Hip-Hop
  1. M.I.A.’s got a lot going on right now: her new video dropped this morning; a ridiculously catchy track with production by Danja (Timberlake, Britney, Madonna) and a tricked out drag race party in the desert for the clip – swagger for days. You can also catch her performing with Madonna and Nicki Minaj (“Give Me All Your Luvin’” drops today as well) at the Super Bowl halftime show.

    February 3, 2012
  2. 2011′s Black Up appeared on a lot of year end lists and following the success of the album Shabazz Palaces has announced an international tour. Here is the newest clip featuring a pretty young thing having some sort of existential breakdown and lots of flowers.

    February 3, 2012
  3. LA’s ScHoolboy Q features a guest spot for A$AP Rocky and samples Lissie’s cover of Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness” on this cut from Habits & Contradictions.

    February 1, 2012
  4. Bathtubs of money and a ferrari? Looks like Rocky is moving on up from riding on his boy’s handlebars in classic video style. There’s a lot more bling now but it’s still the same blunted vibe, with Clams Casino providing another smoky backtrack.

    January 27, 2012
  5. Indiana born Freddie Gibbs wants you to know he is still a complete and total criminal even with all the success in this collab with producer Madlib. Stealing from dealers, smoking crack, turning the ladies out to serve the fiends and then hitting the studio…we get the point Freddie.

    January 24, 2012
  6. Dwayne Reed, The Jay, and Mobster Bisq want to tell you about their love of foodstuffs. Warning: they might cause you to lose your appetite.

    January 21, 2012
  7. Tyler and the Odd Future crew opened the floodgates of weirdo rap again and here’s your next specimen: Tidus. He’s from space.

    January 19, 2012
  8. Das Racist’s Himanshu Suri, aka Heems, drops Nehru Jackets which features guest spots from Kool A.D., Danny Brown and Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, Childish Gambino, Action Bronson, Fat Tony and more.

    January 18, 2012
  9. Co-Captains of the USS White Trash, Yelawolf and Kid Rock split time between the mud pits of Alabama and the streets of the New York for Yela’s second single from Radioactive.

    January 17, 2012
  10. Since the new Rick Ross album has been pushed back due to his health issues, Mr. Maybach Music gifts you a mixtape with some A-listers for guests: Drake, Nas, Diddy and Pharrell.

    January 13, 2012

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