From the new album, Retro Hash, available 4/22/14. Directed by Matt Spicer.

Compton connect gang on this cut from YG’s My Crazy Life, which impacts March 18th.

You might not be familiar with The Doppelgangaz, but they are four albums deep, with a rapidly expanding fanbase, despite no mainstream radio play. This is largely because this black and white, hooded duo of Ep and Matt Of Fact have tapped into the lost 90′s hip-hop sound, which comes through in their beats, their [cont.]

New music from Maffew’s #WorldWideWednesdays series of track releases.

Overall the new Curren$y joint The Drive-in Theatre is a solid throwback to the smoked out hip-hop albums of old, but it doesn’t feel complete. Curren$y solidifies his place in the game with solid wordplay and metaphors, while conveying the pimp and hustler southern player lifestyle through his choice of subject matter. His silky smooth [cont.]

Being a hybrid of Trap and Dubstep, Watch The Duck, has made some serious noise within the EDM world, as well as the hip-hop community. Eddie Smith III from the group says, “Everybody sees the duck traveling smoothly on top of the water but nobody sees it kicking hard as hell under it, struggling to [cont.]

New music from Cap 1 and OJ’s upcoming mixtape, Clock Werk, produced by Chill Go Hard.

Complex TV goes in the studio during the making of “Federal Reserve” to see how Cam, A-Trak, and Dame Dash pass the time when they’re not making action movies with Complex Studios. Also check out their mock movie trailer, 2 The Hard Way, in the second clip. )

Stream the new Young Money Rise Of An Empire LP, which is in stores now, and for some reason, shares its title with the new 300 flick. New music from Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, and the rest.

Freddie Gibbs takes care of some unfinished business after his departure from Young Jeezy’s CTE imprint, on this cut from his new album with Madlib, Pinata, which hits March 18th.

From Westbay’s forthcoming album, Spread Love. Produced by tC.

Produced by Shawneci. From ST. Da Squad’s Pages from the Pavement EP.

In the latest installment of BoomBox’s Off the Record series, Brooklyn MC Talib Kweli performs his Kanye West-produced hit ‘Get By’, “Turnt Up” from Prisoner Of Conscious, and covers Iggy Pop & The Stooges classic “Search & Destroy” with his band live from MSR Studios in NYC.

Second video from That’s My Work Vol. 3, Hosted by DJ Drama. Produced by Mr. Porter. Directed by Dah Dah. )

New music from the Need For Speed movie (there’s a movie?!?) soundtrack.

Fif reveals the cover art to his first non-Interscope LP, Animal Ambition, which is set for a June 3rd release. Looks like he’ll be slowly unveiling the tracklist, as well.

New twerk music coming out of Vegas/Miami on Hellafine Records. Samples the classic episode of Curb in which Larry has a run in with Crazy Eyez Killa.

Ross pieces together a “viral” video for the opening cut on Mastermind, which is in stores now. http://youtu.be/tR_Ioo0JIas

“If The Last Great, the debut album from MaLLy, was meant to be a chest-thumping, boastful, and triumphant effort that finally broke MaLLy to the masses, The Colors of Black is the direct result of what would have been the end result if The Last Great never came into existence. Throughout the duration of The [cont.]

Army of the Pharaohs “God Particle” featuring Vinnie Paz, Planetary, Esoteric, Apathy & Celph Titled. Produced by Stu Bangas. Cuts by DJ Kwestion. From the upcoming album In Death Reborn available on April 22, 2014 on Enemy Soil and now available for pre-order. Video Directed by Jimmy Giambrone and co-directed by Steve Perrong. Army of [cont.]