BET Hip-Hop Awards: The Cyphers (2012) [Video]

Scroll through and watch all six cypher's from the 2012 BET Hip-Hop Awards below! What do you think?

2012 Cypher Line Up - Iron Mic: Angel Haze, Joey Bada$$, Driicky Graham, Childish Gambino, A$AP Rocky - West Coast: Xzibit, YG, Kurupt, E-40, DJ Quik, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Lion - True School: Jean Grae, Sarkodie, Ab-Soul, Talib Kweli - Ruff Ryders: Murda Mook, Cassidy, Eve, DMX - Raw: Jay Bird the Purdi Boi, Hopsin, ScHoolboy Q, Mac Miller, Mystikal - Grand Hustle: Trae Tha Truth, Chip, Iggy Azalea, B.o.B, T.I. RVS Picks Best Cyphers: "West Coast" / "Iron Mic" Best Verses: Kendrick Lamar / Joey Bada$$.

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Big Sean - Detroit (Mixtape) [DWNLD]

G.O.O.D. Music rapper, Big Sean, takes some time to rep The D with his latest mixtape, "Detroit". 

The 16 track project involves a number of guest spots from J. Cole, Mike Posner, Juicy J, French Montana, Royce Da 5'9, Kendrick Lamar, Chris Brown, Jhene Aiko, Tyga as well as short story interludes by Common, Young Jeezy and Snoop Lion.

The mixtape also features progressive production from KeY Wayne, Young Chop, Don Cannon and Hit-Boy among others.

Listen and download "Detroit" below!
Download: Big Sean - Detroit (Mixtape)

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Talib Kweli - Push Thru ft. Curren$y & Kendrick Lamar [Video]

After dropping the single last month, Talib Kweli lets loose the visuals for his latest track, "Push Thru", featuring Curren$y and Kendrick Lamar. The S1 produced single is the second offering from Kweli's much anticipated upcoming album, "Prisoner Of Conscious", following the first single, "Distractions". Watch below as each rapper takes us on a ride through their hometowns of New Orleans, Brooklyn and Compton!

Directed By Scott Fleishman and Fredo Tovar

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Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) [Music Video]

After dropping the single early last month, Kendrick Lamar lets loose the visuals for his T-Minus produced narrative, "Swimming Pools (Drank)". This is a video that needs to be viewed several times to truly soak in all the elements. Watch below as we anxiously wait for "good kid m.A.A.d city" to drop on October 2nd.

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Talib Kweli - Push Thru ft. Curren$y & Kendrick Lamar [DWNLD]

Last night at a show in Seattle, Talib Kweli debuted his new collaboration with Curren$y and Kendrick Lamar entitled "Push Thru". After the rave response, the official version of the record dropped earlier today.

The track is produced by S1 who is better known for composing Kanye's hit single, "Power".


The single will be featured on Kweli's upcoming album, "Prisoner Of Conscious" which is due out later this year.

Listen as the lyrical heavyweights trade verses below.
Download: Talib Kweli - Push Thru ft. Curren$y & Kendrick Lamar

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Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) [Stream]

Kendrick Lamar releases a new track off of his upcoming album, "good kid m.A.A.d city", entitled "Swimming Pools (Drank)". With production help from Toronto's T-Minus, Kendrick yet again shows his lyrical ability by switching up his flow throughout the entire song. 

Kendrick rhymes about growing up in a family that suffered from alcoholism as well as his own experiences with drinking and "drank" as an adult.


"good kid m.A.A.d city" drops October 2nd on Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.

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Kendrick Lamar - War Is My Love [DWNLD]

The West Coast's chosen one, Kendrick Lamar, drops his new track, "War Is My Love", which was put together for the soundtrack of Ubisoft's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. 


" When I recorded ‘War Is My Love,’ I did my best to put myself in the shoes of the Ghosts from the video game and capture that feeling of being willing to wage war and do whatever it takes to claim victory and when I started really getting into the game, I thought it actually matched perfectly. "                                    - Kendrick Lamar

Listen and download below!
Download: Kendrick Lamar - War Is My Love

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Meek Mill - Dream Chasers 2 (Mixtape) [DWNLD]

Rising star and Jay-Z's newest signee to Roc Nation, Meek Mill, drops the sequel to his highly rated 2011 mixtape with, "Dream Chasers 2". 

The project is rich in features with guest appearances from Drake, Jeremih, Big Sean, Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, Fabolous, French Montana, Wale, Trey Songz, 2 Chainz, Mac Miller and many more!

The production side of things feature beats from Jahlil Beats, All Star, Cardiak and The Beat Bully among others.

Definitely something to ride around to.

Listen and download below!
Download: Meek Mill - Dream Chasers 2 (Mixtape)

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Kendrick Lamar - The Recipe ft. Dr. Dre (Prod. Scoop DeVille)

After Kendrick Lamar's breakout year in 2011, we all new that Compton's golden boy would be getting into some major collaborations this year. With the legendary Dr. Dre being one of the first to co-sign KDot, it was only a matter of time before the two linked up.

Produced by Scoop DeVille,  "The Recipe" is an ode to the good life on the West Coast. It serves as the lead single off Kendrick's upcoming album, "Good Kid In A Mad City", which will be out later this year.

In the meantime listen and buy the single below!

Women, weed and weather sounds like a pretty good recipe to me!
Buy: Kendrick Lamar - The Recipe ft. Dr. Dre

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Mac Miller - Macadelic (Mixtape) [DWNLD]

Pittburgh's Mac Miller vows to change the game with his newest mixtape, "Macadelic", which dropped earlier this week.The mixtape includes guest features from Sir Michael Rocks, Kendrick Lamar, Juicy J, Cam'ron, Lil Wayne, Casey Veggies, Joey Bada$$ and many more.

The production side of things showcase a variety of producers including Clams Casino, Lex Luger, Iman Omari, Cardo and ID Labs along with others.

Interesting how most artists mixtapes are almost always better then their studio albums.

Listen and download the whole project below!

Download: Mac Miller - Macadelic (Mixtape)

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Game - The City ft. Kendrick Lamar [Music Video]

One of the better singles from The Game's 2011, "The R.E.D. Album" gets the visual treatment. The Cool & Dre produced single, "The City", features fellow West Coast rapper, Kendrick Lamar who continues to take the music world by storm. Check out the video below!

Directed By Matt Alonzo

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Kendrick Lamar - Cartoon & Cereal (Prod. THC) [DWNLD]

While most of us are still running high on last years "Section 80", Kendrick Lamar already begins to prep for his next album, "Good Kid In A Mad City", with this new THC produced leak, "Cartoon & Cereal". Listen and download KDot's spacey cloud rap below!

Download: Kendrick Lamar - Cartoon & Cereal

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BJ The Chicago Kid - His Pain ft. Kendrick Lamar [DWNLD]

BJ The Chicago Kid hooks up with Kendrick Lamar on this emotionally charged new single, "His Pain" off of the upcoming "Pineapple Now-Laters" project which drops on Valentines Day. The duo express their raw pain on the Sounwave produced track so passionately that you can hear it in their voices. Listen and download and the single below!

Download: BJ The Chicago Kid - His Pain ft. Kendrick Lamar

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Schoolboy Q - Blessed ft. Kendrick Lamar [DWNLD]

Top Dawg Entertainment artists, Schoolboy Q and Kendrick Lamar team up on this Blessed single off Schoolboy's upcoming album, Habits & Contradictions which is out January 14th.

Download: Schoolboy Q - Blessed ft. Kendrick Lamar

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RVS Presents The 50 Best Albums Of 2011

2011 has turned out to be a fantastic year in music. We saw the emergence of a variety of young talent in a range of genres. We also saw a slew of veteran artists return to what originally made them great. There has literally just been too much good music that came out this year that it's easy to understand if you couldn't keep up with a lot of it. When compiling this list we actually had somewhere around a 100 different albums that could all easily be on this list therefore narrowing it down to just 50 was extremely difficult and arduous. So give it up to all these talented artists in 2011!

 

 RVS Presents The 50 Best Albums Of 2011:

ASAP Rocky - LiveLoveA$AP (Mixtape) [DWNLD]

"God damn, how real is this? I know the whole world go'n be feelin' this!" New York's answer for Kendrick Lamar; ASAP Rocky, finally drops his highly anticipated mixtape, LiveLoveASAP after teasing the world with the instant hit single, Peso. Watch out for the extremely fresh and talented Harlem kid that has already been dubbed the next big thing. I couldn't agree more. Also catch him on tour with Drake and Kendrick Lamar on the Club Paradise Tour which pops off in mid November! Listen to a couple of my favorites off the mixtape and download the whole thing below, ASAP!

ASAP Rocky - Peso (Prod. ASAP Ty Beats)

ASAP Rocky - Base (Prod. Clams Casino)

Download: ASAP Rocky - LiveLoveA$AP (Mixtape)

Check the track list below!

Kendrick Lamar - Rigamortus [Music Video]

Kendrick Lamar continues to deem Rigamortus on all these other rappers with his latest music video for his Section 80 track.

Chuuuuuch!

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Kendrick Lamar & Nosaj Thing - Cloud 10 [DWNLD]

I was absolutely ecstatic when I saw this. The underground electronic music scene meets one the most talented up and coming hip hop artists right now. I've witnessed my man Nosaj Thing's brilliance performed live several times in the past few years and have just been waiting around for someone like Kendrick Lamar to recognize and work with him. Kendrick flows through the Cloudy Nosaj beat which makes for a standout collab. Shout out to Windows Phone for sponsoring this!

Download: Kendrick Lamar & Nosaj Thing - Cloud 10

Check out some behind the scenes in studio footage of the two putting together Cloud 10 below.

Casey Veggies - Ridin' Roun Town ft. C-San, Dom Kennedy & Kendrick Lamar (Remix) [DWNLD]

Remix of one of my favorite tracks this year, Casey Veggies' Ridin' Roun Town featuring C-San, Dom Kennedy & Kendrick Lamar off the re-released Deluxe Edition of Sleeping In Class.

Download: Casey Veggies - Ridin' Roun Town ft. C-San, Dom Kennedy & Kendrick Lamar (Remix)

Previous: Casey Veggies - Swag Worth A Mill [DWNLD]

Kendrick Lamar - My Mind Drifts (Prod. Quartermaine) [DWNLD]

After releasing what was easily one of the dopest albums so far this year, Section 80, Kendrick Lamar drops his new track My Mind Drifts off Peter Rosenburg and Popchips Whats Poppin Vol. 1 Mixtape.

Download: Kendrick Lamar - My Mind Drifts (Prod. Quartermaine)

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