
Craig G – Heaven & Hell ft Styles P
Craig G (yeah, that Craig G) has a soulful new song with Styles P. Check out Heaven & Hell. Related: The greatest posse cuts of all time (Audio & Video Playlist)... Read more
Busta Rhymes – Year of the Dragon (Full Album Stream & Download)
Busta Rhymes released his latest album Year of the Dragon free today. You can listen to and download the entire project below. Related: Busta Rhymes - Life & Rhymes Documentary (Video) Download Mixtape... Read more
Slaughterhouse – Throw That ft Eminem
Eminem joins Slaughterhouse on their latest release from welcome to: OUR HOUSE. Check out Throw That. Related: Slaughterhouse - On the House (Mixtape) Click here to purchase... Read more
Redman – Bridging the Gap
Here's a new verse that's a special delivery from Redman. Check out Bridging the Gap. Related: A playlist celebrating the career of Redman (Audio)... Read more
ChrisCo – Straight Up ft Jon Connor & Elzhi (Prod. DJ Premier)
DJ Premier laced ChrisCo, Jon Connor and Elzhi with a dope track. This one sounds like it's straight from the 90's, complete with a jazz loop and Primo's signature drums and scratches. Dopeness. Check out Straight Up. Related: DJ Premier goes to work on the turntables (Video)... Read more
Kendrick Lamar – Westside, Right On Time ft Young Jeezy
Kendrick Lamar teams up with Jeezy for the final TDE release of the week. Blazing hot...Check out Westside, Right on Time. Right on time to start the weekend, indeed. Related: DJ Khaled - They Ready ft Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole & Big K.R.I.T.... Read more
Slaughterhouse – Truth or Truth
Here's another drop from the upcoming On the House mixtape from Slaughterhouse. They go in for more than 14 minutes over the instrumental for Ross' Tears of Joy. Check out Truth or Truth. Related: Slaughterhouse - Goodbye (Prod. Boi-1da)... Read more
Schoolboy Q – Party
3 nights, 3 TDE releases. This one is from Schoolboy Q. Check out Party. Related: Schoolboy Q & Kendrick Lamar do their own performance of Rick Ross' Hold Me Back (Video)... Read more
The Kid Daytona – Copy, Copy ft Jon Connor
Here's a hot new joint from The Kid Daytona. Check out Copy, Copy featuring Jon Connor. Related: The Kid Daytona - Angela's Sister M.A.D.E. in America... Read more
Ab-Soul – Nibiru
Here's another new song from TDE courtesy of Ab-Soul. He lives up to his name by crafting a dense rhyme about extinction level events. There are not too many MCs in this head space. Check out Nibiru. Related: Ab-Soul - Black Lip Bastard (Black Hippy Remix) featuring Kendrick Lamar, Jay... Read more
Cyhi The Prynce – Good For Me
Here's a soulful, laid-back joint from Cyhi The Prynce. Check out Good For Me. Related: Cyhi The Prynce - Ivy League (Mixtape)... Read more
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
Brother Ali – Mourning in America
Here's the title track to Brother Ali's upcoming Mourning in America album. Check it out. Related: Brother Ali - Stop the Press... Read more
Talib Kweli – To the Music ft Maino (Prod. 9th Wonder)
Wow. 9th Wonder chopped up an 80's R&B classic LOVELY (more on that below) for Talib Kweli's new song. Check out Talib's To the Music featuring Maino. Be on the lookout for Talib's new mixtape Attack the Block. Related: Talib Kweli - Push Thru featuring Kendrick Lamar & Curren$y (Video)... Read more
1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) – Up Every Night (Remix) ft Cory Gunz & Kid Ink
Here's a dope remix from Statik Selektah & Termanology (aka 1982). Statik goes in on the track using an old soul sample, drops from Chubb Rock and Doug E. Fresh, a BBD-inspired bridge and more. Sound bugged out? It is but it works. Check out Up Every Night (Remix) featuring... Read more
Rittz – Bloody Murdah ft Tech N9ne
Here's a new collabo from Rittz & Tech N9ne. Check out Bloody Murdah. Related: Yelawolf & Rittz - Growin' Up in the Gutter (Video)... Read more
Asher Roth – The World is Not Enough
Asher Roth has new weekly series called #AshWednesdays where he releases new music. This week's installment is a nice groove that is anchored by an old soul sample. Check out The World is Not Enough. Related: Asher Roth freestyles on Hot 97 (Video)... Read more
Hit-Boy – HITstory (Mixtape)
Here's the debut mixtape of Hit-Boy, the producer behind N's in Paris, Theraflu/Way Too Cold/Cold and more. The mixtape features Bun B, John Legend, Big Sean, KiD CuDi and more. You can listen to and download all of HITstory below. Related: Kanye West & Jay-Z - N*ggas in Paris (Video)... Read more