We get a new single from Sequel post the success of his single I Never Quit with B3nchMarQ and Emtee. This time around he's putting the whip all the w...

Courtesy of Adult Swim, we get a track titled True Lightyears featuring the legendary MC, Jay Electronica, which is the second track off The Missing N...

Shot at the imaginary "Dim Mak Manor" where Steve Aoki shot the videos for his Kolony album, we get the latest music video with Yellow Claw for a trac...

With the Mob taking over August with new projects being released, we're just a week away from the Cozy Tapes 2 drop and just hours away till A$AP Ferg...

Inspired by their home city's biggest kwaito influence, Big Nuz, Durban duo TruStoryTellaz render their own single titled Ubala Lolo. The fellas do re...

After the Now or Never Lefemme Remix hosted by Ms Cosmo which was greatly received, the game was in utmost anticipation of music from the female rappe...

NONKE I'm so beside myself over this music video. Is it safe to say that this is the most fun and daring music video the Skhanda god, K.O, has ever...

I was mad excited when I saw that baby boy was on the next Feel Good Live Sessions with JR. A-Reece tags along with Flame to deliver a laid back sessi...

Your favourite rap group DreamTeam has been invited by The Friends of Royal Welsh Regimental Museum in Brecon, Wales to be the groundbreaking act this...

We would like to start off by wishing the K1 GOAT a very happy birthday, many blessings and may his star continue to shine bright. Kwesta and Thabsie'...

L!ncoln is bleeding his thoughts under the influence of the "happy juice" on The Love Of Liquor. He sings in a hypnotic manner throughout the track ki...

We bring you GalX Boy Record's 25K who channels his inner Makavelli for the hood. He tags along Carl for the racy track where he steps up on the speed...

We finally get to see the official visuals for Belly's P.O.P starring the gorgeous Blac Chyna. I find it rather funny how it was announced that Chyna ...

"I'm damned to be this good, I'm barely human." Krizz murked this chorus. Two of the dopest emcees in the game team up for this crazy track, no norma...

The breath of fresh air that is Lungelo Manzi cannot be contained in mere words. He goes ahead and blesses us with a new piece after giving us pieces ...

The A&E Network is set to drop a documentary called Biggie: The Life Of Notorious B.I.G on the 4th of September, directed by Mark Ford. The doccie pro...

We get the first visual off Dreamteam's EP Level Up for their leading single Sosha. The team brings us into their performance life through multiple ...

After dropping his highly anticipated album titled 12, A$AP Twelvyy gives us a wavy new single off the project titled Riviera featuring Joey Bada$$ an...

I was actually asking myself who's on the sessions this week 'cause I missed the train. Then I bumped into this special edition by JR where he takes u...

This song makes my heart bleed as I just happened to be talking about this loss with my driver the other morning. How life has become so fickle and ho...

Last month we said to you that the North god, Da L.E.S, is set to drop an album produced (mainly) by Gemini Major and today we come bearing more gifts...

Durban rap queen Nelz drops her latest project I Am for the streets. She's had a strong build up towards the drop and now the piece has arrived. She k...

Lobola hitmaker Gigi Lamayne is setting sail the ship for her debut album follow up, iGenesis Deluxe. When we spoke to her earlier this year she made ...

We sat down with Kid X to catch up with him since he's been off the radar for a minute now. We talk to him about what he's been up to and he tells us ...

SZA gives us the visuals for the opening single of her recently-dropped album CTRL. Supermodel follows the drop of SZA's Drew Barrymore and she contin...

We got a chance to sit down with the Skhanda god, K.O last week and in our chats with him we picked up a few updates that we'd like to highlight for y...

The church of JR's balcony has congregated yet again on this warm Friday afternoon and my soul has long left the surface of earth's gravity. I'm far b...

If you wanna hear some gems in conversation, sit down with K.O and let him open you up to some truths and observations. This is the case as we continu...

We will soon be seeing the official visuals for Belly's single P.O.P and we'll also be seeing in it a lady who has been on the entertainment news for ...

Fresh off the release of his fourth studio album Flower Boy, Tyler went on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to speak about the project and to also p...

Nelz just exposed my need to get me on that Snandi gear with this track. How brilliant is the push? Put it in a hook and have everyone singing that th...

I started my morning with this song and I think the ancestors opened the gates for my spirit to cruise through the day. You gotta respect Aewon Wolf's...

"Then I came and killed the game with an ad-lib! Sha-sha!" We had to save this one for a quiter day. You saw yesterday that our #FBPostOfTheWeek was ...

You just gotta love ByLwansta's artistic direction. He's so sinister with his flows which makes his story that much more compelling. This is Oh Well, ...

Can we stop the world from spinning for a moment please? It's The Wrecking Crew again, and this time it's the entire crew. ALLOF! A-Reece, B3nchMarq, ...

The great marvel Sjava has touched down on JR's scenic balcony for the intimate Feel Good Live Sessions and it's a whole vibe. He takes us through the...

Oh yes! We got the scoop, the whole scoop and nothing but the scoop with the renewed K.O who talks about No Feelings and what's been going on with the...

EUREKA! We finally get some new music from K.O after he went on a minor hiatus to recoup and basically find his chi in the music. He not only comes ou...

Oh yes! We get a taste of that irey sound from Zambia courtesy of Lady Bomb$hell on this dancehall influenced joint. She's so fierce while managing to...

Tyga teams up with Quavo on a new joint titled Bel Air off of the former's tape which has some impressive features from rappers like Kanye West and Pu...

Today is a special day for my fave, Tellaman. He drops a brand new single S.A.P after his infectious Lucid Dream masterpiece. He also happens to be fi...

Kranium comes back with the visuals to back up is smash hit Can't Believe It featuring Ty Dolla $ign and Wizkid. This track has some serious vibes to ...

The duo of LeLi and Zolisa are reflecting on Changes in their lives and they realise that the only thing that's changing is the Rand. Their visions an...

Lefika stand up! Ntjaa teng, Eze Lap comes at you with his latest single featuring the very talented Solid T titled Peke and they drop the freshest li...

Yesterday the world over celebrated International Mandela Day after Tata's birthday was not only turned into a celebrated holiday in South Africa but ...

If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it! Well, that's what Priddy Ugly finally did when he proposed to his girlfriend of over seven years, t...

It's debatable whether hip hop is more popular than house in South Africa, but I really think it is the most influential genre with the youth from lif...

A modern dedication to the great Nelson Mandela, Erick Rush gives us his take on what Tata means to him, featuring fellow rappers Purffy and King Griz...

In the words of the great Sean Carter, "This is high level not eye level..." After finally dropping his Can't Stop Won't Stop documentary, Diddy deci...

My heart is sore, and presumably many others of her fans. I am talking about the fact that goddess Bucie is about to retire from the music with her ne...

Taken off his Olive Branch album, Lockmsith shares another captivating visual for his track Helpless featuring Olamide Faison. First of all, when will...

I just realised that I remember Cxntent from his WRAP (a duo that broke up) days. I'll be straight and admit that I don't watch TV so when I saw that ...

Yet another dope remix done over Kendrick Lamar's Feel off of his album DAMN, Taylor Bennett gives us his version and he definitely killed it. Don't k...

As Lana Del Rey builds the anticipation for her forthcoming album titled Lust For Life that's set to drop on the 21st of July, she decided to give us ...

As Lana Del Rey builds the anticipation for her forthcoming album titled Lust For Life that's set to drop on the 21st of July, she decided to give us ...

YungenGod is running business like a boss and you best to recognise the drift before you get left. Loving his ambition in his lyrics and it comes thro...

One of Motswako's finest rhyme slayers, Eze Lap, is currently signed under Fifi Cooper's MoCooper Records and is set to drop a new single titled Piki ...

Young Gunner has been dropping behind the scenes happenings of his life for a minute now, giving us a glimpse of his music and touring life. The rappe...

Young Gunner has been dropping behind the scenes happenings of his life for a minute now, giving us a glimpse of his music and touring life. The rappe...

Make way for this one my homie Michael M-I-C especially if you were not warned about him prior to encounter. Ishuuuu! Abak'tshelanga Ngami with J.S....

Drinking and smoking in the woods, people live fearlessly yaz' guys. Ricco is currently on tour and decided to drop the visuals for his mixtape title ...

Can I just say that Monde Dube is coming up strong with these videos right now. The latest edition is N'veigh's visual for Bangel' Umsindo and it's m...

Starting off with calm raps and then going off on the beat after some supportive words from someone who sounds like ASAP Rocky, Twelvvy gives us his l...

Oh yes! Remember when Cassper and Goapele were chatting on the TL a while back and she said she'd be coming down to SA in July to which Cass said they...

The guy right now, DJ Speedsta, sat down with us for a chat about his set at the Castle Lite Unlocks concert where he brought out Kid X, Moozlie, Fran...

Imagine Solo on a track with Black Motion? Well, imagine it no more as it is about to happen. He just said so in this chat with him while at the Castl...

I am beside myself in laughter at Star Kruss' story of literally an underdog coming out victorious on pay-day! Yesssim! We can afford soap, the cotton...

FLOW, FLOW, FLOW! Yikes! Daniel Rep is not here for you fam. He's not here for the slumber neither. He comes out guns blazing alongside his just as ca...

Done over Kendrick Lamar's Feel off his DAMN album, Termanology gives us his version of the track and renames it Free. This remix starts off with Term...

Firstly, happy belated birthday to the goddess, Thando Thabethe, who we hung out with at the Castle Lite Unlocks concert (Jo'burg) last month. We spok...

It has really been a minute now. Miguel has been mute but decided to stop by Uncle Snoop's GGN studios and preview his upcoming single. This song soun...

I wonder if the gorgeous looking Tebogo, aka Milky, is well aware of this cool ode to her. Ohmz is dedicating this interlude to that that beautiful gi...

Kilogram, an entire kg, this name actually made me chuckle and I legit read it in a Mexican accent, but that's not what we're here for. Kilogram bring...

We sat down with Ma-E on the Red Couch to chat to him about how he's been holding up since he moved on from his album Township Counsellor which he fel...

We had Sphe on the ground recently and he told us about the Kings Of The Weekend's single with Tribal and Dreamteam titled Believe, issa Gospel song, ...

It's what.a.life week ahead of the official release of the album tomorrow and the air couldn't be more festive. We speak to Sjeje firstly about the ma...

After winning the BET for Best Male Hip Hop Artist on Sunday June 25th, K.Dot comes at us with a new video off of his album DAMN. The single is titled...

It's what.a.life week! Finally, JR's much anticipated album (we think) arrives this Friday. After we saw him tear up some new tracks on last week's Fe...

Calvin Harris finna get us ready for Summer with his music, and he is also prepping us of his forthcoming album titled Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 that dr...

Oh snap! You have NO idea how much I've been waiting on this damn visual to drop online. GEEZ! I am so impressed with the creative they put into this....

My favourite thing about music is how you'll never know who might speak life into your situation. I found my sermon in this week's edition of JR's Fee...

Where were you last week Thursday night? I regret to inform you that if you were not at the Dome then you my friend have missed out immensely and that...

The general finally shares the visual for Writer with the rest of us and it's hella groovy. More like smokey to be exact. Notice how T.I (and B.O.B ac...

I wish we could all wake up in the morning and write tracks in expression of our good moods. We'll live vicariously through Flamez Get Em who'll lead ...

In part 2 of our sit down with N'veigh we talk about what he rates in the game right now. What we can definitely agree on is how people have taken mus...

The First Lady of Thumaka Music, DJ Zai Maya, is back with a new single Keep It On The Low and she's rolling with Rap Lyf's TLT and Makwa Beats for th...

King Royce is continuing with the Bar Exam series dropping the 4th installment today (EST). He jumps onto Lupe Fiasco's Mural beat for a socially char...

The new anthem has arrived and it's a word of resilience and courage from the New School Bully, Kid Tini. Bekezela sees Kid Tini slow it down with Lis...

Jhene is hot off her breathtaking visual and single drop for While We're Young and it already seems like a new piece of work might be headed our way a...

Tis' finally Castle Lite Unlocks day with Travis Scott and Bryson Tiller supporting our local acts DJ Vigilante, Riky Rick, Cassper Nyovest and DJ Spe...

Denzel Curry causes a mild shake in the universe with this intergalactic, Mr Miyagi-sounding, throwback-vibed Zeltron 6 Billion. I can't begin to line...

Denzel Curry causes a mild shake in the universe with this intergalactic, Mr Miyagi-sounding, throwback-vibed Zeltron 6 Billion. I can't begin to line...

My heart. Trapped. In this here abyss of familiarity, relation and enchantment. The legendary De La Soul evoke the deepest of emotions and many an inh...

Here's someone that my heart can draw closer to. His premise with music is that he needs to affect people positively based off the irresponsible role ...

You gon' feel the wrath of the New School Bully okay? Kid Tini's only just getting started. Over a year after creeping up on the industry with his f...

We caught up with Sesi Madjozi while on a shoot to talk about the support she's been getting which she is more than grateful for. She tells us about h...

Now look what happens when you put so much work into your craft that even the OGs recognise and wanna go ahead and try freestyle on your track. This i...

Oh yes absolutely please! The ever talented Donald is the next live act on JR's Feel Good Live Sessions balcony. I'll tell you what I love and respect...

A video with pretty ladies doing everything for you while you just sit there and look cool, not to mention it features some of the most popular artist...

I think it's just so dope when youngins put one another on, we need this type of love in the game man. So the boy Shaman comes with his first ever sin...

I don't know how Nasty does it. Being so "together" through such a painful thing. Naturally things are not always as they seem to the outsider but we ...

Bad Boy boss and probably the only man who has had the most name-changes in the game has been doing some promo to get fans ready for the forthcoming B...

Jesse Suntele wears so many hats and now we're exposed to another hat of his, the rapper. I for one was shocked when I first saw him on Vuzu Hustle, I...

One of Durban's freshest talents, Missu, features some up and coming artists on a single titled Waves and it's a definite must-hear. Missu's sick elec...

I like the way they looped Neyo's Part Of The List in the beat, don't know how they did that but it's pretty cool. Mo features fellow cats on the come...

Thank goodness for Kevin Durant 'cause he just ignited something within Jay Electronica as he shares this new single as an ode to him. Is Jay gonna dr...

Don't you sometimes catch yourself thinking back to the nonsense you got yourself into when you were younger? Elvato gives us the visuals for his Youn...

An emotional display herein by the boy doing things. His latest visual for Feelings featuring Flame is his first since parting ways with his record la...

What a beautiful gathering it is when music takes precedence and artistry is shining brighter than this scenic sunset on JR's balcony. Kwesta, who jus...

In a personal visual, Yelawolf returns with his latest single Row Your Boat after he took some time off the scene to find his center and reflect a bit...

Insufficient balance alert. No F%*s are available around these here parts where Chan Wicked-Eyes exists. The dreamy sounding track is a mind twist 'ca...

Female rappers will bite your head off for real. These ladies went in on this track and I really am unable to can, they brought all the fire in the fo...

I'm so glad about this piece of news and for one big reason only, that Tellaman deserves more recognition than he currently has. I'm lying, that's act...

Extended plays seem to be the best way to get your music out there, almost everyone has one these days but I am not complaining. In the rapid paced wo...

Note To Self: Go big or go home. Cos Eye gives us a banger, quite inspirational even. The track is a motivational message to whoever listens to it. He...

You know when you've experienced the most one night and you just wanna tell someone because it was that lit? This is that type of situation with KND. ...

We get new heat from one of the coolest rappers right now. The new N'veigh is example of his ghetto fabulous with that hardcore, "Ska jumpisa" vibe to...

We're here for the news that N'veigh's got a new single coming out. But even more so that things are moving really fast paced right now. First, the ar...

I hate to say it, but I think we told you so! It's Reezus on the Feel Good Live Sessions today and he renders a live performance of his tracks from th...

The music surface just about shook this morning when all the fans realised that True To Self was out and it wasn't bootlegged nor was it a prank. Brys...

The music surface just about shook this morning when all the fans realised that True To Self was out and it wasn't bootlegged nor was it a prank. Brys...

This boy is about to be a Problem with this track, otla ka Mathata Fela for real - pun intended. Teq dropped this as a single from his The Decoy EP an...

Kris Karma Just dropped his fourth project titled Wisdom in A nutshell and I've given it a spin countless times, this is a pure masterpiece and reliab...

Flameboy does some self introspection on this piece as he tells us of how messy and drama-filled his life is to be in a relationship with anybody. The...

The massacre is potent on this here God Forbid. Even on his worst day the rhyme gods show up strong for Joell Ortiz. You know the studio is burning wh...

May I digress quickly? Am I the only one who got put onto Quentin Miller by Saudi? Yes? Okay... On to The Light, Quentin Miller is kinda blue on this...

Missy Elliott calls all the girls on this one and they go loose on the I'm Better remix. Her comeback track didn't go as far as one would've hoped for...

Another day another international feature. Hot off his performance at the One Africa Music Festival in London where he was hanging out on Radar radio ...

Admittedly, we tripped up on the last few updates on the #MeanMondays but you can always know without a shadow of doubt that R-Mean keeps the ball r...

You never need to be in the dark about anything as long as you have the internets. We just caught a glimpse of what MIGHT transpire this Friday come 1...

The beautiful combination of Merel and Njabs Da Beatmaker bring us this captivating story of Jabulani. Merel captures your ear with his stern voice an...

You guys have no idea how many times I rewinded this track, no idea. I'm losing my mind at how refreshing it is, I cannot believe this actually. Falco...

PSA: WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH #PINKPANTHER ???? ???????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/D3b6pON0AL— #PINKPANTHER (@OfficialTshego) May 21, 201...

While tweeps are debating whether she was hacked or nah, we're here for this matte black R8. Shu! Young M.A keeps it moving with the boss visuals for...

We visited pH at the studio and he introduced us to someone he's passing the baton to, Ricco. Ricco dropped his single Gone To My Head with Maggz just...

The homie JR does it again and this week Shekinah blesses the Feel Good Live Sessions with her beautiful voice. She also sings an exclusive song tha...

We couldn't allow Thabsie to leave without getting a glimpse of that sweet velvet voice and so she obliged. She renders a bare version of the infectio...

Well would you look at this? Kranium, Dolla and Wizzy link up for another jam and this time it's Kranium's single Can't Believe ahead of his next albu...

I'm here for the bars, but I've also got a fire extinguisher in hand 'cause I ain't finna be part of these here flames. Ah, ah, ah! Machine Gun Kelly ...

After listening to this track, it is quite evident that Neezy has some Motswako influence. Reminds me of something the legendary Motswako king Mo'lemi...

Ana Eleven enlists the company of LEO Music and V.Ace for Rubber Band, a pacy hustler's anthem. She's leading the pack in their missions to stack it u...

Keet highlights For The Love Of off his The Lost EP to address the complexities that money comes with. From the subject of hustling to inequality and ...

It's safe to say that JR is having a good musical year. I say this because you can feel his energy through the music, from Sauce, and all the producti...

It's here! Reason drops off the scenic music video for his leading single Celebrity. I'm captivated from beginning to end. What'd I say about the leve...

A song about disbelieve, but more gratitude than anything else. Every now and then we need to take a break, sit down and pinch ourselves over how far ...

And we're back on with the Feel Good Live Sessions, for the third installment JR shares his scenic balcony with KLY who serenades us with renditions o...

Tiller just about shook his hive when he announced that the True To Self album, which drops on the 23rd of June, is now available for pre-order. He dr...

Raven Felix is hanging out with the Taylor Gang leader Wiz Khalifa on the hills and they ride on a long winding road, drop top down and all, into the ...

We just got put on game with this mad trio New Track City made of two amazing emcees and the producer that makes all the magic potent. Bet, Chi. Stone...

Marcus Melanin is all the warrior fierceness in this enchanting Tranquility Freestyle which immediately grabs your attention soon as he spits. There's...

We took peak into the newly opened Family Tree Store on the night of the launch and we got to see all the elements that Cassper Nyovest added into the...

DJ Romz Deluxe and Earl W Green start of our Thursday in the smoothest of moods. Bumper To Bumper is beautiful grown up conversation with the most sea...

The anthem of a victor is brought to you by Hitman Neo who celebrates his strides on They Never Believed. Nothing like the fuel of nay-sayers to prope...

The story of this joint is pretty crazy. Blaqverse relays the true story of being framed after his friend committed a crime in his jacket and gave it ...

Lethal emcee Mali D shows his flexibility on his newest track Georgie Zamdela. Mali D is all the smooth, playful and yet he possesses a touch of gangs...

When Reezus dropped his Girls album online for a few hours last month, he asked people what they thought would be a good single and a lot of people se...

Oh yes! We're here for this kind of magic. uLungelo is back with some new light titled Nomathemba. This kid is a star okay? He's so intergalactic in h...

Make way everybody! Delicate raps coming through! Joell Ortiz chops us the rhymes like a seasoned lyrical chef on Rap Millionaire. He's doing this mus...

Is it on? Ah yes! Why, thank you for joining us! Welcome to the second serving of JR's Sauce on the newly established Feel Good Live Sessions and thi...

It's finally here and once you watch it I think you'll understand why it took so long. The god emcee Stogie T takes us through his list of only 6 vers...

Who is this? Yes please kind sir! Darnell Williams ladies and gentlemen from Detroit, he and Casey Veggies are feeling like young film creme-de-la-cre...

Who is this? Yes please kind sir! Darnell Williams ladies and gentlemen from Detroit, he and Casey Veggies are feeling like young film creme-de-la-cre...

Dave East is at it again. Man, this dude makes my rap heart so happy. He shares the visual for Drake's Free Smoke EASTMIX where he's posting in the st...

We caught up with our Underdog winner for the month of March while at rehearsals at Cantare to talk about his style. I quite like his flavour so I ask...

Rap Lyf's Nota had a few things to get off his chest pending the disqualification of Nasty C's two music videos from the Best Music Video category at ...

The magic trio do a take on Rick Ross' sample on his Santorini Greece off the Rather You Than Me album and they tone it all the way down with some str...

Mchangani is gonna start dropping new music more frequently and he kicks off with the soulful sounding Lahlela co-produced by Beatmochini and ByLwanst...

Mchangani is gonna start dropping new music more frequently and he kicks off with the soulful sounding Lahlela co-produced by Beatmochini and ByLwanst...

JR is starting a new online series called the Feel Good Live Sessions. The plan is to start by showcasing his music and then invite other artists t...

Oh yes! Now this is music to the soul, for the soul by a rap soul whisperer. PdotO shares his emotional sounding Angels filled with strings that tug a...

"A story can be told in a look. A story can be told in abstract way..." - Kyle Lewis We dig deeper in conversation with Kyle Lewis to talk about what...

"A story can be told in a look. A story can be told in abstract way..." - Kyle Lewis We dig deeper in conversation with Kyle Lewis to talk about what...

We sat down with prolific video director Kyle Lewis to talk about his come up in the visual business, who gave him his first shot and what the journey...

DAGGER GANG pull up (tempted to ad-lib SSSKKKRR) to the spot and they need all the space to make a clean appearance on Chechela Morao. The crew is sou...

King Pdot is up with a new single this week and it drops on Friday. If you followed the #SAHipHopDebate last night you would have seen that he was hai...

I ABSOLUTELY love the message of this song. Machine Gun Kelly is in isolation on the visual of At My Best as he recites his letter to the loners out t...

This kid makes my heart smile. He's such a weirdo, in the coolest means of the word, and he's proud of it. His unapologetic attitude about his craft, ...

I like this part of the game. Juelz Santana takes a go at Kodak Black's Tunnel Vision for the streets. It's safe to say that Juelz has managed to ceme...

I like this part of the game. Juelz Santana takes a go at Kodak Black's Tunnel Vision for the streets. It's safe to say that Juelz has managed to ceme...

What a moving visual. Monde and Uncle Scrooch outdid themselves with depicting the intensity of this song's subject matter. I particularly love their ...

The fresh youngin Wordsmith Felix huddles up with Swazi rapper Oriiginelle and Zambia's Kikwa for Sixth Sense. They're dancing on this simplistic beat...

Ingathi uSPHE has the answers. This conversation is cut short at the end there. Hmm! On the real though, we sit down SPHE to talk about the new Kings...

We continue to talk to DreamTeam about the comparisons they've experienced between Durban and Jo'burg since moving up here and they explain what the m...

Cape Town's Kno3 just came off the new season of Vuzu's Hustle Top 20 shortlist where he was eliminated before the mansion. His people are not too imp...

Dear Mac Miller, You are loved. Thank the heavens for your creative. That letter is to the universe nje. I'll fax him when I'm ready. He decided to ...

YEYI! What an A-Grade music video. Yerrr! Now this is major key. The royalty theme on here is so spectacular. Loving the gold scheme, the mild graphic...

Must be a good Friday the Dream Team trio sticks to their promise and drops their new EP Level Up. The gents have been doing the...

Tellaman said he was working on 3 music videos for tracks off his amazing Lucid Dream EP and I honestly didn't expect the work this soon, at once. It'...

"Hip Hop ain't as dead as it looks, nah, diversions to cover up the lies..." POWERFUL! This is music of magic right here. Talib Kweli and Styles P dr...

$pace $ave Logic comes through with his new single 2K17, a softly belled banger buzzing with attitude. He's finessing in a laid back manner on this on...

We sat down with DreamTeam ahead of their EP drop this Friday and we talk about the reception of their single Sosha, along with it's confusion with Pr...

The king shares new music while we're waiting for news on his next album since he and Khaled last said "Nas album done". Angel Dust is taken off the N...

We sat down with TLT to talk about how their single Nice Life Problems has been received thus far and they got to talking to us about their promotiona...

I love the message of this song. It kinda reminds me of the sentiments in Zubz' Liberatum with M.anifest. Google that joint! "Two cellphones and I'm ...

We got acquainted with the Let's Play Outside project last week through their collaborative events and various faces of street entrepreneurs who are c...

King Talib comes through for the Red Bull 64 Bars series and boy does he finesse he only way he knows how. We see him in studio with two engineers who...

YFN Lucci and PnB Rock are all the party in the lively visual for Everyday We Lit as they have a good time on a boat, at a house party and at a club. ...

So DreeeeeeamTeam is dropping their new EP next week Friday and after dropping a trailer last week that announced the EP as well as what it's centered...

Aaah yes! Chrisette Michele wastes no time in swaying right into the instrumental when her version of Drake's breezy Passionfruit opens. This is one o...

Aaah yes! Chrisette Michele wastes no time in swaying right into the instrumental when her version of Drake's breezy Passionfruit opens. This is one o...

Cape Town's Miss Celaneous pairs up her don't-mess-with-me attitude with Youngsta's gangster for Gehard and it's nothing less of what you'd expect fro...

Lupe Fiasco is sounding a bit more reflective in his latest tracks what with the recent ANKH:HER freestyle which sounds like the Lupe a lot of us fell...

It's the DreamTeam, DreamTeam, DreamTeam! Those who know know that Dreams Never Die and this is precisely the message that the trio is upholding to wi...

It's TellAScope Day as Big Star avails his EP for pre-order on iTunes today. But that's not all we're excited about today, his music video for Flavors...

T.I is kicking off the Hustle Gang run of music drops by honouring the late rapper Peanut Da Don by jumping onto his last joint Trenches Reloaded. T...

This is the song that kinda sparked the beef between Remy Ma and Nicki Minaj! It was an unforgettable moment before the hype deflated quick fast. But ...

Yhuuu! How Azad turned this potentially fire beat into such a rap massacre is evidence of his genius. THEY. is amazing though, their production and mu...

The first line on this joint is so lit. Iyoh! Juelz Santana comes through with a re-up of his Up In The Studio Gettin' Blown freestyle. I for one am...

Von Intellekt with Chabi Mas and additional vocals from HymnSLF who really gives this song that extra soulful edge to it. Mama Made Me is a song of co...

Shu! Can one man's finesse be so high though? Youngsta is becoming that guy that a week will never go by without something mentionable coming from him...

We sat down with Instro about his project Help Me Not Forget Me and what inspired such a reflective title for it. He talks about foresight and having ...

Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J revisit their collabo project Rude Awakening on this visual for Cell Ready, a rather hard joint by the fellas. They do that th...

I didn't think this day would come so soon. I'm mad excited for the people to finally see these music videos. A lot of the people who attended the pre...

A twisted alternate reality is displayed in Nav's dreamy visual for Myself. He starts off the music video in a very mysterious manner mirroring himsel...

Sean Kingston takes us to his neighbourhood in the visual for Chance. His EP Made In Jamaica is delayed but no matter, we got this music video to keep...

Belly's multifaceted talent is starting to get deserving recognition and this freestyle of his on the LA Leakers show goes to show just how hard he go...

Juelz Santana is in the streets of Harlem in his new visual with Dave East, barring Bobby Shmurda and Rowdy Rebel in the flesh as they are currently i...

Kids that come up in any other language than the usual Zulu, Tswana and English have my automatic utmost attention. Mega is repping KwaNdebele on Tjel...

Ephraim is a complete artist and you can almost hear all the creative aura ooze out of him. CLUELESS is a laid back, alternate universe sounding joint...

This one is for the feel good scale. Miguel and DJ Premier gift us with a beam filled visual for their previously locked treasure 2 Lovin U which they...

Nelz is on a steady incline in the music and Nobody just adds to her case. I'm loving the play on this old RnB chorus (if you don't spot it then you'r...

When Cass said he was riding around in a Gusheshe he was not playing but the only difference now is that the Gusheshe technically belongs to YOU (shou...

This is the radio rip of Frank Ocean's new joint Chanel which he previewed on Beats 1 Radio for an hour and one of the versions he shared is one with ...

We caught up with Tellaman, Jessica Nkosi and Moozlie after the #Veliswa preview at Rosebank last week to get a feel of what they thought about Nasty ...

We caught up with Tellaman, Jessica Nkosi and Moozlie after the #Veliswa preview at Rosebank last week to get a feel of what they thought about Nasty ...

We have to commend Nasty C on the stellar turn out at his #Veliswa preview last night in Jo'burg, Durban and Cape Town respectively where his fans mor...

As a matter of fact, this song exemplifies mine, and many other hustlers' feelings right now. Particularly Reason's hook. You don't know how it's gonn...

This that make you dizzy kinda visual so if you're not one for flashing videos don't try this at home. Now that we've got the formalities outta the w...

We sat down with Ms Cosmo for part 2 of the Office Chats where we touch on the egos of artist managers and knowing when to draw the line between prote...

Three new visuals to preview across 3 cities in one night. Nasty C will be sharing the visuals from his Bad Hair Extensions album, namely Don't Do It,...

Delta The Leo takes a new influence to her music on Let It Be as she draws inspiration from the likes of Patoranking and Tiwa Savage for this dancehal...

Chillimane is asking for his love back on Feeling with Emtee riding shot gun on the hook, which was done about two years back. Goes to show just how m...

We bring you the first edition of our Office Chats this year where we discuss anything as an office here at SOL, and this time we invited Ms Cosmo to ...

How talented are some of these youngins out here though? Tellaman shared this teaser for what looks like it will be the visual for his single Dandy wh...

This video is mad hilarious. uAuntie doesn't understand this life that we're living yo! TLT hit the nail on the head with this video by keeping to the...

Juelz Santana continues swiftly with his musical onslaught and drops his The Get Back mixtape teaser Dip'd In Coke. This one is a sampled slow burner ...

PREACH BOYS! Fresh off dropping his acoustic mixtape Eric B For President: Term 1, Eric Bellinger partners with the smooth Wale for Treat Yourself, an...

PREACH BOYS! Fresh off dropping his acoustic mixtape Eric B For President: Term 1, Eric Bellinger partners with the smooth Wale for Treat Yourself, an...

I do quite love this song. For the longest time when Miss Pru dropped it last year I had it on loop, for days on end. Powerful track about overcoming,...

Kwesta drops off the moving visuals for his DaKAR II love dedication featuring the gorgeous and talented Thabsie. The music video for Ngiyaz'fela Ngaw...

Gucci Mane said this is the "hardest song of the year" ahead of dropping it. He enlists the help of Nicki Minaj for Make Love which is a low bass buzz...

Now ain't this the way of a winner? Music is the answer, always has been and forever will be. The Young King drops a brand new slow burner touched by ...

Ooooohweee! This is how a lion wakes up! DAMN Truey. Homie's had a challenging 2016 while off the grid doing some retrospection but he's back and soun...

I had to share this magic dust with you. THEY. are sounding like a dream on this here joint. Silence is the music of a floating feeling touched with ...

Community service has never looked so cool, and fun too. Also, wouldn't everyone just love an overseer like the dude in the music video? Jumping fence...

This past weekend DuBoiz and Supa Mega were down in Cape Town for the music video shoot of their collabo smash Hallelujah. We've seen a clips of the d...

"We don't have enough storytellers, we cater to the same market..." - PdotO We sat down with arguably one of the more "conscious" and reflective rapp...

You gotta love BoB's reflective nature. On Story To Tell he takes a break from fantastical tales like he has been doing in his recently themed music t...

Listen closely. Trigga is getting ready to drop his next project Tremaine: The Album and as a result has began his campaign by dropping an iTunes pre-...

As we wrap up the peak week of Love Month, Africa Lit artist Pandalocash comes through with the smooth Feeling accompanied by Mansa Note and Boom Boom...

Yasss! We tried to play matchmaker with the music here and I am particularly proud of my attempted arrangement. Hopefully all these years in radio hav...

Msotra Man, Saudi, drops the abstract music video for his heartbreak love song She Loves Me, just in time for love week amplified. In the video he's a...

Last week, Sjava and DJ Maphorisa surprised us with a new single titled Ngempela featuring the amazing sounding Howard as well. The joint is a romanti...

Kwesta has shared a visual for his DaKAR II banger Kokotela featuring Yanga and Kid X with no warning whatsoever. Or did we know? I doubt we saw this ...

A total of eight tracks were dropped for you to stream and download here at SlikourOnLife. Yeah we nice like that. The rest of the tracks were also dr...

Yes baby! This is Shakadeliks, aka Shak, aka Shak Daddi, aka TOO MANY AKA's TO REMEMBER. You know how on some few and far in between occasions someon...

This is crazy! Look, I'm here for the fusion okay? RnB singer Verse Simmonds teams up with Caribbean OG Machel Montano for this hella vibey Magic join...

Alexandra's patriots Jovislash and DJ Phatpro who have been collaborating for a while now decide to officially merge to form the A-Town Kings duo as t...

JR almost had us starving as we waited for the Sauce to be delivered. He finally unleashes this banging joint and it's nothing short of what we expect...

This is by far the most tracks we have dropped in a week. The reason for this is that everyone is working and people are understanding our submission ...

I've actually spent the whole weekend looping this project. It's that good. Either that, or my love for Tellaman's artistry is that much. Lucid Dream...

Juelz Santana actually dropped two tracks in one day. He did a new version of his heavily graced joint Old Thang Back which originally featured Jadaki...

Talib Kweli and Styles P have been on tour together and are almost wrapping up but not before they drop some fire bars with this collabo for Last Ones...

In this dreamy video, Belly is road tripping on a dirt back road to what looks like the middle of nowhere making pitstops on the side of the road and ...

"Who else could flip a chorus into 40 million?" - Rozay Yikes! First of all, how many hooks has Ty Dolla $ign graced in just the past week?! No seri...

Well this is a pleasant surprise. One of the queens of rap, Missy Elliott dropped a surprise track (almost) accompanied by a music video. CANDY FOR TH...

I can tell you now, you never espedet these sounds from all 4 of these joints. Just wow. I cannot begin to elaborate the maturity, the universalism (i...

French Montana's been teasing the people on his socials about a brewing joint with Diddy and this here is it. Can't Feel My Face drops with a video to...

"Let them with ears understand" - Lauryn Hill Chrisette Michele takes to music, or rather spoken word to lash back at the negative reception of her d...

Yikes! I wish it was that easy to take a trip off to the islands nje! Ella Mai comes through with the gorgeous visuals for her Change EP get away song...

Taken off K Camp's RARE mixtape, Out The Loop featuring Trouble gets a pretty dreamy visual where some special effects are concerned. K and Trouble ge...

When Tellaman said he was dropping a new EP this year he wasn't playing. He announced the expected date for his Lucid Dreaming EP which is scheduled f...

Last week's drops were hella. Many cats also wanted to say they're outchea seeing that we are way into 2017. Can you believe it? It's almost the month...

It's finally here. We saw some dope BTS shots and a promo last year ahead of this music video and Nelz drops it of with so much excitement saying, "I'...

Derek Wise graces us with the dope music video for his latest drop Get It Myself after a bit of silence on his front. We see him riding the streets th...

Let's roll up the credits: written, produced, recorded and mixed by Tellaman. Yeah, that way! Tellaman opens his musical year with a statement track ...

Shelton Forbez dropped this dime last year and he delivers the music video for it right now. It's smoky, alluring, sexy and all things thuggy at the s...

This is strictly for laughs! Agreed? Look, this whole Chris Brown and Soulja Boy beef and upcoming boxing match is mad funny. More-so, the entertainme...

Headed to The Top and yo'll gon' know her! It's Nelz, queen of the coast and her star is rising. She dropped her fiery joint The Top last year and now...

Cap City stand up! Space Save Logic is repping with WeiRD on this self produced Kikilikiki. He's prepping for his Space Save Us album and this banger ...

King SweetKid caught my attention last year with his Sugar Season mixtape and then his track Strong which he dropped shortly after. I was most impress...

Problem shares a double video for his joints Betta Watch Yo Self and Lightwork, which he produced himself as well, ahead of his mixtape drop this week...

I'm putting you onto this so you see that Eric Bellinger is not just a cover artist, but that he can stand his own too and more than excels in his own...

What's the date today? Oh yeah that's right, it's the 53rd of December. Ey, don't @ me, I got this on the streets. Lady Bragga, the Brutal Fruit Turn...

"Do what you gotta do, don't matter who proud o' you. Just do what you gotta do!" Profound. We get a new visual from Dave East for 30 N!%#az taken of...

I got introduced to Eric Bellinger when I stumble across his amazing RnB cover of Rae Sremmurd's Black Beatles and although he's been dropping visuals...

I got introduced to Eric Bellinger when I stumble across his amazing RnB cover of Rae Sremmurd's Black Beatles and although he's been dropping visuals...

Aaah yes. Reflection on wax. Rodey Holmes is tryna find himself on this Intro of his Ungodly Hours Pt.1 EP. He wears his heart in his lyrics accompani...

Juelz Santana is accelerating with the drops by the minute. He just came out with the visuals for Santana Bandana and now he drops Drake Voice which p...

Man oh man. Goapele is currently in South Africa. She posted a picture with Cassper Nyovest which stated "Good vibes only in the studio last night wit...

There were a bunch of tracks and music videos dropped over the festive season that you may have missed. No worries though because we got you. We under...

Just to make sure that we all can give our two cents' worth, please listen to the track after the jump. Okay now that you back what do you think of...

I did warn you guys that it's only rest in December state of mind right. Yeah, there were a few drops last week that I can actually type this with one...

Oh man. Jub Jub is out on parole and he has shared a song that has probably been buried in his heart for the longest time, Ke Kopa Tshwarelo (Please F...

My ears were raised when I first saw this. Eva Alordiah? I love her. Lemme backtrack though. Multiple SATMA nominee and winner Dr Bone comes through w...

Few moments before midnight on New Year's Day, DuBoiz and AKA performed Hallelujah at The Annual Donaldson Dam Picnic Explosion. There hasn't been a...

Diplomats Juelz Santana is back with the bandana. I actually never noticed how often he wears bandanas, but I guess this song is for people like me...

The gang from Durban Palm Tree Paradise who blessed us with the hit Unbelievable and were co-signed by Aewon Wolf, who even directed the video for the...

I give to you The Lions Den S01 E05 & 06: 2016 Wrap Up The 5th and 6th episode with ShabZi Madallion does The Corner; SA Hip Hop Awards' cypher, a...

Only someone as fresh as the North god can have Santa dabbing! Da L.E.S has to be our favourite person this last quarter of the year, from Diamond In ...

While On The Ground with at the South African Hip Hop Awards, uSanele lets us in on what to expect from him come the new year where music and art is c...

Shout out to the familia for all the love and support they show for the platform. We get more wishes from Proverb, Sanele and Miss Pru. Side bar, Mi...

Sacha Felix comes from the 021 and so do Guttrboy and Fonzo. The homies linked up for this dope joint titled 3 AM Baby. I really love how Sacha start...

T-Pain is adding to the number of rappers who've been showing up for Haiti this year as he ropes in Zoey Dollaz, who is of Haitian heritage, to vibe o...

So we're wrapping up the year and we'll be dropping you some numbers off SlikourOnLife. These will be the 10 most downloaded songs and EPs/albums (bas...

Yes! Yes! Yes! If you're gonna tackle a popular, and almost overrated song (thanks to the worldwide #MannequinChallenge craze) you better bring it. Bl...

Independent Nigerian rapper and producer, David Meli, who now resides in England has dropped a sizzling hot remix to his breath taking tune Novice and...

PnB Rock sings just as well as he raps and on Selfish he shows his softer side by swooning over his lady interest and wanting her all to himself. We s...

Ah yes! These visuals got all the sauce you'll need for the summer. Just wow. So colourful, very fun, and the level of FOMO inducement is beyond high ...

The opening of this joint is ALL THE WAY UP. That gorgeous sounding Cinderella got me wanting to also hit her back to respond on C'Funk's behalf about...

This is mood music by Elvato tagging with Sk. iLL for the lead single off his 2015 mixtape Love, Liquor, Lights called Summer In The City. On the musi...

After the South African Hip Hop Awards last week, the A-Team took their celebrations to the studio to shed their feelings of how far they've come, tea...

I had an hour long conversation with the homie Slikour talking about releasing music in December. The guy has this theory which makes sense but I can'...

I been needing to put you onto this mass since it dropped. Remember that week when it seemed like it was raining Beatmochini left, right and center? I...

They've got the original original makoya cellular phone for this one. This one is from our times. Those times right after smoke signals, type writers ...

The adage goes, "if you want something done right, do it yourself" and it would appear the OG's in the game are huddling up to mobilise against what t...

While his music video for Surrender is loading, Durban rapper Brandon BLVD ropes on the jiggy Efelow of WTF fame for Rebel where they cruise smoothly ...

While his music video for Surrender is loading, Durban rapper Brandon BLVD ropes on the jiggy Efelow of WTF fame for Rebel where they cruise smoothly ...

Good vibes only! Anatii delivers the visuals for his smash Tell Me featuring Omarion which they shot during the #ARTIIFACTTour a few months ago. It's...

Here's a taste of what Omarion and Anatii were filming a few months back during the #ARTIIFACTTour. The video is due tomorrow so our hearts can surviv...

What a fitting performance for this track, especially given the nature of its origin. The Hamilton Mixtape is finally out and I swear the producer of ...

Is it true that people aren't necessarily successful cannot give you advice? Hit me up in the comments section real quick. I enter with a digression....

Inseezy brings us the visuals for Where I Belong featuring the piercing question posed by Senamile in the hook. A very minimalistic video that allows ...

Ey yo! JUELZ SANTANA IS BACK! It's official. Jules has surfaced recently after a long musical hiatus with his Up In The Studio Gettin' Blown freestyle...

I'm absolutely in love with the feel good vibes on this joint. But most importantly, I'm loving this twisted beat and the intricate pockets of the son...

Can I just say that at some point #DarneLately was trending above #SAHottestMCs for two days straight when it dropped last week? It's madness. Darne ...

Season 3 of Jovislash's Freestyle Fridays is on a strong wind. He drops off the Intro for his upcoming mixtape set to drop in two weeks. Revelations i...

The Lox just announced that they've signed a deal with Jay Z's Roc Nation and they'll be releasing an album real soon under that banner titled Filthy ...

The Lox just announced that they've signed a deal with Jay Z's Roc Nation and they'll be releasing an album real soon under that banner titled Filthy ...

Psychedelic is a producer from the 021. He is mad nice with the production. I actually heard some of his unreleased material and let me tell you, this...

We couldn't stroll past this gem. Static Selektah is on duty for the soundtrack of the A3C Festival in Atlanta and he'll be showcasing some remixes of...

Look, if you're a ShabZi Madallion fan, come closer! In the next five weeks you will be treated to exclusive, never before seen footage of the rapper...

Can we call Laylizzy our Mozambican connect? I think so. He's really representing his country exceptionally well and not only that, it seems he's pavi...

It's gonna be a long night for the homie! He just had about two Johnnie Walker servings and look at the time. This is Buoypelo and he's from what we c...

Okay, this is a real fairytale type situation for me. So, Bylwansta released his Your Absolutely Right Ep back in August and on that 9 track piece, Be...

Your top ten illest emcees from Ghana should have the name EL on it, if you still want to remain knowledgable within the Hip Hop, Hiplife and Azonto g...

Watchu know about surpassing the status quo huh? Or spacemen in the hood? I love this video. There's just something about it. Add to that, the actual...

HE'S BACK! Don't count Juelz out of the running in 2017 yo! He announced a forthcoming album in the works and he drops the visuals for his Up In The ...

@Jovislash - Jo'burg City Click here to download @057CaptainFS ft @Nveigh x @PdotOSA - #CumLaude @ReasonHD ft @GeminiMajor - #AllTheTime Cli...

Yo'll remember the last time we Ashanti and Ja Rule on a track? Timeless things. Hip Hop and RnB's best duo reunite for a track taken off broadway mus...

A timeless sound in hip hop is created when two beasts in their field marry and the outcome is a stellar tune. Namibia's wordsmith, Brain The Tool and...

Sheeesh, when was the last time Juelz Santana actually dropped some new work? Crazy. He's still in form on Up In The Studio Gettin Blown, a freestyle...

Yo'll don't event know! It's a parteh! Question: How are the fellas in rehab and they're turning up in the cell group? They will never shake the addi...

@MajikZar - I Swear @Kamowaves - Life @TouchlineTruth ft KayLo - #StillHere Click here to get #StillHere @LeeBr11Bogota ft @K_ToOzle - Stun...

This is the last instalment of Lee Br11 Bogota's trio of singles that prelude his upcoming mixtape titled Storyteller. He tags along previous collabor...

We spoke the lovely Samkelo Ndlovu, a.k.a the Samurai, about the standard that Cassper Nyovest was raising at the Orlando and she echoed that it was a...

Ooooohhweeee! Soon as the beat drops, you wanna duck nje! Dope Fellas squad member, Maxim comes through on this trap influenced I Beg taking advantage...

Is this the embodiment of "rhythm and poetry"? I think so. I needed you to see this video. It's so magic. The beat is intentionally dramatic, accompan...

Taken off his recent drop Inzombia, Belly takes Future with him on this sombre sounding track which carries a heavy sense of suspense in its beat. Bel...

@micbitz1 ft @ZakweSA x @Notshi_ x Reverb x @Golden_Shovel - Ritalin Click here to download Ritalin @BlayzeEnt ft @2freshLES - #NumberONE Click...

So let me put you onto this gold. An award winning musical in the US called Hamilton is set to drop The Hamilton Mixtape on 2nd December and ahead of ...

I have tried to hold my excitement every time I hear a dope artist or record. Okay, I am lying. It's hard to contain my excitement when there is an ar...

"Bona mpintsh' yaka, if it's not about the money, GERARRA HERE!" Please let it be known that we tryna eat and we can't eat with people steady playi...

One of the Namibia's boom bap rappers, Brain The Tool has teamed up with underground producer from South Africa, Buli on his brand new single Delusion...

Here's a consolation from the duo Run The Jewels featuring Boots which they weren't intent on dropping anytime soon but due to the shock turnout of th...

Sheesh! This is some chilling stuff. Wow. Vic Mensa performs 16 Shots taken from his project There's A Lot Going On on Jimmy Kimmel Live and I can't ...

First of all, big up to hommie for being part of the winners in competition to open up for Cassper Nyovest at the Orlando a few weeks back. I actually...

"If Donald Trump win the spot then we back to the basics..." This song couldn't be more opportunely timed. America is looking like a slow fire right ...

Whoa! The level of maturity in this production is unfathomable. I just cannot. Alas, we present to you Cape Town native Von Leigh with Hopeless reprod...

This is such a cool video. Quite intriguing and entirely captivating, I'd say. On Dope Dealer which features E-40 and is taken off Q's Blank Face albu...

@siya_shezi - West Click here to download West @Mashayabhuqe_ZA - KwaDukuza (Taxi Violence) Click here to download Kwa Dukuza @thusga - The Vi...

Our soon to be favourite duo, Erick Rush and Tellaman finally tag up on Memory Foam to give us this jiggy bass heavy banger. It's sort of has that tro...

"This is the gist of the encore..." We have another one from the Locksmith and this time he features Mark Battles on a very motivational Epic. I'm lo...

Ncauw! Now this is heartwarming. Cudder comes through on Surfin' with enough happy to shoot us straight into the new year and this is precisely what w...

The layman might acknowledge Cassper Nyovest's efforts for filling up Orlando Stadium but one can argue that Brenda Fassie has done it before so what'...

I don't know if my fan pom-poms are showing or not. But, I'm mad excited about Tellaman right now. He just dropped his single Come Over featuring Nast...

Msotra man, msotra man, msotra maaaan! I had a chat with A-Reece earlier this week, asking him what Saudi was up to these days. His eyes lit up when...

Let me be honest for a second. I never saw this collab coming. Breeze is the Zulu Bass King and Nelz is dope with the bars. I guess that's why they go...

Given the reflection of this song, the video could've really been darker, but I think we're good with what the visuals look like at present. Yellow is...

WHAT IS THIS? Sheeeesh! This track is too grungy for words! Repping for the ContraGang Collective, Psyc' comes through on this self produced banger fl...

Trial and Era deluxe dropped today and the project consists of 9 new songs and serves as a revamp of the EP dropped in 2015.The project features new p...

This is something special I'll say. Durban alternative hip hop vocalist, Lungelo Manzi, dropped his debut EP titled Black Dog and this single Thembisi...

This Xhosa rapper is repping real good for what some of us call "Spaza Rap". Mikkie has been doing some good strides since moving up to Soweto to purs...

P has this incredible gift of making music that you can't box and that you can't hate either. I mean, the guy is very old in regards to music years an...

Now this is an ear raiser! An unusual collaboration but a great one nonetheless. Durbanite electro dance music producer and DJ Mesh Junior tags Nasty ...

It's the year of the underdog! There's no denying that 2016 has exposed us to a diverse range of new artists who are just so talented and bring a fres...

You need to stop what you're doing and pay attention to this post. Kyambo “Hip-Hop” Joshua is Biggs‘ brother and No I.D.’s friend. Now y'all know who ...

You need to stop what you're doing and pay attention to this post. Kyambo “Hip-Hop” Joshua is Biggs‘ brother and No I.D.’s friend. Now y'all know who ...

This is mad giggles! A MUST SEE! You know, Kanye West fans can be so eclectic sometimes. So hyped. Jimmy Kimmel decided to take to the streets of Hol...

A$ton is commenting on the 100 Days, 100 Nights killings in South Central, Los Angeles on this one. He manages to add a very chilling effect of some h...

TrallavelleCE are not new here at SOL. Last year, the twins dropped a smash hit featuring Smashis titled All The Time. But since then we have not hear...

SA Hip Hop cats last week dropped some mad tunes. I guess summer '16 is finally here and you as a fan should be hella stoked because you won't regret ...

Tellaman drops a new joint for the ladies featuring Nasty C, an invitation for them to come over and get what he is giving. If you remember this wee...

Nas is arguably the greatest lyricist in the rap game in my opinion, yet he has not dropped a full length project for a while now. We have all been wa...

Look, there's levels to these things chief. So just as we were trying to take in the fire that was CUTaways EP, while simultaneously trying to contai...

It's always a movie when the Jigiest, Stilo Magolide is in the mix. He tags with The Cape & Good Dope flamethrower YoungstaCPT to give you the visuals...

Taken off his Kairi Chanel album, named after his daughter since he recorded it while she was still in he mother's womb, Dave comes through with visua...

Things got a little heated when Beanie Sigel went onto The Breakfast Club on Tuesday morning. The hip hop legend has been involved in a lot of controv...

Now this is fresh. Denzel Curry releases some mad visuals for Zenith which features Joey Badass taken off his Imperial project. They look like they're...

Oh snap! Now this is live art. Anderson Paak is such an extraordinary musician. Am I the only one who kept their pulse on his breath control while sma...

Both these cats are hella talented. They've proven that they are forces to be reckoned with in the SA hip hop game, but for some reason, they are slep...

This is like a rap version of a show and tell. Young Dolph shows us life through a little boy's eyes, who's mother is on drugs while he prays for a be...

This is the sound of the free. And it features the talented Clu and the sexy sounding Veronique on this one. The intense bass in the production is exe...

"The only way you can speak to the youth today is through this thing of ours that we love called hip hop" Spot on grootman! This is only three years ...

Talib shares a new version of his 2015 original Every Ghetto which featured Rhapsody and had 9th Wonder on production. On this remix he enlists the do...

"Real G's move in silence like lasagne." This is often the case with K.O who is not much of a talker but a doer. The skhanda king is onto the next o...

Damn! This boy is mad talented. He went ahead and animated the lyric video for his smooth track Funny How taken off his You're Absolutely Right EP. Th...

Hahaha. This is completely for laughs. If you're a fan of this humourous series, you'll find this parody even more silly. I mean, it's two years later...

This King V production is for those month end, homie I want my money back trips. Hahaha! Imagine homies still sleeping and you rock up with a boom bla...

God level did not exist a year ago, in fact these cousins just started making music together this year. Akhile Afrika and Bongi go ham on this dope pr...

This is a real dope track. I love the maturity in the production as well as the lyrics by Julani Juelz on here. Homie's simply talking from his heart....

I won't lie, within the first few lines of the song, I thought, "I needed to hear this". iFani comes off strong on this one talking about how valid ev...

Kid Cudi's latest single titled "Surfing" featuring Pharell is a breath of fresh air. I am not sure what to call this sound. It's not rap and neither ...

She dropped this one two Sundays back, and without any delay she shot the video for it under the direction of Durban's finest, Cube. We managed to get...

Music for the soul! Apollo Brown and Skyzoo have a joint album titled The Easy Truth, and this song featuring Joel Ortiz was the first to drop earlier...

Watched a documentary this month about how De La Soul's not dead, and if they say it then it is so. Taken off their and the Anonymous Nobody album, De...

Hip hop done scooped a lot of us from indescribable places fam. Everyone has a rhyme that sparked a light within them and changed their life forever. ...

Stop what you're doing and make sure you listen to this dope rap radar interview with Andre Harrell. Andre is a very very influential cat in the game....

Ayt. Lee comes out on this one reflecting on what it feels like to be a hustler. He tags along K2 yet again in the second single off his upcoming Stor...

Ao bathong. The distraught when you're baeless seems heavy on Diggy in this new visual for Feel Like. He's just reminiscing on moments when he used to...

If you guys didn't know, Phila Madlingozi lays down some pretty good lines. This song is awesome and is a good listen. Make sure you have a listen t...

Weeeh! After the streets have been raving mad about the talented crooner and waking up to his genius, thanks to Nasty C's Bad Hair album, someone sugg...

Yelawolf comes out of hiatus with this single from his upcoming Trial By Fire album which he simultaneously drops a video for. The Alabama native refl...

Ooooooh! This cut is so nostalgic! D-Block homie Snyp Life pulls the 90's sound out a hat with this one. This Psycho production features the 90's form...

No one is in the know about the technicalities involved in trying to get Bad Hair out. One thing I do know is that trying to get a sample clearance on...

Captivating. That's all I can say about this video. I particularly love the haunting character that keeps messing with PdotO's light. This Can't Be Li...

Sheesh! This is so special. Danny debuted this during an interview on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show where he goes on to explain the song and why his ...

Inspired by Heritage Month and paying ode to the 20th Anniversary of Tupac Shakur's death, Jovi infuses these two elements into his music video for Ji...

All the way from Kaapstad. Well done to these gents for this track. Make sure you vote for this track of you like it on our Underdog Day poll & reme...

Marvel Comics is on a roll lately. If you missed it, they've been fusing their comic stories with hip hop of late and the most recent work they did wa...

I'd say perfect timing to remix a Cudder number given the current uproar between him, Ye and Drizzy. Machine Gun Kelly does serve justice with his usu...

The taste maker has another one and this time with Treez, Mad On Dough and Bonezitto. This one is a continuation of the good life mantra he keeps in h...

"I pick up the phone when the money is callin'..." HELLO! Laylizzy has not only outdone himself with this collaboration, but he sure delivers with the...

She promised to drop this yesterday and here it is. This Cyberbeats production sees Thuggie on a slow and mesmerising typa flow talking about her jour...

I've noticed how Tip's latest music has been aimed at addressing the racial prejudice that Black Americans continue to face, particularly when innocen...

Tru Life is back in the game after going away 6 years ago for pleading guilty to gang assault after he and his brother were involved in a fight that l...

I won't lie, this GTA electro sound takes a getting used to with Vince's raps on it. The Miami duo managed to somehow fit their sound with a bass beat...

We were actually the first blog to drop the joint by PalmTree Paradise. I also had the luxury of vibing out in Durban with these cats x saw this track...

DeLorean comes on hard in this smooth joint expressing sentiments of what he deems as the meaning of being a real man. Safe to say, this ain't for all...

Mozambican rapper, Laylizzy, who's managed to successfully break into the South African hip hop scene with his collaboration with Supa Mega for Hello ...

After we got to know her a little more, thanks to the #LeFemmeRemix, we've been noticing more and more of her work. This Sunday, the queen of the coas...

Theme tracks have never sounded as cool as they do in 2016. Inspectah Deck, 7L and Esoteric provided the soundtrack for Marvel Comic's episode 5 of th...

The tastemaker announced on his Instagram that this time next week, we'll have new work from him featuring Treez, duo Mad On Dough and Bonezitto! #Mon...

EWU! Future is in his feelings on this one. He doesn't appreciate the fact that no one bothers to ask him how he feels so he went ahead and told us wi...

With his BlankFace LP out, Q shows us another side of him with this new look in a video featuring Miguel and the sultry-voiced Justine Skye where they...

PdotO's been teasing us with frames from the music video of This Can't Be Life featuring Kimosabe, and he finally says that the video will drop this w...

Angolan rapper Lee drops this joint from his upcoming mixtape Storyteller which features K2 and Sacha Felix. He plans to release more singles leading ...

New daddy Wale seems ready to turn his focus back to his upcoming album S.H.I.N.E (Still Here Ignoring Negative Energy) by dropping the follow up to h...

No Jumper is the coolest podcast out there if you looking for the longest podcasts. These cats are doing a great job talking to cats who are authentic...

This one is for your day ones. Leezy raps about people who stick with you through and through and how he'll take them with him to the top. This infect...

Last week A-Reece announced that the title of his album is Paradise and since then he's been tweeting the word along with dropping artworks in the nam...

S/O to Qwa-Qwa for this kat. I'm not that good with Pedi but I can tell that this kat is going all the way in. It's great to see niggas pushing throug...

The mogul embarked on the Bad Boy Reunion Tour opening in Chicago last week where he brought out Chance The Rapper, and on this stop in New York after...

Mozambican rapper Laylizzy has been making waves lately with his catchy break out tune "Tha Crew" getting the attention of many stations, followed by ...

On this joint Diz speaks on the phenomenon of blessers that took the country by storm earlier this year. Basically, if you wanna chill with uDeliwe yo...

The birth of this song is fascinating as it is a title track to a novel. Yup! Subz the Writer plans to release an entire soundtrack to go hand-in-hand...

In part II of the interview Kid X continues to answer all your Facebook questions including matters about Smashis, how he got the name Kid X, artist f...

Underground hip hop heads were excited when Apollo and Skyzoo announced their joint album venture last month, and now they are treated to a new single...

In one of Melo B's latest covers the singer tackles the North God's last big hit "Real Stuff". Perfect timing I'd say as Da Les just dropped his brand...

In one of Melo B's latest covers the singer tackles the North God's last big hit "Real Stuff". Perfect timing I'd say as Da Les just dropped his brand...

Anatii gives us the release for his debut album titled Artiifact. Its finally dropping on the 9th of September but ready to be pre ordered on this li...

K.O gave us the exclusive on the situation at Cashtime Life and we caught up with Kid X who responded to the interview and answered some of your Faceb...

It's been a young minute since we got music from the G-Unit camp, and it seems we didn't have to wait for too long for the new project. Stream the new...

Please don't sleep on this track y'all. You ain't even gotta listen to it a lot of times to hear the potential in it. It's too swaggy. The layout of t...

This for the og's x go ladies in the room. De La is still here and thats the title of their new documentary which you need to peep cause its that good...

The TV show will be a “brutally honest account about the rise of Roc-A-Fella touching on everything from Dash’s relationships with Aaliyah and Rachel ...

"Hheshe" is perfect display of lyricism on a track, everyone killed their part and murked the beat accordingly. Listen the track after the jump... ...

Chad Da Don puts his heart on his sleeves on "Heaven On Hell", from his trials and tabulations. Listen to the joint after the jump... ...

I been telling folk for years that Lesotho Hip Hop is on the damn rise now look "Origins" is fire flames sheesh. Word to Dj Elque , Jiji F and Kommand...

Fresh joint by Fvble Ft Token deliver on "Hella Broads", seems like the East Rand have been producing talent is abundance as of late. Listen to the tr...

Cudder has been very mum about his new project that he announced will be dropping soon. I know that Mike Dean is touted to be part of the album far as...

Cata-Lust with Proverb and Dj ThaCutt go live for the love they have for hip hop. Mceiing, lyrics and an element that most y'all forgot on the joint...

Sharrats to Cassper for the thick models he used on this video. That's what caught my attention more than anything. Oh, and Doc Shebeleza who looks li...

We had the pleasure of sitting down with K.O before his #FallBack joint dropped and opened up about Kid X and Nomuzi leaving Cashtime Life; Maggz' pla...

This week Dj Vigilante and Cassper Nyovest have already started shooting the video for Ayeye. I guess when you got a hit you dont waste time. American...

This is on some 2000's sound. Haven't hear Ortiz in a minute too. You think he still got it ? ...

Kobe Bryant unveiled a venture-capital fund, a $100 million vehicle for investing in technology, media and data companies with partner Jeff Stibel. St...

To Keep it one hunnit ... this song got it a bit. Homeboys voice sounds on the chorus dope AF I won't lie. Hook is simple and catchy ???????? Vote fo...

"Can’t Spell Success” finds Nip and Cuzzy Capone rapping about why people are in the game in the first place over a banging beat from Mike & Keys. ...

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With the successful drop of the #LeFemme Now Or Never Remix, we caught up with Ms Cosmo and the ladies featured on the joint. Many traveled as far as ...

With the successful drop of the #LeFemme Now Or Never Remix, we caught up with Ms Cosmo and the ladies featured on the joint. Many traveled as far as ...

Greyhounds is as soulful you can get on a record, accompanied by hard hitting bars. The track is taken off De La Soul's upcoming album and features Us...

The tape has been constructed over a period of 2 years and stipulates Meg Mafia's journey. Every track has quite a deep meaning behind it as being an ...

Tuks back with a street hymn in the form of "Kganya", you can hear the hunger in the bars still. Listen to the joint after the jump... CLICK HERE T...

Gimmie passion, gimmie zeal, gimmie strength, gimmie FIRE ! This is a cool ass grimy track. Not too grimy so you can still relate to the track. The ...

Nu High is a symbolic representation of the changes Toya Delazy is currently facing. From leaving Sony to starting her own company "Delazy Entertainme...

SOL: Hola Lwansta why arent you making music that can make you commercial? BYLWANSTA: *Yo king...let's call it a preference...because all it it rea...

In Part 2 "The New Age Brenda Fassie" tells us in detail the 2 year artist development she underwent at CashTime, which has assisted her in becoming t...

So there is a joke at SOL that my taste in artists sucks at times. I heard this live in my face x I know its Slik whose hating x Thandow is also hatin...

Part 1 - @Nomoozlie On Business, Personalities Underselling Themselves x CashTime Learnings Click here to download x stream recipe @JRAfrika On Lu...

Lyricism on full display, it's like everyone on the joint dropped bars without breaking a sweat shuu. Listen to Feel My Pain", off The Lox's upcoming ...

Lyricism on full display, it's like everyone on the joint dropped bars without breaking a sweat shuu. Listen to Feel My Pain", off The Lox's upcoming ...

The "Your Absolutely Right EP" serves as the 8th musical project, and 2nd official musical release by South African Hip Hop artist, ByLwansta. ByLwan...

After dropping behind the scenes teaser for the video "Hlasela" is finally been let out the cage by the 'Township Counsellor'. This video is a movie, ...

Nomoozie asked to move the balcony interview to a place fitting of her image and vision so we obliged. You'll learn today though as we cover business,...

I caught up with the homie JR at the videos shoot of his new single Four Four. We caught up on his history of winning almost every television compe...

Free Lunch sees Isaiah and his accomplice in Laundromat, involved in Money Laundering. Watch the video after the jump... ...

We caught up with uSanele, as he talks about the inspiration behind his 'Amabhodlela' video, future plans and we find out what's happening with Boyzin...

With a matter of 2 weeks before De La Soul drop their new album 'Anonymous Nobody', 'Drawn' is smooth collabo between the trio and Little Red Dragon. ...

With The Get Down hitting Netflix (and the soundtrack being released) this Friday, a new song from the project has surfaced. Janelle Monae is kicking ...

Joell and Ill Mind make a perfect match on Talk My Shit, man this track and beat bangs shuuu. Listen after the jump... ...

After TDE CEO 'Top Dawg' cryptically tweeted the date 2/09/2016, the streets were talking on whether it's a release date from the stable. It later g...

The trendsetting June Ambrose, is one of the most sought-after premier stylists’ and creative director in both music and TV. She is responsible for so...

"Korobela" is the first single from Etcetera's eagerly anticipated EP, Inkunzi Emnyama. This track has a very different sound to it but it sits good ...

I hardly open up when I write these stories and most people would think we copy stories here x there and just paste. Wrong. This is a passion and more...

With Suicide Squad finally out on circuit including the soundtrack, "Purple Lamborghini" is the first track to get visuals from the soundtrack. Like I...

Following the success of his "Colle Groove" album, 2 Chainz follows up with a mixtape offering "Daniel Son: The Necklace Don". Stream after the jump ...

Yesterday would have not been the same without some funny drama a bit & y'all KNOW how much I love AKA on social media when his fingers are charged up...

Its really a lot mate. AKA accompanied #WinnieMandela to cast her vote. But before that happened Winnie Mandela could not hold her excitement when she...

Talk about a throwback, Big Willy took to The Late Show to perform his breakout hit "Summertime". Peep the video after the jump... ...

Miguel speaks on the current climate of police brutality and how that’s elevated him to be more outspoken in his music. “There is a tremendous sense o...

Sleek's "Feel The Vibe" is a sneak peak into his world, clean and simple. Homey got dope raps too, watch after the jump... ...

Many South Africans took to the polls yesterday to cast their votes at the local elections. Hip Hop fraternity were out in their numbers to put the X ...

"Shell Shocked" is off Nipsey Hussle's upcoming tape "Victory Lap", is sure knocks all the way in and dope addition to the build up to the tape. Liste...

Aye this track is a vaarb, taking me back to the golden era of R n B (90s). Truey and King Ferd combo results in a perfectly executed smooth jam. "R n...

Truey Donatello prefers taking the long road to the top with "No Favors". Blocking the noise from naysayers and his paperchase mission. The beat bangs...

2 Chainz announced via this SMS to Drake that he will be dropping an album this Friday. Damn Friday has so many drops already. Anyway we will wait for...

Thebe Neruda Kgositsile secertely dropped an instrumental for a track titled 'Pelicula'. No one knows when the track is dropping x no one knows if he ...

This is one interesting episode as they dig into the industry ups and downs for women and all the shenanigans from the SA Hip Hop landscape in the pre...

The Land, an independent film by first-time director Steven Caple Jr., follows four Cleveland inner-city teen friends – Cisco (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.), J...

The Land, an independent film by first-time director Steven Caple Jr., follows four Cleveland inner-city teen friends – Cisco (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.), J...

One of the most hard working underrated rappers in the game is finally dropping his EP titled #YourAbsolutelyRightEP. August 11th has been penned as t...

Elections are next week and I hope you registered. With that being said we had two polarising opinions on voting two years ago. Scoop was pretty vocal...

Coming off the soundtrack "The Land", "The Bitter Land" Nas and Erykah Badu painting a haunting image of living in a world is built in an environment ...

PDot O goes into depth about the meaning of his latest single "This Can't Be Life", and the themes highlighted on the track; including his journey in ...

When your back is against the wall and feel nothing can ever go right, you start thinking 'This Can't Be Life'. But trust me there is always the light...

The new super-group on the scene hailing from the Western Cape Die Salwing, are a force of nature! The crew consist of Hemel Besem, YOMA and Linkris. ...

This jam right here, man Fredd Nicee just painted the track with beautiful colors with his vocals. "Pleasure" is about Truey showing appreciation to h...

Lowkey am a Melo B Jones stan, her voice is a breathe of fresh air. Truey and her make the perfect marriage on "All On My Own". Truey ever so introspe...

Lowkey am a Melo B Jones stan, her voice is a breathe of fresh air. Truey and her make the perfect marriage on "All On My Own". Truey ever so introspe...

Damn cant believe its been 10 years since P's legendary album in my mind. To all the youngins in the room. This is the cool Pharell who was draped in ...

The music conference 'Music Unscripted' bought to you by the good folk at 16 Bars Reloaded, is back popular demand. Amongst the speakers include 'The ...