Jay-Z recruits Alicia Keys to help with the hook on his anthemic tribute to New York, Empire State of Mind.  With lots of location dropping and quick shots of the city, he makes this love letter complete.  The timing of this...

The wait is ova - well, it's actually titled Wait Your Turn now, but you get the picture.  Fans still have to wait a few weeks for Rated R to drop, but seeing this darker, more intense Rihanna is a great way to tide them over.

The Black Eyed Peas are on an intergalactic adventure in Meet Me Halfway, with the band separated throughout the galaxy.  They're trying to meet up with each other so they can get back to Earth, although some appear to be...

Rick Ross and Robin Thicke are smooth in the new one from Ross's Deeper Than Rap.  They're out to prove they know how to treat a woman, and we think they know what they're talking about.  We suggest you Lay Back and enjoy.

Illmatic rap star Nas is angry about how hip-hop went from empowerment to ridiculously stereotypical silliness. So he recruited Nick Cannon to don blackface and join the duo Shuck & Jive, presenting the hit song "Eat That...

Dead Prez are back and have put politics aside to bring you Summer Time.  It's a laid back, family friendly ode to summer, hanging out with the ones you love, and enjoying the simple pleasures of the season. 

Breezy and optimistic, I Gotta Feeling could be one of the anthems of this summer.  To illustrate this, the Black Eyed Peas "get retarded" at a raging house party, achieving an almost zen-like state of fun and craziness. ...

That BarelyPolitical news mashup in auto-tune is getting all kinds of nods from the viral video community.  But some clever tunester whipped up this irrestistibly catchy version of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech.  It was...

So much has been going on the past couple of weeks, what with the  gay marriage issue, pirate bashing and legalizing it. Thanks to BarelyPolitical.com, it’s been put together via an autotuned montage of newcasts.

J*DaVeY—described in its press kit as "new-wave-electro-sex-punk"—blends many genres in its album Beauty In Distortion/Land of the Lost EP from which this single is taken, most noticeably here with some neo-R&B and a dash of...

Sexy hip hop parties can often end with an arousing round of skinny dipping.  Now there's a new craze: Phatdippin'.  Swimming with all of your clothes on is so hot that even Barack Obama is diving in.

Another great jam by N.A.S.A. from their dope album Sound of the Apollo, this time with special guests RZA, Barbie Hatch and John Frusciante!  Is there anyone they can get?!  Listen to this sad narrative and watch as...

Q-Tip delivers not only his raps, but even takes over Raphael Saadiq's mesmerizing voice in this great song from one of last year's best hip hop albums backed by a great live band for Ellen Degeneres' show.  Okay, he's not...

By taking a list of rhyming Barack Obama quotes, pitch shifting them into a melody, and inserting silly Obama Girl lines, BarelyPolitical.com has cleverly created this catchy and humorous duet between the newly sworn-in 44th...

It's Christmas time in this inner city school, and they're giving gift ideas for your favorite boo. Girls, you get ideas for the guys. Guys, you get ideas for the girls. And everyone gets an awesome song stuck in their head...