Nike Boots shows why Wale is one of the hottest "new" talents in the rap game.  With cameos from Kid Capri, Bun B, 9th Wonder, Young Guru, & Raheem DeVaughn, Wale delivers to a DC crowd this powerful song that demonstrates...

He's not "Lil'" anymore, people. Bow Wow and JD are here to Roc the Mic, and Bow sounds downright adult. Obviously spending his childhood didn't help him spell words like "rock," but it honed his rapping skills plenty.

Perhaps to get themselves into shape for their MTV debut in 2009, Jake and Amir try their hand at battle rapping.  It's hard to declare a winner, but Amir's burnin' rhymes about nonsense and Jake's furious rebuttal of Amir...

T-Pain and Chris Brown open up 2009 with Freeze, a truly psychedelic video to match their voicebox action. Isn't voiceboxing so 2008? We think Kanye kinda killed that for this year, but expect the trend to stick around like a...

His most successful song to date, certified four times Platinum by the RIAA and rated #7 Hip-Hop song of 2008 by MTV, you can't blame us for nominating Lil Wayne's Lollipop for Most Overplayed Song of 2008.  Irritatingly...

Humor runs in the family if you're a Baron Cohen. Sasha may be the famous one for Borat, but Erran's Dreidel is a Hanukkah song we can all clap along with... provided we have a sense of humor, of course. (Something Sasha's...

It wasn't so long ago that Brit pixie rapper Lady Sovereign was ready to take the world by storm, before promptly freaking out with a meltdown or three and trashing her career. Now, Sov is back with I Got You Dancing, hoping...

Like we commented on earlier last week, there's hardly any genre that hasn't been affected by electronic music and hip hop most of all, as seen in Kanye, T-Payne and Common's new albums.  And Curt@!n$ here definitely has no...

When they're not producing as the Neptunes, N.E.R.D. spins their own tracks, and Sooner or Later is aimed at the falling stock markets. As usual, its hard to find a statement from the edgy duo: just a focus on being cool.

Mark Morrison's Innocent Man is a heartfelt journey of a young black man into the harsh world of the American penal system. Then DMX makes an appearance and ruins it a bit. Seriously, when has DMX been innocent of anything?...

Representin' BK to the fullest, catch Charles Hamilton striding down Harlem to Brooklyn talking about them Brooklyn Girls. .  Playaz, play on that phat jazzy beat.

The promotion circuit for Kanye's new album 808s and Heartbreak continues on SNL. Despite the great set, this is definitely not one of Kanye's better performances. A vocalizer can only cover up off-tune singing, which you...

Jurassic 5's trend-setting sound is unmistakeable, and Ducky Boy stands amongst their very best. Having influenced many of the rappers you love, isn't it time to get settled in an underrated classic with a 1984-style video?

Shad's got all the stuff that made the golden era of hip hop great: swag, slick cool beats, and a fresh mind to keep things poppin'.  From Shadz Ol' Prince Peeza shop, listen to the sounds... of Shad.

Akon stopped by Jimmy Kimmel's set to perform Right Now. On Thursday. Wait, put down the remote, it already happened. What did he perform, you ask? Right Now. Seriously, you missed it, it was on Thursday, Ah, just watch the...