Lil Yachty Battles With Joe Budden and DJ Akademiks [Video]

In this episode of Complex's  #EverydayStruggle, Lil Yachty joins Joe Budden and DJ Akademiks to talk his new album, the controversial cover, his view on hip-hop, and much more. The debate got intense but everyone held their own.

"Handbasket" by Wax [Video]

"Now by the third day in heaven I was ready to drink/

My tolerance level was starting to shrink/

So for the next four days, I searched near and far/

And not one liquor store, not a single bar/"

Animation by Galen Frazer

Shot by Andrew Kurchinski

waxdotcom.com

http://facebook.com/waxdotcom

Just Blaze - "Rhythm Roulette" Live From The Sprite Corner

Just Blaze steps into The Sprite Corner and takes a stab at the Rhythm Roulette challenge. This is one of my favourite producers and he did what he usually does lol. Check it!

Scott Jackson ft. Alexandria 90's R&B Beatbox/Singing mix

Canadian beatboxer Scott Jackson and singer Alexandria team up to revisit some hot tracks from the 90's. This is some raw talent.. Check it!

Hopsin - Fort Collins ft. Dizzy Wright (Official Video)

Man, my options for pussy are unrealistic
There's bitches who'd give up a lung for this dick
My music be leaving 'em sprung and twisted
The average nigga would have fun with this shit

Hopsin released a video yesterday for another one of his Pound Syndrome tracks. Fort Collins revisits both Hopsin and Dizzy Wright's memory of one of their 2014 concerts. Check it!

¡MAYDAY! - All The Time - Official Music Video

"I'll be glad to get on down

If you'll be down to come and break some ground

Shit I've been drinking too much, and I've been hittin the blunt

Shouldn't have kicked it this much, I'm so addicted to love"

This ain't a love song. It's just a piece of each of their minds. And things would be so much better if you weren't a bitch all the time. This one's from "Future Vintage" which comes out on September 18, 2015. Check it!

Sway In The Morning: Horseshoe Gang Interview + 5 Fingers of Death [Video]

After just dropping "Knocking on Rap's Door", Horseshoe Gang is keeping steady with promotion. Here's a recent interview they did with Sway along with several verses over several beats. These guys kill it. Get their EP here.

50 Cent - 9 Shots (Live Premiere)

"7 grams of cocaine, 3 grams of dope/

St. Mary medallion hanging from my rope/

Try to punk me and.... my gun smoke/

Look I'm outta control..... my gun go/"

Here's a live performance of a new track from 50, entitled "9 Shots". Along with the title reference, the vibe of this track revisits a previous version of 50 Cent. I love how this track sounds. The song starts at about 1:00 in. To hear the full track in CDQ, click here.

Atmosphere - Sunshine (Official Video)

Atmosphere decides to wait 8 years (if I'm correct) to release a music video for this track. Staying true to the title, this video was created using 100% solar-power. Real shit!

Behind the Beat: Statik Selektah "In The Wind" feat. Joey Bada$$, Big K.R.I.T., Chauncy Sherod

Statik Selektah takes you through the process of how me made the beat for track 6 off of his "Lucky 7" project. Check out the project by clicking here.

16 year old Rapper named TOKEN spits for R.A the Rugged Man [Video]

RA The Rugged Man presents a 16 year old rapper named Token, who although doesn't look to be a threat, will melt your face off when you watch this video.

CBC Music presents Juno Awards Cypher 2015 [Video]

This shit is dope. I'm glad to see Canadian hip hop receiving support from probably our biggest media outlet. CBC hosts this cypher which features the likes of Saukrates. Naturally Born Strangers, Marco Polo, and a few others. You gotta check this shit!

"Unlistenable" by The Palmer Squares [Music Video]

"I'm known to chatter with hoes at a local tavern/

Grope a clam with no potassium, homie I go bananas/

Die hard, old habits control me, cognac and a stogie/

Been bestowed a gold plaque and a trophy/"

Videos like this are why I'm a fan of The Palmer Squares. There's not really much more I can say, you just gotta listen.

"Lie, Cheat, Steal" by Run the Jewels [Music Video]

"Teabag a pirhana tank, heart barely beatin'/

A wild one, who'll swim like directly after he's eaten/

While holdin' a toaster oven that's plugged with a fork in it/

Cuz death by electrocution's like life in New York, isn't it/"

Killer Mike and El-P just dropped some visuals for track 6 of their October 2014 release, "Run the Jewels 2". Haven't heard much from that project yet, but I like how this song/video turned out. They definitely have a unique sound and some fresh ideas. Check some previews of their album by clicking here. 

"Dreamin" by Wax [Music Video]

"You rat bastard, rap's a task that Wax mastered/
Shut the fuck up I won't pass the last word/
Gotta homie who's a fat ass nerd/
That'll crash your website after he hacks your password/"

Wax dropped a set of visuals for the first track from his 2013 project, "Continue...". Haven't heard much from Wax up until this video, but I assume he's been busy with a combination of touring and creating new shit. I really like this song and video... straight spittin' and the visuals are done really well. Check it!

"Media Midgets" by RA The Rugged Man [Music Video]

"Who's to blame when the brain of the next insane psycho flips/

Brain cells are programmed like they're membrane micro chips/

I'm guns and bible, I'm pro-life and pro-war, pro-fighting/

Profanity, writing, reciting, gambling, tossing the dice/"

This video reminds me of Borderlands or some shit. Pretty creepy and it's a very well done set of visuals. I really like this track, it has a nice smooth vibe to it and RA goes in n says some shit. Check it!

KOTD Battle: Arcane VS Cortez [Video]

KOTD dropped a few new battles from Flatline 3 in the past few weeks. I checked this one out and thought it was pretty dope. Both Cortez and Arcane had a bunch of good lines. Ontario VS New York right here folks!

"January On Lake Street" by Atmosphere [Music Video]

"Claim that you ain't afraid to die/
Then why are you afraid to fly, you better face the heights/
Get your bravery stripes or get your name denied/
Cuz you was waiting for a safer ride/"

More dope January 1st visuals, this time from Atmosphere. Although I didn't like Southsiders as much as a lot of Atmosphere's past projects, it was still pretty dope. This was one of the better songs in my opinion. The visuals are a little abstract which suits Atmosphere perfect. Check it!

BREALTV presents "Once Upon A Rhyme" ft. Ras Kass

In this installment of "Once Upon A Rhyme", Ras Kass gives the scoop of what song put him took him to the next level and the story behind it.

(via BREALTV)

Mass Appeal presents "Rhythm Roulette" featuring Oh No [Video]

I've posted a video from this series before (featuring Black Milk), but this one's a little different. I really enjoy these videos because you get to see which techniques certain producers use. And this one's pretty dope. Oh No went to a local video game store and picked 3 different video games, and later went home and sampled the soundtracks to make a beat. I had no idea that was possible so I thought this video was interesting. The beat turned out to be pretty strange but it was still cool to watch. Shoutout to WCW/NWO Revenge.