Kanye West's new video for "Lost In The World" is being positioned as a collaboration with a filmmaker rather than a "music video," and that's good, since it's a pretty shitty music video. If there's…   Read Story »

Last week, Nas debuted the reflective new song "Daughters," and it was good. But to see Nas operating at full capacity, check out the video for his recent banger "The Don" below. The clip, directed…   Read Story »

Nas has been on a particularly ferocious tear lately, with the recent bangers "Nasty" and "The Don" doing more damage than anything he's done in a while. Now he's got a new one called "Daughters," a…   Read Story »

Nicki Minaj's sophomore album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded drops next Tuesday, and the most star-studded of its track just found its way to the internet. "Champion" is a triumphal posse cut featuring…   Read Story »

Nas's last single, "Nasty," was the sort of breakneck virtuosic New York rap that Nas doesn't do often enough. He's usually good for just one of those per album, if that. So it's with great pleasure…   Read Story »

Last night, Jay-Z played a benefit for United Way of New York City and The Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation at NYC's Carnegie Hall -- he plays again tonight -- and though most of the public was…   Read Story »

Last night, Jimmy Fallon's Late Night show, in Indianapolis for the Super Bowl, played host to rap legend Nas, who performed his blistering comeback single "Nasty" with the Roots backing him up. In…   Read Story »

Shortly after Amy Winehouse passed away earlier this year, Queens rap deity Nasir Jones confirmed long-swirling rumors that Winehouse's song "Me And Mr. Jones" had been named in honor of him, and…   Read Story »

This week's music-video MVP was whoever was responsible for researching New York signage in Kindness's "Cyan" video. That must've taken a lot of work! As good as that video was, though, it couldn't…   Read Story »

Rap kings Nas and Rick Ross have gotten together to record a song for the soundtrack to the weirdly OK-looking (terrible poster notwithstanding) Brett Ratner movie The Tower Heist. It's called "It's…   Read Story »