Video: U-N-I “Lately”

New video from their latest release A Love Supreme 2.0, in stores now.

Video: Curt@!n$ – Exodus

New video from Curt@!n$. Directed by the lovely Va$htie.

Video: Jay-Z “On To The Next One”

Hov delivers a stunning video to bring in the new year.

Video: Santa (KRS One) vs. Blitzen (Lupe Fiasco)

Nike continues their hilarious MVPuppets series. This time with the help of Lupe and KRS One. Happy Holidays!

Writer Top Five of 2009: Shep

Shep drops his Top Fives of 2009: Drake, Jay-Z, Mos Def, Raekwon and Skyzoo make the cut.

Black Friday Purchase: Blakroc

Tomorrow while you are being reckless with your credit card and drowning yourself in debt, do us all a favor and pick up the Blakroc project. Dame Dash, The Black Keys and guests (Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch, Jim Jones, RZA…) really went in. Could this possibly be the revival of Dame’s career? In the meantime [...]

Video: Blakroc ft. Mos Def and Jim Jones “Aint Nothin’ Like You (Hoochie Coo)”

Blakroc: Ain’t Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo) Ft. Mos Def and Jim Jones from Jonah Schwartz on Vimeo.
Dame Dash’s return to the music biz is shaping up to be quite the experience. Here’s the video from the first single from the upcoming Blakroc project; a collaboration featuring The Black Keys rocking out alongside Mos Def, [...]

Concert: Murs at Rock and Roll Hotel, DC

Photos By Jati Lindsay
Before MURS took stage at the Rock and Roll Hotel last Friday, he spent time talking to fans and trying his best to blend in with the eclectic and already anxious crowd that waited to see him perform. Besides being an incredible lyricist, a large part of his appeal can be attributed [...]

Rock The Bells Outtakes – Fashawn Freestlye

Here’s a short freestyle from Fashawn during an impromptu cypher next to the second stage at Rock The Bells DC. Fashawn’s LP Boy Meets World drops in September.

New Music: “Hello Money” – TiRon ft. Ayomari

TiRon ft. Ayomari – “Hello Money”
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If you’ve been keeping tabs on the West Coast, and no I don’t mean that fuckery The Game’s been up to, then you know that there’s a burgeoning movement of independent hip hop coming out of Cali. Pac Div, Blu, Dom Kennedy and Fashawn [...]

Concert Review: Rock The Bells – Second Stage

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If you’re not familiar with Rock The Bells by now, you should probably consider finding a way to hurt yourself. Seriously. On Sunday, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Big Boi, Common, The Roots and several others made their way to the [...]

Recap: The Roots Picnic

Around this time last year, I was somewhere lurking around the Okayplayer discussion board lamenting over the fact that I missed the first annual Roots Picnic and explaining to my roommate that neither hell nor high water would stop me from going to the next show. And despite my poor luck when it comes to [...]