New Music

Angel Haze's Back To The Woods mixtape is scheduled for Sept.14 and to give us an idea of what's to come, Haze drops "Babe Ruthless." The track finds at her most aggressive and the former XXL Freshman sounds war ready. Following up on her "Impossible" release, "Babe Ruthless" is the second leak from her first project since 2013. Check out the trac ...

In October 2000, Ja Rule dropped his second album, the hit-stuffed Rule 3:36. It would go on to be certified triple-platinum, largely off the strength of its massive second single. "Put It On Me" featured Lil Mo and peaked at #8, making it the second-biggest single of her career to that point, and the high water mark for Ja. Now...

Privy to high-energy street anthems, Ace Hood taps Ty Dolla $ign and slows things down a bit for "I Know How It Feel." Toasting to the good life, Ace and Ty rap about popping bottles, taking flicks and making it from nothing to something ...

It goes without saying that people remember Tupac Shakur as a Californian. Even if it weren't for the East-West beef that drew party lines down the middle of the music industry, Los Angeles and Oakland were ever-present in his music. Those better versed in his background might point to his adolescent stint at the Baltimore School for the Arts, where he studied ballet and theater...

There are kids out there right now, sitting down with a spiral notebook and a pencil, deliberately writing their first rap song. A good handful of these people will refer to "haters," to those who doubt them and want to hold them back. The blessing and curse of high school is that no one cares about you as much as you think they do, so most of these would-be MCs will skate through unscat

At.Long.Last.A$AP tries to synthesize a whole host of influences, but it doesn't exactly live by hippie credos. Sure, A$AP Rocky cites an iLoveMakonnen-furnished acid trip (and the resultant orgies) as a turning point in the creative process. Yes...

The Meek Mill and Drake drama seems to be never-ending as more rappers step into the ring. Dreamchasers rapper Omelly is the latest in the Drake and Meek Mill beef to drop a diss track. Omelly's reason for the shade? He's merely sticking up for his leader and cousin Meek, following AR-AB's "Back to Back (Freestyle)" where AR comes for longtime rival Meek Mill...

Plies hasn't put out an album since 2010's Goon Affiliated but a steady stream of mixtapes and quite possibly the most entertaining account on Instagram has kept the raunchy Florida rapper on most rap fans' radar over the last few years...

Vic Mensa keeps the new tracks flowing as part of his “Disrupting Traffic Fridays.” This week's edition included a new freestyle from the recent Roc Nation signee titled, "Heat It Up." The Chicago MC catches wreck over a Charlie Heat beat touching on current events like Ciara and Russell Wilson, and rumors that he plagiarized “U Mad.” Vic recently...

Chevy Woods puts out his third project of the year with the EP 48 Hunnid Project. The Pittsburgh rhymer's new collection contains seven tracks featuring, Wiz Khalifa, DeJ Loaf, OG Maco, Rico Love and Post Malone. Spearheaded by the single "All Said And Done" with Loaf, Woods has been plugging this project since as early as May when he put out the first release of the offering, "Now

It appears as though CyHi The Prynce finally has the green light to start the rollout of his long-awaited G.O.O.D. Music debut. If not, he's gunning through the red like fduck it. On the heels of his controversial new single "Elephant In The Room," the Stone Mountain, GA spitta follows up with a visual for the previously unreleased track "L...

Obie Trice is back with a new album following a three year break from the music scene. The Detroit MC stumbles through the door with his latest effort The Hangover. The 13-song project features appearances from Young Buck, Estelle, Tone Tone, J-Nutty, Young Zeether, P8tience and Drey Skonie...