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Flying Lotus took the internet by storm a few days ago when he revealed himself to be Captain Murphy. Footage from that night at LA’s Low End Theory has now been put online, and it features... Read more »

The Weeknd has been making his rounds across the Atlantic to promote his debut album Trilogy, and he recently gave his first ever live television performance on UK late night show Later…With Jools Holland. He takes... Read more »

Big Boi‘s latest is a video for the Kelly Rowland-assisted “Mama Told Me.” It’s simultaneously a journey into the future and into the past, with striking 80s colors and aesthetics comprising the track’s spaced-out visuals. Look... Read more »

For a musician whose career spanned less than a decade, Jimi Hendrix has quite the catalogue and legacy to his name. Now, according to Rolling Stone, he’ll have one more album to add to his list.... Read more »

The best visual accompaniment for Hot Sugar‘s glitchy beats and Heems‘ non-stop pop-culture rhymes would require something at least slightly out of the ordinary. The two don’t disappoint, with the standout “56k” off Hot Sugar’s MiDi... Read more »

For a holiday traditionally known for gift-giving, jolly rotund men with white beards, and chestnuts roasting on an open fire, it’s easy for an artist to follow the simple route of releasing material that’s warm and... Read more »

Twin brother production team Urban Noize bring another track off their upcoming Lana Del Rey remix EP, Lana. The song is a mashup between Kanye‘s “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” and Lana’s standout “National Anthem,” with a... Read more »

Pac Div, Blu, and Kendrick Lamar: undeniably some of the best West Coast talent in the game. They come together for “Cross Trainers,” the latest offering from the Div’s upcoming sophomore LP GMB. As expected, the... Read more »

It’s been quite a while since Skizzy‘s last release, and today he came through with something new and different from what you might have been expecting. Accompanying him on “The Come Down” is Conner Youngblood, whose... Read more »

With The Weeknd in NYC playing three shows in a row and gearing up to drop Trilogy, he’s let go of a brand new track. It’s classic Abel Tesfaye material, dark and urgently seductive, and if... Read more »

There’s always a fine line to toe when musicians bring politics into their music: on one hand, the musicians wants to get their message across; on the other, and more importantly, the music should still be,... Read more »

Kendrick Lamar‘s highly anticipated debut album good kid, m.A.A.d city draws ever closer, with the release date of October 22 just a bit more than a week away. Now Lamar gives us the official tracklist and... Read more »

Chicago native Chance the Rapper has been making a name for himself, with his own projects and, more recently, his collabs with Lorine Chia and Childish Gambino. Now he brings his frantic flow to Lil Wayne’s “No... Read more »

Coming off the heels of last night’s The Man With The Iron Fists cypher for the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards, Angel Haze drops a video for “Werkin’ Girls,” a skittish track from her Reservation EP.... Read more »

With new album Numbers arriving October 9, Hodgy Beats and Left Brain (collectively MellowHype) drop a final taster track (see previous teasers from September’s MellowHype week here and here.) With an anthemic spelled out chant—think Gwen... Read more »