Official video for History – the Mos Def and Talib Kweli collaboration track from Mos’ latest album “The Ecstatic.” If you like this, check out the duo performing the track live with the Roots band on the Jimmy Fallon show here.

I should really try to stay up late enough to check out Jimmy Fallon more – because he shows hip-hop a lot of love. This is a live performance that aired last week of Talib Kweli, Mos Def and The Roots band performing History from Mos’ latest album “The Ecstatic.”

I don’t know how I missed this shit. Or the fact that Chali 2Na finally released his long awaited “Fish Outta Water” earlier this month. But I came across the album Friday and haven’t stopped bumping it since. This video is for Lock Shit Down, one of a handful of dope tracks from the album. Lock Shit Down features a guest verse from Talib Kweli.

New Reflection Eternal album coming soon!

New video from “Eardrum.”

New video for Eat To Live off of Talib Kweli’s 2007 release “Ear Drum.”

It is about time for Hillary to make her graceful exit …

From 247HH.

Three dope tracks from Akrobatik “Absolute Value”:

1. Kindred feat. Chuck D – download 
2. Be Prepared feat. Little Brother – download 
3. Put Ya Stamp on It feat. Talib Kweli – download

PEACE. Every year, Hip-Hop Linguistics creates two lists. One list contains the top hip-hop albums from major mainstream, underground and independent record labels. The other list contains the top hip-hop albums from minor independent labels and unsigned hip-hop artists. The first list contains artists you’ve likely heard of, while the second list contains artists you’ve probably not heard of.

This is that first list – the overall top picks for 2007. The list below represents the best albums hip-hop had to offer in the year 2007 from what we consider major record labels – whether mainstream, underground or independent. We highly recommend checking them all out! (more…)