Meek Mill – Amen ft Drake and Jeremih
Here's a new joint from Meek Mill's Dream Chasers 2 mixtape which drops on Monday. Check out Amen featuring Drake and Jeremih. Related: Meek Mill - Faded Too Long (Video)... Read more
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Drake – Take Care ft Rihanna (Video) + HYFR ft Lil Wayne (Video)
Here are the latest 2 videos from Drake. Check out Take Care ft Rihanna and HYFR ft Lil Wayne. Related: Nicki Minaj - Beez in the Trap ft 2 Chainz (Video) Take Care http://vimeo.com/39762226 HYFR http://vimeo.com/39912287... Read more
Kendrick Lamar speaks about his new album, working with Dr. Dre and more (Video)
Here's a cool interview of Kendrick Lamar by Fuse. They talked with him at SXSW about his new album, working with Dr. Dre and The Game, touring with Drake and signing with Interscope. Check it out below. Previously: Kendrick Lamar talks about his earliest musical influences and his connection with... Read more
Joell Ortiz – The Motto
Members of the Slaughterhouse crew continue their assault on popular tracks. This time Joell Ortiz goes in on The Motto beat originally made for Drake. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7jF-Nps1C0... Read more
MTV’s 2012 Hottest MCs in the Game (Video)
MTV dropped its 7th annual installment of its hottest MCs in the game last night. They were: 1. Rick Ross, 2. Drake, 3. Kanye West, 4. Nicki Minaj, 5. Lil Wayne, 6. Jay-Z, 7. Meek Mill, 8. Big Sean, 9. Wiz Khalifa, 10. Wale. And by now, you probably already... Read more
Big K.R.I.T. – KING Pt 2
Here's some new heat from Big K.R.I.T. He goes IN on the Lord Knows track Just Blaze produced for Drake. Check out KING Pt. 2.... Read more
The first month of 2012 is almost in the books. Here’s a playlist of some of the better music to drop in January 2012. You’ll hear music from Schoolboy Q, Rapper Big Pooh, Curren$y, Jay-Z (and Blue Ivy Carter), Common & Drake, Scolla, Logic, Rick Ross, Stalley, Saigon and more. You can listen below.
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You knew this was coming…Common takes shots at Drake on Sweet, Drake fires back on Stay Schemin’ with Rick Ross and now Common retaliates on his own personal remix to Stay Schemin’. Who got who? Does this “beef” even make sense? 2 artists, 2 new albums…Here’s Common’s “Remix” to Stay Schemin’ by Rick Ross ft Drake.
Click here to see the video to the original Stay Schemin' from Rick Ross, Drake and French Montana.... Read more
Rick Ross – Stay Schemin’ ft Drake and French Montana (Video)
Fresh off the release of his mixtape Rich Forever (click here to listen and download it), Rick Ross drops a video for Stay Schemin' featuring Drake and French Montana. Check it out.... Read more
Check out our 175+ song playlist of the best hip-hop 2011 had to offer (in chronological order). You’ll hear music from Kendrick Lamar, DJ Quik, Pete Rock and Smiff N Wessun, XV, Action Bronson, Common, Curren$y, The Roots, Saigon, Bumpy Knuckles, Big K.R.I.T., Bun B, Asher Roth, Phonte, Reks, Raekwon, Stalley, Pusha T, Wale, Zion I, Smoke DZA, Busta Rhymes, J. Cole, Jean Grae, Statik Selektah, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Yelawolf, Pharoahe Monch and far too many other great artists to name.
The music speaks for itself. Press play and let it ride or click here to see the playlist and pick your own order. Either way, enjoy the good notes of 2011.... Read more
Ambrosia For Heads’ 2011 Best Hip-Hop Albums/Mixtapes of the Year: Here’s a look at our picks for the best of the best in 2011. You’ll find words on each as well as samples of the music. Tell us your picks for 2011.
It's that time of year again, when you're hit with a ton of year end, best of lists. We're going to keep it simple. We have 2 lists: best hip-hop albums/mixtapes of the year and songs of the year. First up, here are our picks for the best hip-hop albums/mixtapes... Read more
Drake – The Motto ft Lil Wayne & Tyga (Video)
Here's the latest video from Drake. Check out The Motto featuring Lil Wayne and Tyga. Drake ~ The Motto Featuring Lil Wayne & Tyga (Official Video) from OctobersVeryOwn on Vimeo.... Read more
Cash Money Records comes in as the 8th most important hip-hop record label of all time. It’s getting serious.
#8 Cash Money Records As we discussed in our entries about #16 Rap-A-Lot Records and #12 No Limit Records, the South currently runs hip-hop (and has for at least the last 5 years) and Cash Money is by far the most successful hip-hop record label to come out of the... Read more
Affion Crockett – Drake “Headlines” Spoof (Video)
It's been a minute since Affion Crockett did a hip-hop spoof but he's back...This time he takes on Drake's Headlines and gives the title a whole new meaning. Check out the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DSVh8BNd_ps... Read more
Drake – Crew Love ft The Weeknd
Crew Love is a nice collabo between Drake and The Weeknd from Drake's Take Care album. Check it out below. Take Care drops on 11/15. Click here to download.... Read more
Drake – The Motto ft Lil Wayne
The Motto didn't make the cut for Drake's album (see the tracklist below) but it's an interesting departure for him. It's a stripped down sound that's a throwback to the mid-80's when tracks were just a drum beat, hand clap and (occasionally) a sparse keyboard. He and Lil Wayne trade... Read more
Drake – Make Me Proud ft Nicki Minaj
Here's the latest track to drop from Drake's upcoming Take Care album. Check out Make Me Proud featuring Nicki Minaj. Click here to download.... Read more
K-OS – Faith Pt. 2 ft Drake
K-OS dropped a really hot song last year called Faith. It featured a soulful hook, a verse by Drake and a track courtesy of the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League. Here's part 2 of the song, with new lyrics from K-OS. Check out Faith Pt. 2. Click here to download.... Read more
Drake – Headlines (Video)
Here's the latest video from Drake. Check out Headlines. http://vimeo.com/29906266... Read more
Here’s a new cut from Drake. It’s on a smoothed out tip, kinda like Fireworks. If you’re a fan, you’ll really feel this. If you’re not, you won’t. Nuff said. Check out Club Paradise.
Here's a new cut from Drake. It's on a smoothed out tip, kinda like Fireworks. If you're a fan, you'll really feel this. If you're not, you won't. Nuff said. Check out Club Paradise. Click here to download. Here's what Drake had to say about Club Paradise: "Dropping this for... Read more
Lil Wayne – She Will (Remix) ft Drake & Rick Ross
Here's the latest drop from The Carter IV.... Read more
Drake’s new album, Take Care, is coming in October. Headlines is the first single. Check it out.
Drake - Headlines. Hot or not? Click here to download.... Read more
It’s been 17 years since No I.D. laced Common with the track for the classic I Used to Love H.E.R. Nearly 2 decades later, the Chicago legend that Kanye West cites as his mentor is still going strong. The latest installment of our Producer Series is dedicated to the music of No I.D. Click below to hear the mix.
Nearly 2 decades later, the Chicago legend that Kanye West cites as his mentor is still going strong. The latest installment of our Producer Series is dedicated to the music of No I.D. It's always interesting to listen to a producer's body of work over an extended period of time. ... Read more
Here’s a brand new joint from Drake. Sounds like a new album may be coming relatively soon.
Check out Dreams Money Can Buy. Click here to download.... Read more
Here’s a hot new Summer joint from DJ Khaled ft Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne.
Check out I'm On One. Get ready to hear this one for a long time.... Read more
OK…so I was a little late on Nardwaur but better late…
For anyone else who missed these or who wants to be entertained (again) check out the best of Nardwaur vs. Hip-Hop. It's cool to see him consistently engage some very respectable minds in hip-hop with deeply researched questions. Warning: These interviews are like Lays...No one can have just one. Nardwaur... Read more
Here’s a double dose of new Kanye West. Check out the remix to All of the Lights and the promo video for Kanye’s appearance at SXSW.
The All of the Light remix features Lil Wayne, Big Sean and Drake and the visual is a mix up of some of Kanye's best tracks. Here's the video and you can listen to and download the track below: http://vimeo.com/20948755 Click here to download.... Read more
J. Cole and Drake. You know what it is. Here’s the video for In the Morning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsdLE_bgM3I&feature=player_embedded#at=22... Read more
So while we’re on the topic…what is Underground anyway?
Is it a genre? A description of an artist's commercial status? A reflection of whether you're signed to a major label? All of the above? Neither? People use the term all the time. "I like underground rap." "They're too underground, they'll never sell." "Let's keep it on the underground tip..."... Read more
Beat lovers get ready to feast on some true ambrosia for heads. Witness the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League’s sample battle.
Here's some footage of Drake in the studio with the mighty J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League where he challenges them to battle one another with their dopest samples. It's part of the Any Given Monday series that has been making Mondays a day to look forward to. It ranks right up there with... Read more
10 reasons why 2010 was the best year ever in hip-hop: #1 YMCMB…could it be anything else?
Has there ever been 1 hip-hop label more dominant in a year than Young Money/Cash Money? It depends on how you define "dominant." If you're talking purely about record sales, Death Row and maybe even Bad Boy had more dominant years in the 90s. But this is a different era... Read more
10 reasons why 2010 was the best year ever in hip-hop: #4 Whut? Thee album???…there have been a lot of great songs in hip-hop over the years but not a lot of great ALBUMS. In 2010, there were at least 10…
When's the last time you went back and listened to some of your favorite hip-hop albums from back in the day? I'm guessing if you randomly picked 10 of your favorites and listened to them from front to back, you would want to skip at least 5 tracks on each... Read more
10 reasons why 2010 was the best year ever in hip-hop: #7 Rappin’ all over the world…you know that’s right when the hottest rapper of the year was from Canada.
Everyone knows New York City was the birthplace of hip-hop. For years, the dominant s0und in the genre was from the city that never sleeps. In the late 80's the West Coast, particularly LA, began to take over and it had a several year reign that corresponded with the fall... Read more
What if Reasonable Doubt had been a mixtape? Would Jay-Z still be 11 albums deep and considered the greatest of all time if In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 had been his first official "album?"
Certainly, his potential and talent still would have been present, but there's a big question mark as to whether the public would have given him a second chance or whether the good fellas at Roc-A-Fella would have invested the money to make another "album." Reasonable Doubt the "mixtape" would have... Read more
Moment 4 Life is probably the dopest song on Nicki Minaj's album. Check out her performance of it on George Lopez's show.
George Lopez is actually starting to rival Jimmy Fallon for dope hip-hop performances. Nicki did this solo, but the original with Drake is even (just a little bit) hotter. Pink Friday is a solid album. Here's the version with Drake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAnr9afMn5Q... Read more
T.I.'s Poppin' Bottles is the dopest track I've heard off his new album, so far. Not surprisingly, it features Drake.
Click here to download. T.I.'s album No Mercy drops on 12/7.... Read more
Interested in what's on Nicki Minaj's mind? Check out this interview. The visual is kinda crazy but the audio is pretty insightful.
Looks like somebody didn't come to the station all barbied up. It's all good though. She discusses Wayne, Eminem, Kanye, Drake and much more. http://www.vimeo.com/16802119... Read more
Rihanna and Drake have some real chemistry in the video for What's My Name. Hmm…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0CGsw6h60k&feature=player_embedded... Read more
Rick Ross' Aston Martin Music might be the coldest song on Teflon Don. Here's the behind the scenes on the making of the video.
http://www.vimeo.com/15732982 And, in case you missed the making of the Aston Martin Music track, click here to check it out (it's serious). ... Read more
Chris Brown's Deuces remix ft Drake, T.I., Kanye West, Fabolous and Andre 3000 is fire! Get it while you can…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTLjYiiPy1c Click here to download.... Read more
It's a new day and Omar Akil is bringing a New World Order to Ambrosia for Heads. Check out his remix of Bun B's classic Trill O.G.
New World Order: Bun B - Trill O.G. Have you ever played an album to death? Or have you ever questioned why your favorite artist put that bomb ass song at the end of their CD as the third hidden track (and its untitled at that)? If you've ever skipped... Read more
New Lil Wayne and Drake–Right Above It
Click here to listen and download.... Read more
Is 2010 the best Summer ever for hip-hop? These releases from Eminem, Drake, The Roots, Big Boi and Rick Ross are making a strong argument.
Can you come up with a better slate of Summer releases of rap albums than these: Recovery - Eminem Single: Not Afraid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5-yKhDd64s Standout track (1 of many): 25 to Life Thank Me Later - Drake Single: Drizzy hit several markets, dropping Find Your Love for the ladies and Over for... Read more
If hip-hop was dead it lives again with Drake and The Roots
With yesterday being Tupac's birthday, it seems fitting to take a few ticks to reflect on the current state of hip-hop. It's been a bleak couple of years (with some notable exceptions from Jay, Weezy and a few other's) but Drake's Thank Me Later is a solid piece of work front to back... Read more
Meditations on Hip-Hop, Vol. Too
Think of this as hip-hop for chilling, sitting back and relaxing or just marinating. It’s hip-hop for a rainy day. Just hit play, sit back and let it ride. Tracklist is below. Kick it to the Beat – J-Live The Lights – Nicolay & Kay Do You Think About Me... Read more
All Night Long (Miss Me) – Drake ft. Lil Wayne
Another banger from Drake produced by Boi-1da. They are becoming a can’t miss team having already killed it together on Best I Ever Had, Forever and Over. Could they bet the 20 teens version of Kanye and Hov (or Pharrell and Hov…or Timbaland and Hov)? Click here for the download.... Read more