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Joey Bada$$ continues his classic NYC Hip-Hop preservation tour with the official video for the DJ Premier produced “Unorthodox.”

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In Hip-Hop, chemistry between a producer and a rapper is one of the most important things that a you can have. 

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Jordan Brand announced last month the impending arrival of the legendary hall of famer Michael Jordan’s latest signature shoe, the Air Jordan XX8 (28). To help commemorate the release of the high-end sneaker, the Jumpman team gets Hip-Hop legends Big Daddy Kane and DJ Premier together for the track “28 Bars Of Kane.” 

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For fans of the Roots, their annual summer concert series has been a highlight. Today, the house band for  Late Night With Jimmy Fallon officially announced the lineup for its sixth annual “Roots Picnic,” including performers Naughty By Nature and a handful of buzzing acts like Joey BadA$$ and Trinidad Jame$. 

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As the release date for The Grimy Awards draws near, Ill Bill provides another sampling from the project with “Truth.” The track features masterful production from none other than Soul Brother #1, Pete Rock. “Truth” picks up where “Severed Heads Of State” left off, with the Brooklyn rapper-producer spitting self-coined “mathematical goon rap” over smoothly chopped […]

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Joey BadA$$ has been pretty quiet music wise since the release of The APROcalypse and the unfortunate passing of Capital STEEZ. However, he’s back on “Unorthodox.”

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Vinnie Paz drops an animated visual treatment for “The Oracle,” produced by non-other than legendary beatsmith DJ Premier. “The Oracle” is as gritty as fans would imagine, and is the latest record to drop from the Philly MC’s upcoming album, Gods Of The Serengeti.

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This is dope on multiple levels. BBC Radio 1Xtra put together an hour long audio documentary about the late Keith “Guru” Elam. The program is part of the station’s ongoing “Gone Too Soon” series and features commentary from DJ Premier, Common, Radio 1Xtra’s DJ Semtex and Benji B, and others, including the Boston native’s family and […]

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Hip-Hop helped give DJ Khaled his career, and the Miami dweller dropped a new joint dedicated to the genre. “Hip Hop” is one of the more highly anticipated tracks off his forthcoming Kiss the Ring album, and features Nas, Scarface and DJ Premier. Khaled—who dropped a video chronicling the making of the record earlier in […]

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DJ Khaled takes us behind the scenes of the making of one of the more anticipated songs on his new album, Kiss The Ring. In this video, Preemo, Nas, Shaheem Reid, Scarface, and Jadakiss all make cameos while crafting this song which sounds like it is going to turn a lot of heads and ears by the […]

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DJ Premier is one of, if not THEE greatest Hip-Hop producer of all time. So it’s only fitting that Nardwuar delve into the New York legends past on a quick stroll down memory lane. But where exactly do you start? Since arriving on the scene in the mid 80’s and being a lifelong fan of […]

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Big Shug and DJ Premier bring back that classic Gang Starr Foundation sound on their gritty collaborative effort “Hardbody.” You can’t expect anything less than poignant bars on a track produced by the aforementioned Premo, that also features Fat Joe and M.O.P. “Hardbody” is set to appear on Big Shug’s I.M. 4-EVA album, which drops July 24 and […]