Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg will be throwing New York City on his back at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas this week as he will be hosting The New York Renaissance SXSW Showcase at the North Door on Thursday. The outspoken lover of authentic Hip Hop has also managed to get some exclusives from [...]
March 11, 2013
Verse
Freestyles, Hip Hop
As one of the most talked about up and coming emcees in the game right now, Joey Bada$$ and his Pro Era crew were given the opportunity to spit off the top of the dome in a recent live session for Billboard. [...]
March 7, 2013
Will 'ill Will' Lavin
Freestyles, Hip Hop, Music, Music Videos
It seems Tyler the Creator is in a talkative mood today as the oh-so-weird rapper makes another promotional appearance, this time stopping in for a freestyle session with “Sway In The Morning”. The Odd Future representer talked earlier with Ciph & Rosenberg about Frank Ocean, the Grammys, his upcoming album and the N word and [...]
February 27, 2013
Jermaine Dobbins
Freestyles, Hip Hop, Music, Music News
Ab-Soul, one of Top Dawg Entertainment’s many strong emcees, was a guest with Raekwon The Chef on a recent episode of RapFix Live with Sway. If you own the rapper’s Control System album, then you are already aware of the talent the kid possesses. However, for the people who are still sleeping on the skills, [...]
February 21, 2013
Jermaine Dobbins
Freestyles, Hip Hop, TV
Having already had A$AP Rocky come through the building a couple of weeks ago to shut things down, it was only polite to get other talented members of the A$AP mob on Shade 45 to take part in Toca Tuesdays. This week A$AP Ferg sat in the hot seat for four minutes of freestyling with [...]
February 20, 2013
Nura Abdela
Freestyles, Hip Hop
The Chi-Town mic wrecker Common is spotted in Hollywood more than a microphone booth these days but an emcee will always be an emcee and he proves it in this video from Sway In The Morning. After some goading from Heather B, Common puts down an OFF THE TOP freestyle over Heltah Skeltah‘s classic “Leflaur [...]
February 19, 2013
Jermaine Dobbins
Freestyles, Hip Hop
Mississippi mic wrecker Big Sant is set to embark on a tour to support the release of his last project MFxOG and to celebrate his sendoff the rapper has released a quick-fire freestyle over A$AP Ferg’s hood-famous “Work”. [...]
February 7, 2013
Jermaine Dobbins
Freestyles, Hip Hop
Shade 45 radio is having a New York moment right now with their studios being invaded last week by Joey Bada$$ and the Pro Era crew for Toca Tuesdays, and this time fellow New Yorker A$AP Rocky swings by for some quick rhymes. Since debuting at number 1 in the Billboard charts with his first [...]
February 5, 2013
Nura Abdela
Freestyles, Hip Hop, Music News
While on the promo rounds for his recently released mixtape Wrath Of Caine, G.O.O.D Music signed Clipse/Re-Up Gang member Pusha T dropped into the Hot97 building in New York for a guest appearance on Funkmaster Flex‘s show. [...]
February 1, 2013
Verse
Freestyles, Hip Hop
Whilst in London town this week, A$AP Rocky decided to swing by to Tim Westwood‘s radio show, dropping a 7-minute long freestyle to three different tracks, and without a Blackberry in sight to read lines from, the Harlem emcee was rapping straight off the dome with one rhyme after the next flowing seemlessly. [...]
January 19, 2013
Nura Abdela
Freestyles, Hip Hop, New Music