Well, this morning just got significantly more awesome. “Big Beast,” the ridiculously badass all-star first single from Killer Mike’s excellent El-P-produced new album R.A.P. Music, has a nine-minute new video, and holy shit is it ever awesome. The clip features a Steven Seagal-style foiled convenience-store robbery...

Today, the brand new Brooklyn-based label Young One announced its formation, and it’s already got a small but seriously impressive roster: Bay Area cloud-rap pioneers Main Attrakionz, wide-eyed Queens trio Children Of The Night, and buzzy young Houston MC Fat Tony. Next month, Tony will link with the rapper/producer Tom Cruz to release...

“Don’t Die” is a fresh one from Killer Mike’s forthcoming, El-P-produced LP R.A.P. Music, a gritty, sample-heavy cut backing an urgent, tough flow from Killer Mike. Stream it below. R.A.P. Music is out 5/15 on Williams Street. Previously, we heard the T.I. and Bun B-featuring “Big Beast.”

For a long time now, we’ve heard rumblings about a new collaborative album from badass Atlanta rap snarler Killer Mike and New York skronk-rap king El-P. This morning, we get confirmation that it exists. El produced all of the new joint R.A.P. Music. (That title stands for Rebellious African People’s Music. Sure, fine.) Below...

Motion Family‘s new video for Jackie Chain’s Alabama trunk-rattler “Parked Outside,” like the song that accompanies it, works as a celebration of tricked-out ancestral American automobiles. As rap videos go, it’s not exactly revolutionary, but Motion Family know how to film the usual rap-video sc...