Sheek Louch & Ghostface Killah – Hands Up
Sheek Louch & Ghostface Killah trade verse after verse after verse on Hands Up. Straight grimy goodness. Check it out.... Read more
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Slaughterhouse – She Will
Slaughterhouse (without Royce Da 5'9")commandeers another heavy rotation beat and makes it their own. Check out their version of She Will.... Read more
J Cole just dropped a new song that’s as good as any on his album. He goes in on an old soul sample. Check out Grew Up Fast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KkSIaYE7sM Here's the David Ruffin original. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mu8fXaDvWU... Read more
Stalley – Midnight Satori
Stalley has been on his grind lately. Here's another new track called Midnight Satori. It features a soulful 70's style track. Check it out.... Read more
Crooked I – Monsters in My Head ft Slaughterhouse
Crooked I teams up with the rest of Slaughterhouse on his new song Monsters in My Head. Boi 1da supplies the track. Check it out below.... Read more
Blu – ucla (Album) (Produced by Madlib)
blu and Madlib had a couple of dope collabos last year. Now...here's a full album. Check out ucla featuring blu on the mic and Madlib on the boards. You can listen to the entire album and download it below. Click here to download.... Read more
DJ Premier Black Fist Friday Mix (Mixtape)
New York's Hot 97 is bringing in guest DJs each week for its Black Fist Fridays series. Last week was ?uestlove. This week, DJ Premier gets busy. Listen to his mix and download it below. Also, click here to check out our playlist of DJ Premier-produced music.... Read more
Stalley – Mind Made Up & 87 Regal
Here are 2 hot new joints for Stalley. Check out Mind Made Up (produced by The Neptunes' Chad Hugo) and 87 Regal (produced by Block Beattaz). Mind Made Up 87 Regal... Read more
Erick Sermon – Breath of Fresh Air (Mixtape)
Here's a brand new mixtape from Erick Sermon with features from Method Man, Redman, Keith Murray, KRS-One and more. Listen to the whole thing and download it below. Download Mixtape... 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
Kendrick Lamar – Cartoons & Cereal ft Gunplay
Here's some new music from Kendrick Lamar. Check out Cartoons & Cereal featuring Gunplay.... Read more
Questlove J Dilla Tribute Mix (Mixtape)
There have been a lot of tributes to J Dilla this week due to the anniversaries of both his birth and passing. Questlove dedicated this mix to him today. It features lots of Dilla beats and music from Ghostface, Mos Def, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots and more. You... Read more
Stalley – BCGMMG
Stalley's BCGMMG is straight FIRE! This is one of the best tracks he's dropped (and that's saying a lot). Check it out.... Read more
Action Bronson – Dear Heather ft Rockie Fresh & Macie Stewart
Here's a crazy soulful new joint from Action Bronson. Check out Dear Heather featuring Rockie Fresh and Macie Stewart.... Read more
J Dilla Tributes – Donuts (as performed by the Stray Phrases jazz band) + J Dilla Playlist + Big Dilla Mixtape ft Big Pun over J Dilla Beats
And, let's not forget that today was also J Dilla's birthday. Here's a triple tribute to one of the greatest hip-hop producers of all time. Below you'll find an incredible live jazz band version of Donuts, our playlist of J Dilla produced tracks and a link to a project featuring... Read more
Big Pun – Mister Cee’s Tribute Mix (Mixtape)
Today marks the 12th anniversary of Big Pun's untimely passing. To celebrate his LIFE, Mister Cee put together this tribute mix. Listen to it and download it below.... Read more
Sir Michael Rocks – Imagine + Out The Jam
Here are 2 hot new tracks from The Cool Kids' Sir Michael Rocks. Check out Imagine and Out The Jam. Imagine Out The Jam... Read more
Curren$y – Here (Mixtape)
Curren$y dropped a new EP yesterday. If you missed it in the Super Bowl shuffle, you can listen to it and download it below. Check out Here. Download Mixtape... Read more
TechN9ne – Blur ft Wreckonize from ¡Mayday!
Here's a new song from TechN9ne featuring Wreckonize from ¡Mayday!. Check out Blur.... Read more
Stalley – God’s Child
Here's a hot new track from Stalley. Check out God's Child.... Read more
Trae Tha Truth – I’m On 2.0 ft Big K.R.I.T., Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, B.o.B., Tyga, Bun B, Gudda Gudda and Jadakiss
Wow. Trae Tha Truth brought out an all-star squad of MCs version 2.0 for his song I'm On. It features Big K.R.I.T., Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, B.o.B., Tyga, Bun B, Gudda Gudda and Jadakiss--all on a flip of Mark Morrison's classic Return of the Mack track. Check it out. Here... Read more
The Kid Daytona – Angela’s Sister
The Kid Daytona flows lovely over the theme song for Taxi. So soulful...Check out Angela's Sister. Here's the timeless theme from Taxi...aka Angela. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDj2-tgAauw... Read more
Big K.R.I.T. – Boobie Miles
Big K.R.I.T.'s 4EvaNaDay mixtape drops on 2/20. K.R.I.T. just released the first song from the project. It's a jazzy track with typically meaningful lyrics from K.R.I.T. Check out Boobie Miles (peep the song title reference). Here's what K.R.I.T. had to say about the song: "The 1st song I wanted 2... Read more
D’Angelo – Live (Mixtape) + 2 New Songs (Video)
Here's a double dose of D'Angelo goodness courtesy of OkayPlayer. Check out an incredible mix of live versions of some of his classics (tracklist, stream and download link below), as well as a video playlist of him performing 2 new songs (Another Life + The Charade) and a David Bowie... Read more
Mac Miller – Dig That ft Cam’ron
Here's a soulful joint from the seemingly unlikely combo of Cam'ron and Mac Miller. Check out Dig That.... Read more
Tha Dogg Pound – Make It Hot ft Snoop Dogg
Here's a new joint from Tha Dogg Pound featuring Snoop Dogg. Check out Make It Hot.... Read more
Yelawolf goes in on Jeezy’s I Do track. ILL. Check out his I Do Freestyle.
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Frank Ocean – Voodoo
Here's some new music from Frank Ocean. Cool out to Voodoo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xosfhDTjR5c... Read more
Logic – Young Sinatra III
Logic breathes life into a vintage (and ridiculously slept on) Milkbone track, complete with a Nas/AZ sample. Check out Young Sinatra III. Props to 2DopeBoyz for the find. Here's the original Milkbone joint.... Read more
Joe Budden – No Church in the Wild
Joe Budden went in on the No Church in the Wild track from Watch the Throne. Check it out.... Read more
Saigon – Warning Shots 3: One Foot in the Grave (Mixtape)
Saigon has dropped a bunch of tracks from his Warning Shots 3: One Foot in the Grave project. Here's the full mixtape. You can listen to the whole thing and download it below. Download Mixtape... Read more
Sadat X – Remember That (Video) + Fokis – Just Sayin’ ft Sadat X
Here's a double play of new music from Sadat X. Check out the video for Sadat's Remember That and Just Sayin' by Fokis featuring Sadat X. http://vimeo.com/35510763 Fokis - Just Sayin' ft Sadat X... Read more
Saigon – Women Are the New Dogs
Saigon's new song, Women Are the New Dogs, takes a different direction than what you might expect from the title. It actually ends up being a commentary on how men have treated women. Check it out below.... Read more
Action Bronson – Strictly Business Pt. 1 & 2
Here's some new Action Bronson. It's a Statik Selektah-produced track which features an ill flip of a Boyz II Men classic and another New Jack swing joint from the soundtrack to Strictly Business (the movie that put Halle Berry on the map). Check out Strictly Business Pt. 1 & 2,... Read more
JIM-E-O – Tale of 3 Cities ft Big Remo & Dave East
Here's a hot joint from Austin's JIM-E-O featuring Big Remo (from 9th Wonder's camp) and Dave East. Check out Tale of 3 Cities.... Read more
Here’s a tribute mix to Jam Master Jay by Funkmaster Flex (Mixtape)
The late, great Jam Master Jay would have been 47 years old yesterday. In celebration of his birthday, Funkmaster Flex did a tribute mix filled with Run-D.M.C. classics. You can listen to the mix and download it below. When asked who's best, y'all should say....Also, click here to listen to... Read more
K. Sparks – The Cotton Club ft JAYVINE
Here's a nice jazzy track with some knock too it. Check out K. Spark's The Cotton Club featuring JAYVINE.... Read more
Joe Cool – Cooley Hi (Mixtape)
Here's Joe Cool's new Cooley Hi mixtape. It has a bunch of hot joints on it, including I Wanna Sell Drugs which talks about fighting through the daily grind and resisting the temptation to sell drugs. Joe Cool is also a double threat, handling most of the production on the... Read more
Saigon – Hungry
Here's the latest from Saigon. Check out Hungry. His new mixtape, Warning Shots 3: One Foot in the Grave drops soon.... Read more
MC Eiht – All Hood
Here's some new music from West Coast OG, MC Eiht. Check out All Hood.... Read more
Dom Kennedy – Why The Hell Not
Here's a hot previously unreleased track from Dom Kennedy. Check out Why The Hell Not.... Read more
Obie Trice – Growing Up in the Hood ft The Game
The Game and Obie Trice go in on a classic track from Compton's Most Wanted (with a little Ohio Players sprinkled in). Check out Growing Up in the Hood. Here are the Compton's Most Wanted and Ohio Players tracks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcU1ra4nyTI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJLrYjKqPmk... Read more
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 – Rich Forever (Mixtape)
Here's the new Rick Ross project before he drops his next album, God Forgives, I Don't. You can listen to and download all of Rich Forever below. For all intents and purposes, this is an album, with features from the likes of Nas, Pharrell, Diddy, Wale, Styles P, John Legend,... Read more
Rapper Big Pooh, Donny Goines & Raven Sorvino – Don’t Say Goodbye
Keeping it on the Little Brother tip, here's a new song featuring Rapper Big Pooh, along with Donny Goines and Raven Sorvino. Check out Don't Say Goodbye.... Read more
Chris Cab – One Thing
Here's a hot new song from Chris Cab that was produced by Pharrell. You may remember Chris Cab from some of his acoustic guitar covers of songs like Black & Yellow. Check out One Thing. Click the arrow on the right of the player to download.... Read more
Meek Mill – Lean Wit It
Here's the first release from Volume 2 of Meek Mill's Dreamchasers mixtape. Check out Lean With It. Click here to download.... Read more
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
Schoolboy Q – Blessed ft Kendrick Lamar
Now THIS is how you start a new year. Schoolboy Q drops a true gem with Kendrick Lamar. The song is called Blessed. Nuff said. Click here to download.... Read more