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Black Hippy come together to trade bars over a remix to Rocko‘s ever popular single U.O.E.N.O. Kendrick says it best, they are killing the rap game and you don’t even know it. This gets two thumbs up from us. What do you think?

B.o.B. jumps on Lecrae‘s Round of Applause to congratulate the 2013 graduates and everyone has beat the odds. Clap for em and let us know what you think.

It seems like Hip-Hop and soundtracks are synonymous these days. Pharrell was enlisted by composer Heitor Pereira to create 3 songs for the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack. The first offering is a track called “Happy” which is very much that. Upbeat, light, and really good. Check it out below. 

Lupe Fiasco out of the blue drops off some new music entitled “Animal Pharm” which apparently features new verses over a track called “Ingenue” by Atoms For Peace. Ever the black sheep Lupe is. No clue what this will be on, but hopefully ...

No Malice at long last has announced the release date for his solo project Hear Ye Him which is slated for a July 2nd release via a trailer for the album. Seems like July will be all about the the Thornton brothers because Pusha ...

Lecrae gives a round of applause to everyone whose has beat the odds, specifically the 2013 graduates with a hard new track entitled Round Of Applause produced by KE on the Track. You can pick up the track exclusively on iTunes and head over ...

Harry Fraud is quietly establishing himself as a production force to be reckoned with. With his latest project High Tide EP (presented by Scion A/V), Harry gathers up Tech 9ne, Smoke DZA, French Montana, Action Bronson, Earl Sweatshirt, Riff Raff and more to prove why his sound is the ...

French Montana‘s debut album Excuse My French hits stores on May 21st and before it does, he lets loose a mean posse track entitled Fuck What Happen Tonight. Featuring dope verses from Ace Hood, Snoop Dogg, French, Scarface, a dope hook by Movado and DJ Khaled doing what he ...

T.I. rounds up his associates to present Hustle Gang‘s new mixtape entitled Get Dough or Die (G.D.O.D.). With 20 tracks featuring verses from T.I., Dro, B.o.B., Trae The Truth, Chip, Big Kuntry King, Young Jeezy, Meek Mill, Mystikal and still so much more, this is ...

The-Dream is soon to release his new album IV Play on May 28th but in the meantime drops the track High Art which features Jay-Z. Pretty dope track overall but I have to say, I’m not sure how this album is going to sound. His ...

While traversing around the world on her highly publicized 777 Tour, Rihanna had the camera’s rolling to document all the madness as she hit 7 countries, in 7 days for 7 shows, all the while taking a group of lucky fans and journalists ...

Havoc reaches into the cosmos and grabs legendary Hip-Hop stars Styles P & Raekwon for a posse cut entitled Favorite Rap Stars. The collaboration will be featured on Havoc‘s new album 13 which is in stores now.

New school meets true school and put on for their home state in this latest leak from Jon Connor‘s upcoming project entitled Unconscious  State which drops on June 4th.

Ace Hood rounded up a few good rappers for the remix of his popular single Bugatti. With verses from Wiz Khalifa, T.I., Meek Mill, French Montana, 2 Chainz, Future, DJ Khaled and Birdman, it’s pretty hard to lose. Salute to http://rapdose.com

The Great Gatsby film adaptation is being released next week and is greatly anticipated due to the astounding cinematography and direction. Equally impressive is the accompanying soundtrack that was scored by Jay-Z. Today we get Hov‘s featured track 100$ Bill and just like the title ...

Marco Polo hails from Toronto but has been quietly making noise in the underground scene on the production tip for quite some time. Today he releases a free project entitled Newport Authority 2 which features 13 cuts that he was unable to ...

Long Island emcee Mike Check recently released visuals for a dope track called Bandwagon Bitches. In a 1950s-era styled video, Mike Check is making it known that despite ups and downs, his grind and work ethic is resilient and he doesn’t have time for fake friends ...

Beyoncé kicked off her latest tour The Mrs. Carter Show last week in Europe and to the chagrin of some fans, did not perform any new material, namely her supposed single Grown Woman (that still hasn’t been released) which was teased in her Pepsi ad commercial. Well that ...

Ab-Soul grabs Mac Miller for a new track entitled The End Is Near which features the duo trading bars over a somber haunting track created by Mac Miller‘s producer alter-ego Larry Fisherman. The end result? Certified dope music. No clue where this might end up but hopefully ...

Funkmaster Flex has made legendary mixtapes in Hip-Hop history helping to break some of the biggest records rap has ever heard. Thus it should come as no surprise that with his newest mixtape Who You Made At? Me Or Yourself?, Flex gathered damn near ...

Azealia Banks has finally released the video to accompany her first single Yung Rapunxel and it is pretty intense. Azealia is known for her avant-garde take on hip-hop so it should come as no surprise at how crazy this video turned out. Reminiscent of Missy ...

Late last night, Jay-Z had some things to get off his chest so he rounded up superproducers Timbaland & Swizz Beatz to craft a new track entitled Open Letter. On the track Hov addresses his recent trip to Cuba with Beyonce, rumors of him selling his share of the Brooklyn Nets and ...

Just in time for spring L.atasha A.lcindor drops a smooth track entitled LaLa Land which creates a very trippy soundscape through poignant lyrics and a dope track from Shaun G which takes a slight sample from Kanye West‘s Can’t Tell Me Nothing. Off her forthcoming project LALytes : ...

K.Flay flys under the radar in most hip-hop circles however she is quite diverse with her talents. No better demonstration of this is shown than on her newest track entitled Hail Mary which features Detroit emcee Danny Brown. Complete with gut punching production from Felix ...

While out at Ultra Fest last month in Miami, Azealia Banks shot a visual for her track No Problems. Complete with beach shots, cameos from Steve Aoki & Diplo, and even throwing birthday cakes in the crowd, this video is quite fun. Hopefully ...