New Music

Kendrick Lamar links with Montreal rapper, producer, and poet Jonathan Emile for a track paying tribute to the victims of police brutality like Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Trayvon Martin. After a year of national press filled with news about numerous deaths of unarmed black men by the police, "Heaven Help Dem" is a powerful song that stirs emotions of both anger and sadness as soon as

Ever heard of the @fakewatchbusta Instagram account? Basically, the account puts those who flaunt fake luxury watches on blast for all the internet to see. Now Troy Ave is doing the same to all the women whose assets are surgically enhanced ...

Yo Gotti released a new song with a guest appearance from Jadakiss. "Real Rap" is a smooth, soulful track over a Young Starz beat. The track is off Concealed—Gotti's DJ Drama-hosted mixtape—which is set to drop sometime this week (at a random time). Both Veteran MCs spi...

Just one day after Common and John Legend were awarded a Golden Globe for their collaboration on "Glory," the pair has released the visual for the powerful song. Featuring scenes from Selma, the video is simple but moving, as it too is packed with an powerful message. With Com...

Big Sean is still prepping his third studio album, the as-yet-untitled followup to 2013's Hall Of Fame, but today he steps back out with a guest verse and hook on this new record from Earlly Mac, titled "Do It Again." The Key Wane-produced track provides a laid back platform for Mac and Sean to groove quickly on their own before linking back up for the chorus. Ear...

As the world waits for Jeremih's upcoming LP Late Nights: The Album, the R&B star drops the video for "Don't Tell Em (Remix)." In the video, Jeremih, French Montana and Ty Dolla $ign live it up in a lavish mansion with some of the prettiest girls you've ever seen. "D...

Mack Maine wasn't lying when he said Lil Wayne's Sorry 4 the Wait 2 is on its way. Following the Green Bay Packers playoff win on Sunday (Jan. 11), Mack took to Instagram to preview Weezy rapping over Future's club banger "Shit." Over the Mike WiLL Made It-produced beat, the YMCMB head honcho sounds like he's back to mixtape Weezy...

Hip-hop is an exercise in collage, but even that seems too complicated a way to describe Roc Marciano. Though descriptions of his music tend to place it in a particular time frame--one some 20 years past--Marci isn't a revivalist so much as he was suspended in amber, polishing his gun and compiling rhyming syllables...

Update (Jan. 15, 12:19 p.m.): After the leak was plugged with copyright lawyers and red tape, the original version of "Too Many Rappers" was liberated by the Beasties themselves. -- Original story: Authenticity doesn't age. The last Beastie Boys album, 2011's Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, sported contributions from Nas on the standout "Too Many Rappers," an immortal shot at tho

Are Youtube descriptions art? Today (Jan. 12), Russ--the long-locked crooner of ambiguous origin--dropped the video for "Naked," an airy, "super super super super super fucking real" ballad, and affixed to it a simple explanation: "not your body. im ...

Cause and effect is a funny thing--such a simple train of thought can get derailed, distorted, and dismantled altogether. Young Thug is having none of that. "If I like it, I cop it" should be etched into the back of our eyelids until we die, a pledge to follow our desires and fulfill our dreams...

  Rumors and innuendo mean more when there's ink involved. After showing off his Drake-and OVO-related tattoos, Chicago's King Louie is back with a shot of patriotism, the telling "In Love Wit Canada." Calling out Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa by name (and bragging that women in the various cities will lick his hair), the drill pioneer sounds elated, like he came up on a briefcase of Can