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The latest EPs, album drops, music videos, and more in Hip-Hop.

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It’s a safe bet that the rise to prominence of A$AP Rocky has jacked up the SEO friendliness of Aesop Rock. The latter, born Ian Matthias Bavitz, is a heralded underground MC that cam to fame as part of El-P’s Definite Jux enterprise in its heyday. After a five year or so hiatus,  Aesop is back […]

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It’s been pretty much all Frank Ocean all the time since he made waves last week with his stunning announcement. However, the best thing about that is that his music seems to be bringing together people of all walks of life despite your personal feelings on same s-x relationships.  After performing on Late Night with Jimmy […]

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Big Sean hops on the remix of E-40’s “In This Thang, Breh,” off of the Bay Area legend’s, triple disc, The Block Brochure. Courtesy of DJ Carisma, Big Sean gets to his Cali roots on this record. Yes, the G.O.O.D. Music star player was raised in Detroit, Michican but he was born in California. E-40 however continues […]

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Seriously, would the title have been the butt of your joke before his Tumblr letter? Relax. Frank Ocean decided to release his highly anticipated Channel Orange album a week early last night amid the frenzy of his coming out. The album went up right around the time he made his television performance debut on Late […]

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Less than a month has passed since the release of Curren$y’s The Stoned Immaculate, but that hasn’t stopped the NOLA native from releasing a joint project called Cigarette Boats with “Shot Caller” producer Harry Fraud. The five track EP is entirely produced by Mr. Fraud with Spitta providing the raps, along with Smoke DZA and Styles […]

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If you are scratching and itching for Nas‘ new album, Life Is Good, this song isn’t going to do anything to quell your anticipation. Pitchfork delivered this world premiere and the subject matter on Nas’ “Bye Baby,” is all about his estranged wife, Kelis. Produced by Noah “40” Shebib and Salaam Remi, this smooth record is Nas […]

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After linking up with 50 Cent two weeks ago on “Telescope,” Wiz grabs up Busta Rhymes for this new record called “Different Cloth.” Not entirely sure if this record will land on Wiz’ O.N.I.F.C. or Busta’s Year Of The Dragon, but either way this is a solid tune. This was recently released via, Wiz’s Twitter account so expect this […]

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Rising Chicago star, King L, drops a brand new project courtesy of the Trap-A-Holics, DJ Twin and DJ Victoriouz entitled Showtime. This is a pretty heavy project which includes 22 brand new tracks from the recent signee to Epic Records. This 22 track-project contains features and production include Chief Keef, Lex Luger, Young Chop, Million $ Mano, Lil’ Durk, and much more. […]

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Not too many Hispanic MCs are active in Hip Hop today. Artist like Pitbull, Fat Joe, and the buzzing Bodega Bamz are looking to push the envelope on today’s revitalized raps scene. Incomes another Spanish spitter; hailing out of the “Boogie Down” section of New York City, Chief Major is looking to make a mark with the upcoming release of a […]

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Casey Veggies keeps it all in the family on “Y.N.M.,” which features his friends that date back to middle school, Niko G4 and Rocket Da Goon. The trio boast of “grinding” and “styling” all over the track’s trap-esque feel with a California mood. The slick, “you better tuck your girl” talk is at an all time […]

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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 […]

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It really is hard to top that type of mixtape title, isn’t it. The mayor of Miami, Trick Daddy, is back with a twenty-one track project for free and available to download after the jump. This new work from the Slip-N-Slide founder includes features from Young Jeezy, Young AJ, Geechie, and plenty more. The good homies over […]