New Hip Hop Songs - Editors Pick
Raekwon ft. Melanie Fiona - Soundboy Kill It
After 20-plus years of excellence on the mic, Raekwon hardly needs any extra encouragement to murder a beat. On the other hand, if you could have Melanie Fiona cheering you on while you worked, can you honestly say you...Read More
Beyoncé - Grown Woman
If you watch TV or frequent YouTube, it’s likely you’ve already gotten a taste of Beyoncé‘s latest jam as the soundtrack to a recent Pepsi spot, which depicted her doing impeccably-choreographed battle with...Read More
Alex Wiley ft. Chance The Rapper & GLC - Spaceship II
Upon hearing Chance The Rapper’s Good Ass Intro, off his newly-released Acid Rap project, I immediately got that “oh sh*t” feeling that first came over me after first listening to Kanye way back in 2002. One reason for...Read More
Bird ft. Little Brother & Notes To Self - Still Shine
Although they haven’t been together since 2010, Little Brother knows no age. Twelve years after the start of their collaborative career, they can Still Shine as brightly as the day they started. The N.C. group’s...Read More
Action Bronson ft. LL Cool J & Lloyd Banks - Strictly 4 My Jeeps (Queens Day Remix)
For natives of NYC’s easternmost borough, today must feel like Christmas in June. Fresh off trading bars with legendary neighbor Kool G. Rap on DJ Tony Touch‘s It’s a Queens Thing, Flushing phenom Action...Read More
The KickDrums x OnCue - Machines
Last heard trading bars with Lone Star State buzzmaker M.i. on early-May promo single Write It Down, Brooklyn-by-way-of-Hartford rhymesayer OnCue returns to our pages with unreleased joint Machines. This record shares its...Read More
F.Stokes - Carpe Diem
If you are like me, you are more than tired of hearing and seeing “Y.O.L.O.” Not only is the motto overused, but it’s basically a knockoff of the more mature, refined saying “Carpe Diem,” meaning...Read More
K.I.N.E.T.I.K. - Boom Bap Babies
Upon reading the title of K.I.N.E.T.I.K.‘s DJBooth debut, my first thought was how dope it would be to watch a Muppet Babies-style Saturday morning cartoon starring toddler-aged versions of KRS-One, DJ Premier and other...Read More
Glenn Lewis - Can’t Say Love
No one’s ever been fined by the FCC for using the word ”love” but, in real life, carelessly-dropped l-bombs can cause massive emotional damage. Glenn Lewis knows what I’m talking about; On album lead single...Read More
Chris Batson - Tomorrow Will Be Better
On mixtape single They Don’t Know, featured earlier today, San Diego rhymesayer Blame One reflected on the difficulty of choosing between the diverse, often mutually contradictory dogmas in the religious marketplace,...Read More
Murph Watkins - Death or Dishonor
If you are ever bored with a group of friends, why not play Would You Rather? For example, would you rather sweat mayo or smell like onions? Or, as Murph Watkins asks on his latest feature, would you rather face Death or...Read More
Wu Tang Clan - Family Reunion
As much as I enjoy seeing my distant kin, I’ve got to keep it one-hundred: given the choice, I’d most likely dip out on my own relatives to attend the Wu-Tang Family Reunion. And can you blame me? In addition to...Read More
cas One ft. Wick It - Chasing Greatness
It’s been a hot minute since cas One and FIGURE made their last Booth appearance—Doomsday hit our front page in September of 2011—but their hustle has continued unabated in their interim. Their latest feature, a...Read More
Blame One & J57 ft. Akie Bermiss - They Don’t Know
Typically, when a rapper takes it to church, you can expect a dope, gospel-informed beat and a lot of pious platitudes that, as often as not, bear no relation to what said emcee spits about the other 99% of the time. As much...Read More
Robin Thicke - For the Rest of My Life
Blurred Lines, the hit lead single and title track off Robin Thicke‘s next studio album, saw the Star Trak/Interscope soul man struggling to decode the mixed signals of a shorty he hoped to lure away from her steady...Read More
Wale ft. Rihanna - Bad (Remix)
In anticipation of his forthcoming junior set, The Gifted, Wale recently released a remix of hit lead single Bad. The difference, aside from some even slicker wordplay from the DMV ambassador, is the input of perhaps the...Read More
Rizzle Kicks - That’s Classic
An Island UK/Universal-signed twosome already enjoying massive success across the pond, Rizzle Kicks make their grand entrance into The DJBooth with That’s Classic, a freshly-minted single off their forthcoming...Read More