Kendrick Lamar - Made In America Set (Video)

This past weekend, Philadelphia played host to Budweiser's Made In America Festival. There were a lot of high profile artists covering all genres but of those performing, Kendrick Lamar was perhaps the most anticipated. Check out his full set below.

Shout to Yardie for the upload.

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Chris Lighty, One Year On

Today marks the passing of one of the Hip-Hop industry's most important and much loved businessmen. Chris Lighty was responsible for brokering deals and managing some of the biggest names to come from the scene and is sorely missed by those he helped. Check out Complex's article, What Chris Lighty Meant To Hip-Hop.

LL Cool J, A Tribe Called Quest, Missy Elliot, Busta Rhymes, Fat Joe, and 50 Cent are just a handful of the artists he worked with over the years and below is a tribute these acts performed last year shortly after his passing.  

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El-P on Mass Appeal's Rhythm Roulette (Video)

I'm sure you know the drill by now. Even if you don't, all will become clear when you watch the video. See what El-P came up with in the latest episode of Mass Appeal's "Rhythm Roulette".

Jay Z - Holy Grail feat. Justin Timberlake (Video)

As you may have noticed on your timelines, Jay Z premiered his "Holy Grail" video through Facebook today. This was most likely the outcome of a recent meeting Hov had with Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook headquarters.

Directed by Anthony Mandler, the video plays in a different order to the song you'll find on the album and in parts it's chopped and screwed. I'm not sure what purpose this serves but it looks pretty good.

Terrace Martin - Can't Help (A Tribute To Michael Jackson) (Video)

For Michael Jackson's 55th birthday, Terrace Martin and his band put together a tribute to the fallen superstar with a cover of "Can't Help It".

The Incomparable Shakespeare - #InvincibleDream (Mixtape)

The Incomparable Shakespeare of Brooklyn, NYC releases his prelude mixtape "#InvincibleDream" before his upcoming project "By Any Dreams Necessary". The mixtape is hosted by MTV and Shade 45's Sway Calloway and features 14 tracks of previously released and new music.

Download or stream below.

15 Years of The Halftime Show (Video)

Since the end of the Stretch & Bobbito Show, there was a huge void in underground Hip Hop until WNYU's Halftime Show was established 1998. DJ Eclipse and DJ Riz celebrate 15 years of the radio show tonight with a live night in New York.

They also released a short retrospective video of the 15 years so far.

  

Happy Birthday Michael Jackson

Today marks the day on which Michael Jackson would have been 55 years old. It can't really be denied how influential and pioneering the man was. His music lives on.

Picking a few of his videos is near impossible.

Mack Wilds - Henny (Audio)

New music from Mack Wilds in the lead up to his album "New York: A Love Story" dropping September 17th. On "Henny" you'll instantly notice the Mobb Deep sample of "Burn (The Learning)" helping the track capture the New York feeling that the album promises.

Justin Timberlake on Sway In The Morning + VMA Performance (Video)

Yesterday was a busy day for Justin Timberlake as he made the rounds to the various radio stations in NYC following his performance at Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards. One of the best and entertaining interviews of the day was with Sway Calloway on Shade 45 and they discuss a number of topics from his tour with Jay-Z to part two of his "20/20 Experience" album which is due on the 30th of September.

Watch the interview below and see JT's performance at the VMAs after the interview. Skip to 40 minutes in.

J-Zone In The Studio: Limitations & Mistakes (Video)

From his studio, J-Zone shows us some of the old, not up to date and limited equipment and resources he has to work with. He talks about how too much technology can be a bad thing when in a creative space and that artists don't necessarily put much effort in to making music.

Zone's new LP "Peter Pan Syndrome" is out soon.

  

Crate Diggers with DJ Eclipse

New York legend DJ Eclipse, known for Fat Beats, The Halftime Show on WNYU, Non Phixion and currently the host and DJ of "Rap is Outta Control" with Torae, takes us on a tour of his record collection. He talks about his career, some of the unique vinyl he has and he even shows us a section of his collection with records for sale!

DaVillins - New York Generals feat. Labba (Free Download)

Seems as though Sean Price wasn't playing around when he started Ruckdown Records. Here we have new music from the duo DaVillins signed by P. "New York Generals" also features Labba. Grab the free download below.

Goodie Mob on The Process (Video)

Peter Rosenberg manages to get all four members of the Goodie Mob to talk on his latest episode of  "The Process".  They discuss how their music has matured over the years and the subjects they go in to on records they make.

Blitz The Ambassador - The Warm Up EP (Free EP)

Blitz The Ambassador's full length album "Afropolitan Dreams" is due mid September so until then he's dropped the free project "The Warm Up EP". The set includes features from Fashawn and the UK's own Ty, amongst others.