Kendrick Lamar

Black Hippy and A$AP Mob were two of the most sought after Hip Hop crews at SXSW last week as they performed at showcases all over Austin, TX. BombOnEm.com’s Jairo Menendez captured some of the best moments of TDE’s March 14th set on the M.I. Annex stage. Read more

ScHoolboy Q may have received more fame for Habits & Contradictions tracks like “Hands On The Wheel,” but the album contains a lot more underappreciated gems. Thankfully, Obey City brings “Blessed” to the forefront with this remix. Read more

Kendrick Lamar, ¡MAYDAY! and Blood Type provide tons of food for thought on the remix to DJ EFN’s track aptly titled “Thanksgiving.” Read more

BJ The Chicago Kid & K Lamar is a recipe for great music. Read more

Love it or hate it, MTV’s “Hottest MCs In The Game” list has sparked much debate. After analyzing the criteria and the artists that and didn’t make the list, we decided to offer up our 10 biggest failures of MTV’s list. Read more

On April 7th, Murs and Guerilla Union present the seventh annual Paid Dues festival which will take place at the NOS Center in San Bernardino. This year’s lineup is pretty awesome as the Wu-Tang Clan, Odd Future, Dipset, Living Legends and Kendrick Lamar are amongst the headlines. But now the entire lineup has been released and you can see that the likes of Brother Ali, Dilated Peoples, Boot Camp Clik, Ras Kass, TiRon & Ayomari and more have been announced. Read more

Kendrick drops this seven minute session from the perspective of a young man holed up in his room entrenched in some cereal and cartoons. Features some bars from Gunplay also. Nothing but dopeness coming from Mr. Lamar. Read more

Hip-Hop had a very strong year in 2011 as there were a number of landmark releases ranging from Phonte’s solo debut to Jay-Z and Kanye West’s ridiculously anticipated collaborative effort. This leads us to believe that 2012 should build upon the previous year with a batch of even stronger releases. The Well Versed takes a look at ten of the most anticipated albums of 2012 that have been openly discussed and should see the light of day. Read more

Gotdamn, talk about having a posse cut. This is like the “We Are The World” of hip-hop songs. Trae nabs Big K.R.I.T., Jadakiss, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, B.o.B, Tyga, Bun B, Gudda Gudda & Mark Morrison for “I’m On 2.0.” Wait, WTF are Gudda Gudda and Mark Morrison doing here? Well, Mark is doing his “Return of the Mack” schtick. As for Gudda? Blah. Whatever. What’s really amazing though is that the song is only 5 minutes long. Read more