Hip-Hop

It’s Kanye’s Birthday! For all the egomania, gloating, and award stealing that Kanye has done, it can’t be denied that the guy has been an incredible talent to the hip-hop world. W…

Danny Brown’s new one looks like you’re on some cable access network and need to adjust your television antenna, but the message comes through loud and clear.

Kanye takes turns with Big Sean, Pusha T, and 2 Chainz to rap in a giant room with a lambo standing guard in the background. The fellas also took the time to coordinate their out…

Part of the TDE (Top Dawg Entertainment) label along with Schoolboy Q, Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock, Ab-Soul has released a dark and flickering clip for “Pineal Gland”, named fo…

Jay-Z and Kanye dropped their sixth single and second video from last year’s Watch The Throne. Prefaced by a major epilepsy warning, it’s a kaleidoscope of live footage from…

Waka brings on Drake to salute the working ladies in this “Round of Applause” remix, now with an official clip. If you don’t know who the Twerk Team is, you should look them up – i…

Calling all space cadets: what we have here is very necessary for your 4:20 buzz with an hour of songs celebrating Mary Jane. Dr. Dre, Pharcyde, Snoop Dogg, Afroman, D’Angelo, Meth…

Jay and Kanye take a cue from the riots that have been popping up all over the world over the last 12 months and pack the streets of Prague with young revolutionaries for their vid…

RIP Big Poppa – more than 15 years ago. Get the Best of Notorious BIG from Heavy favorite, world class DJ M-Rock.

Kendrick Lamar is 1/4 of LAs most promising hip-hop movement, Black Hippy, along with Jay Rock, Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q. He’s most certainly showing off his formidable skills on th…

M.I.A.’s got a lot going on right now: this video is a ridiculously catchy track with production by Danja (Timberlake, Britney, Madonna) and a tricked out drag race party in the de…

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.

Zach Hill and MC Ride’s Death Grips dropped their mixtape/album Ex-Military last year and kinda blew everyone’s mind with their hardcore/hip-hop thing. Now signed to Epic, t…

Wiz Khalifa drops the first video from his Taylor Allderdice Mixtape. Seems Wiz has a lot on his mind but maybe that’s just the weed smoke. Watch him prep before performing …

Flatbush Zombies – a killer name for the NYC duo, and “Thug Waffle” is pretty good too. These two show glimmers of everything from Gravediggaz to Wu to Smif-N-Wessun. It’s hot.