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Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival 2013 (Live Stream)

The 2013 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival is in progress right now and EPMD just hit the stage (6:26pm EST). Redman and Pusha T will also be performing later. Check out the live stream below. Related: A Tribe Called Quest & Leaders of the New School perform Scenario live at the Brooklyn... Read more

July 13, 2013 Video

Twenty-Two 2’s: A Playlist of Some of the Best 1-2 Combos in Hip-Hop (Playlist)

22 2's... There have been a lot of dope groups with two MCs over the years. Which dynamic duo is the best? We've assembled a playlist of 22 groups with 2 MCs. You'll hear music from A Tribe Called Quest, Mobb Deep, OutKast, Cypress Hill, Tha Dogg Pound, M.O.P., Little... Read more

March 29, 2013 Audio, Featured-homepage, Playlists, Video

Mister Cee – The Best of EPMD Mix

This week, Mister Cee dedicated his "Best Of" mix to the music of the one and only EPMD. You can listen to the entire mix below. Press play and "relax your mind, let your conscience be free..." Related: EPMD – Unsung (Video)... Read more

March 5, 2013 Throwback

Jay-Z & Jaz-O – So Watcha Sayin Freestyle (Video)

OK. This is nuts. Here's a freestyle from Jay-Z and Jaz-O over EPMD's So Watcha Sayin' track that is reportedly from 1989. You have to see (and hear) it to believe it. Check out the video. Related: Jermaine Dupri and Jemaine Dupri perform Money Ain’t a Thang (Video)... Read more

February 25, 2013 Video

EPMD – Unsung (Video)

The latest installment of TV One's Unsung documentary series chronicles the story of the one and only EPMD. You can watch the entire episode below. Related: EPMD Perform Headbanger With K-Solo and Redman (Video)... Read more

February 7, 2013 Throwback

We asked the AFH community who the best rap group of all time was and (not surprisingly) the response was strong and varied. Here’s a playlist featuring music from (almost) all of the groups mentioned. (Playlist)

You'll hear 32 groups including Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy, EPMD, Tha Dogg Pound, ATCQ, De La Soul, Run-D.M.C., The Beastie Boys, The Pharcyde, Jedi Mind Tricks, Mobb Deep, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Whodini, Eric B & Rakim, NWA, Black Star, Slaughterhouse and MANY MORE. You can listen to the whole thing below.... Read more

May 12, 2012 Audio, Playlists

Buddy & Kendrick Lamar – Staircases (prod. Pharrell Williams)

A video of Kendrick Lamar and Buddy performing a song called Staircases at SXSW hit a couple of weeks ago. Here's the recorded version which was produced by Pharrell. Heads will no doubt recognize the vintage Faze-O track that EPMD rocked on Please Listen to My Demo. Check it out... Read more

March 28, 2012 Audio, The Bridge

EPMD Perform Headbanger With K-Solo and Redman (Video)

EPMD reunited in NYC last night. For the finale, they brought out fellow Hit Squad members K-Solo and Redman and smashed Headbanger. Check out a video of the performance below. Also, click here to check out our playlist of songs produced by Erick Sermon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OwDzpBxumQ... Read more

February 25, 2012 Throwback, Video

Here’s a video playlist some classic hip-hop commercials (Video)

Commercials are always a big part of Super Bowl Sunday. With that in mind, here's a video playlist of some vintage hip-hop commercials. You'll hear verses from Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Large Professor, Grand Puba, Biggie, Snoop, 2Pac, Warren G, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Wu-Tang, Ice Cube, EPMD, Geto Boys... Read more

February 5, 2012 Audio, Playlists, Throwback, Video

Was there ever any question that Def Jam Recordings would be the #1 most important hip-hop record label of all time??? Here’s a 30-song playlist of music from some of the legendary Def Jam artists: LL, Public Enemy, The Beastie Boys, Redman, Method Man and more.

Before record labels were considered “the enemy” their brands actually meant something. Artists dreamed of being on the same label as the MCs they grew up idolizing and some labels had such credibility fans would buy the record just because it was on that label. We decided to look at... Read more

December 19, 2011 Audio, Food for Thought, Playlists, Throwback, Video

Rawkus and Loud were the 20th and 19th most important hip-hop record labels, respectively. Numbers 18 and 17 are…

Select Records and Fresh Records How can Select Records and Fresh Records be ahead of Rawkus AND Loud??? 2 words: historical context. Without a doubt, both Rawkus and Loud released records by some of the greatest MCs to ever bless the mic, but each of those record labels was building... Read more

November 25, 2011 Audio, Food for Thought, Playlists, Throwback

Raekwon – Just for Laughs Pt. 2

Raekwon goes in on EPMD's So Wat Cha Sayin' beat. Check out Just For Laughs Pt. 2. play pause volume Raekwon-Just 4 laughs Pt 2 Click here to download. And, if that left you fiendin' for EPMD's classic track... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wwh8WHnBWE... Read more

October 22, 2011 Audio

Here are The 50 Best Radio Freestyles, according to Complex. They discuss each freestyle AND provide audio for each one. It includes freestyles from Tribe, Wu, Snoop, Kanye, Common, Biggie, Nas, Eminem, Jay-Z and many, many more. It’s unbelievable. Just classic.

Complex has been doing a "best of" series for a while but THIS ONE is the best yet. They recently compiled The 50 Best Radio Freestyles and each entry is accompanied by the audio. This compilation would have been worth it for the legendary Common/Kanye battle, alone. The fact that... Read more

October 7, 2011 Audio, Food for Thought

DJ Jazzy Jeff and Mick Boogie dropped a crushing July 4th mix last year. Here’s part 2…

Click here to listen to and download Summertime 2. The tracklist is below. Here's Part 1 if you didn't get it last year. Here's the tracklist: 1 Intro: Summer Breeze 2 Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince: Summertime 3 Smif–n-Wessun: Bucktown 4 Jagged Edge: Where The Party At? 5 R. Kelly:... Read more

July 2, 2011 Mixes

Erick Sermon just dropped a new song and it inspired us to take a look back at his career. The latest Producer Series installment is dedicated to the Green Eyed Bandit.

When he first unleashed his sonic imprint in 1988 as part of EPMD, Erick Sermon was one of the first producers to bring P-Funk to hip-hop. Over the better part of the next 2 decades, he went on to give classic tracks to some of the most legendary names in... Read more

May 20, 2011 Audio, Playlists, Throwback

Here are some random musings from SXSW.

Hip-Hop is alive and well in Austin, TX this week. If you're not up on South By Southwest (SXSW) it is a music festival that has been around for decades. It is now the world's biggest music conference. It has traditionally catered to indie rock but over the last few... Read more

March 18, 2011 Food for Thought

New EPMD??? Yeah, that’s right…and it’s to the beat of The Breaks.

Check out Don't Get Clapped. Click here to download. And here's Kurtis Blow's The Breaks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KMrPDiw8PQ... Read more

March 12, 2011 Audio, The Bridge, Throwback

Here’s a playlist of hip-hop classics to get your head moving but not much else. You’ll find classic cuts from Eric B. and Rakim, O.C., EPMD, De La Soul, The Pharcyde, Mobb Deep, Black Moon, Pete Rock & CL Smooth and others. At 100 BPM or less, it’s to the listeners…

January 30, 2011 Audio, Playlists

Rewin(d) – AFH Samples (Video Playlist)

We recently posted a documentary about sampling so it seems fitting to make this week's playlist one dedicated to some classic samples. You'll find music sampled by Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest, Kanye West, DJ Quik, Biggie, 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Redman, Black Moon and more. The tracklist... Read more

January 21, 2011 Audio, Playlists