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After a pretty quiet 2014, The-Dream is prepping for a big new year. The singer just released a new up-tempo banger called “That’s My Shit.” The song features an appearance from Iggy Azalea’s number one fan, T.I. (The two have done many tracks together, from “No Mercy” to “Make Up Bag.”) The-Dream also put up a couple of previews of the […]

A couple of months ago, A$AP Mob leader A$AP Yams proclaimed that 2014 was the worst year in rap music ever. That’s a little extreme. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t any truth to the statement. The year 2014 has been dreary when it comes to mainstream hip-hop. That also doesn’t mean there wasn’t some excellent rapping heard […]

Metta World Peace has had more name changes than Diddy. Earlier this week, the ex-NBA star tried out another name…one that was hip-hop inspired. Nicki Minaj recently made a slick Metta World Peace punchline on “Trini Dem Girls,” off her Pinkprint album. The line Nicki spits is this: “He in love with a ghetto girl, he said he […]

Last year, Drake threw an unwarranted shot at Fabolous in Rolling Stone while talking about Kanye West’s Yeezus album. During a new interview with MTV, Fab talked about the comment and Drake apologizing for it a short time after. [HipHopDX] Is RiFF RAFF‘s time as a rapper done? Probably not. But he’s still picking up side gigs. Wrestling […]

A Frank Ocean and Lil B song? Yeah, we would be OK with this. The other day, the Based God posted a picture of him and Frank Ocean vibing in the studio on his Tumblr, with the comment: “RARE photo of LIL B x FRANK OCEAN IN THE STUDIO TOGETHER!! NEW MUSIC COMING SOON! Collect this! […]

Last year, Nipsey Hussle made headlines when he decided to sell his Crenshaw album for $100 a pop. (It is also available for free on DatPiff.) He named the campaign #Proud2Pay and it was a huge success, with his goal of one thousand albums sold being reached (Jay Z helped, a bit, buying 100 copies). Now, the rapper is […]

If everything goes as planned, 2015 will be Ameriie’s year. The singer has two albums planned next year, one called BILI and the other Cymatika, Vol. 1. But before the ball drops, the veteran dropped her new track “Mustard.” The song is a sexy electronic-based track, in which Ameriie claims “so many have tried but none can tame her.” Give […]

Hot 97 is having all the interesting race conversations this month. Two weeks after Azealia Banks broke down cultural appropriation in hip-hop on Ebro in the Morning, Macklemore appeared on the same show to throw in his two cents. Well, it was so much more than that. Macklemore was on the show for more than an […]

It’s not cheap being a sneakerhead nowadays. Well, it was never really cheap. But, prices for a decent pair of men’s sneakers are at an astronomical high. Just think: a major new release will run you fellas anywhere from $150 to $250. (Retros are usually a little more affordable — around the $90 to $120 mark.) […]

Up-and-coming artist Locke Kaushal sounds fiery as hell on his new song “Whips & Chains.” The track is in relation to the protests we’ve seen in this country over the last couple of months. It’s strong; give it a listen. [SoundCloud] Kid Ink was in the gift-giving mood this year. The L.A.-rapper gave us some new […]

First thing’s first: these aren’t the best songs of 2014. These are our top singles of 2014. There’s a slight, subtle difference there. The songs on our list were all released as an official single for something. In constructing our list, we mixed in pretty scientific data (songs that charted high) with unscientific data (songs […]

Back in September, Royce da 5’9 announced that he was releasing a joint album with legendary producer DJ Premier. Three months later, the duo, who call themselves PRhyme when together, released their self-titled debut album. The project, which has features from everyone from Mac Miller to Common to Killer Mike, is one of the best records of the […]