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RocNation’s new pop princess Rita Ora is dropping her debut album, ORA, on August 27th. The Brit beauty grabs up J. Cole for this collaboration called “Love And War.” “There’s something crazy about the way we love to hate each other,” Cole says on the hook for this one. This song is about what every couple goes […]

One of the spotlight moments on Maybach Music Group’s Self Made Vol. 2 was Gunplay’s opening verse on the album’s introduction, “Power Circle.” Have you ever wondered where was your seabass? Gunplay breaks down his oft-quoted lyrics on the group album’s opening number for Jay-Z’s LIFE + TIMES website. Gunplay has been making a name for himself with a […]

A gunman in New York City is dead after opening fire near the Empire State Building, Friday (Aug. 24) morning. According to police, Jeffrey Johnson was a disgruntled former employee in the building, and killed his former boss, then started shooting other bystanders, before he was shot dead by authorities. Johnson returned to his former […]

Nicki Minaj gets back to her rap ish with this next video off of her sophomore album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. Rick Ross and Cam’Ron get on this Hit-Boy produced beat for “I Am Your Leader.” This video is pretty cartoony but it’s a dope song nonetheless. Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj are always pretty active, but […]

Xzibit is back on the scene and ready to drop his newest album called Napalm. He’s been in the lab with he likes of fellow West Coast mainstay Dr. Dre along with other notable producers including Akon, David Banner, S1, Focus and UK’s Beat Butcher. Dropping on October 9th,  Wiz Khalifa, Prodigy, Crooked I, The Game, Slim The Mobster and Tha Alkaholiks are all confirmed guests […]

Beanie Sigel stopped by Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club for an interview to promote his forthcoming new album, The Time, and of course a plethora of other relevant topics were discussed.  The Broad Street Bully talked about the formation of State Property, Roc-a-fella, that Pro-Keds deal that went sour and his tax & legal troubles. […]

It was one of the most infamous interviews the Hip-Hop Internets had seen to date. In January 2006, Raymond “Benzino” Scott, then fresh from the sting of being removed from The Source magazine, conducted an interview with the good folks at AllHipHop.com. In this interview, Zino infamously swore that despite Black Enterprise buying the magazine […]

The A$AP Mob, Flatbush Zombies and Action Bronson put on at the Williamsburg Hall of Music in Brooklyn, New York for Converse and Rubber Tracks. While performing their collaboration for their song “Bath Salts,” A$AP Mob and Flatbush Zombies filmed a video for it on location. Action Bronson took the stage shortly afterwards performed and […]

JJ DOOM, the combination of Jneiro Jarel on the beats and MF DOOM on the rhymes, drops a video for “Guv’nor,” the lead single from their new album, Key To The Kuffs. Ever seen those mirror images photos were just one half of a person face is flipped and used to make a complete one? Think […]

Chief Keef seems to never take a day off. Whether he is making news for ruffling Lil Wayne and Kanye West’s feathers, or dropping new music, Chief Keef seems to never not be busy. Today, Keef flips from things he “Don’t Like,” to things he has an “Appreciation” for. This song was premiered by DJ […]

Yesterday, we got treated to a new single, “76” from Roc Marciano’s highly anticipated Reloaded album. Word also came down that the former Flipmode Squad MC’s project finally has a firm release date of November 13th, via Decon Records. Now we have a tracklist for the album, which will feature the lion’s share of its […]

Bay Area veterans E-40 and Too $hort might’ve musically supplied the Bay Area community for years as well as provide a cultural blueprint for new generations to model themselves after,  but allegedly the city of Mountain View doesn’t believe that’s enough to bill them on for the Rock the Bells tour. In an interview with Fuse, […]