Fashawn - "Life As A Shorty" [Live]

Fash blesses the HHo studios with a live performance of a cut from his upcoming album, Boy Meets World. Trust me when I tell you, get this album.

Q-Tip - "Barely In Love" [LIVE]

The Abstract rocks a live performance on Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon. It must be nice to have the Roots back you. Yo, the best part of this video is homie from Bones sneaking a swig from his bottle on national TV. Peep intro. Classic.

Buckshot - "No Comparison" + "Slippin'" [LIVE]

Buckshot rocks the stage with KRS, performing 2 classic 9th Wonder tracks live at our VIP tent at Rock The Bell

Buckshot (ft. KRS-One) - "How Many MC's" [LIVE]

This is for all of you giving us heat for the Soulja Boy interview. Haha. Here's some real underground grimey, neckbreaking, backpack, silverback rap. Courtesy of the BDI Thug and the Blast Master.

This performance went down at our VIP tent at Rock The Bells. This is some exclusive-type shit right here. Something for the true heads. The real hip hop is over here! KRS and Buckshot's "Survival Skills" drops on Sept 15th. Buy it if you support that real!!!!!

GZA ft. Santigold - "Liquid Swords" [LIVE]

The Genius linked up with Santigold for this exclusive live performance at Lollapoloza, brought to you by Hip Hop Official and 5 Gum. Enjoy.

Fashawn & Exile - "The Score" [Live]

Fashawn and Exile rock a live performance of Fashawn's joint "The Score" off his upcoming album, Boy Meets World. Ex put together a dope flip of one of the illet breaks of all time, Barry White's "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More, Baby." Dope beats, dope rhymes, what more do ya'll want?

KRS-One & Buckshot - "Robot" [LIVE]

The Blastmaster and the BDI Thug rock a live performance at our VIP tent at Rock The Bells Los Angeles. EXCLUSIVE!!!! The tent and performance were brought to you by 5Gum and HHO. We love the kids.

This joint appears on their upcoming collaboration album, Survival Skills.

Crown Royale - "We Gotcha" [Live]

Buff1 and Rhettmatic drop another heat rock in the HHO Studios. This is a Hip Hop Official exclusive...but you already knew that. This shit bangs.

Crown Royale (Buff1 x Rhettmatic)- "Get It Up" [Live]

Ann Arbor's Buff1 links with DJ Rhettmatic of the World Famous Beat Junkies to form Crown Royale. The duo fell through the studio to debut one of the new bangers from their upcoming collaboration project exclusively for Hip Hop Official. This shit knocks. Contagious as fuck. Word.

Basicali & El Prez - "Revolutionary Cali Muzik" [LIVE]

The homies Basicali and El Prez performed their song "Revolutionary Cali Muzik" for the first time together last Sunday. And wouldn't you know, cameras were on hand to catch the performance. This song also features U-N-I, and will be released on Basicali's upcoming album CA, All Day. Check for that this August.


Below, check out some more performances from the likes of Tunji and TiRon

Dom Kennedy - "Everybody Knows Us" x"Hard Work" [LIVE]

Dom rolled through the job to lace us with an exclusive performance. Peep game as he runs through a live medley for us in the HHO Lounge as he rocks "Everybody Knows Us" and then goes into "Hard Work" off his new album Future Street/Drug Sounds. Go cop that album right now.

Blaq Poet - "Ain't Nuttin Changed" [LIVE]

Our Artist of the Week, Blaq Poet from the group Screwball blesses HHO with a dope ass live performance of his DJ Premier-produced single, Aint Nuthin Changed. This shit is break-your-neck-type bangin. Peep how Blaq does the self edits on the curse words. Who needs an FCC censor? Blaq Poet love the kids.

Check for the album, The Blaqprint in stores June 30th.

Mos Def Live on David Letterman.

Ok, now this is dope. The Mighty Mos perfroms his song "Quiet Dog" on Late Night with David Letterman, and he's actually playing the timpanis while rhyming. I've seen Mos a handful of times, and he's never done that. In fact, he's barely even gotten out of bed. One time I saw this cat perform in a bathrobe, and no not some Hugh Heffner or Ghostface type shit, I mean a white bathrobe that he probably stole from the hotel he was staying in. I'm just saying.

Mos pretty much kills this performance. His new album, The Ecstatic, is in stores today. Honestly, I'm actually feeling the album. I'm even surprised that I'm feeling the album. Pretty Flaco has pretty much disappointed me with his slew of half-assed releases. It's his best work since Black On Both Sides. I highly suggest you give it a spin.

Video courtesy of RapRadar.

H.O.P.E. - "Nightlife" [LIVE]

May 6th was defintiely West Coast Wednesday at Hip Hop Official as not one, not two, but three of L.A.’s best up-and-coming artists fell through the studio. Convinced, Shawn Chrys and H.O.P.E are all dope and definitely stand out from not only each other, but from the other artists breaking new ground in their region. Today’s HHO Soundcheck features H.O.P.E with his live performance of “Nightlife” which you can find on his album, Follow The Leader. And if you’re really feelin his music, follow him on Twitter.

Stay tuned for the interview, arriving shortly.

Mos Def, Mos Definitely.

The Mighty Mos kicks an acapella version of his song "Casa Bey" while walking the streets of Osaka, Japan in overalls. Yup, overalls. Mos Def is most definitely on some other shit. But I'm excited for his new album, which drops next Tueday June 9th.

RELATED: Mos Def (ft. Talib Kweli) - "History" (prod by J. Dilla

Clipse Ticket Giveaway [Club Nokia L.A. 6/13]

So the folks over at Grassroots Productons have laced us with 3 pairs of tickets to pass out for the June 13 Clipse show at Club Nokia in Downtown LA. Also on the bill: Pac Div, Diz Gibran and Bobby Ray aka B.O.B.

So....lets do a trivia, shall we. You only have to answer 1 of the 3 questions correctly and you win a pair of tickets. Mad easy. Just email your answers to: hiphopofficial@gmail.com with the subject: CLIPSE TICKET GIVEAWAY. First 3 people to respond with right answers wins the tickets.

1. What label is B.O.B. signed to?
2. Who’s riding in the back seat on the cover of The Clipse’s Lord Willin album?
3. What’s the name of the crew that Pav Div, Diz Gibran, Blue Collar and Ben Kartwright belong to?

So what are you waiting for? Send those emails, win free tickets! GO!

Jay-Z x Eminem.

Here's pretty decent, fairly watchable footage from Jay-Z and Eminem performing "Renegade" live at the DJ Hero party at the Wiltern in Los Angeles last night. This is historic. The 2 biggest rappers on the planet on the same stage. I'm still mad that I wasn't in the building for this one. Screw you, Live Nation.

UPDATE:

Rap Radar uploaded some better footage. Now you can work all the angles

Convinced - "Miss Memory" [LIVE]

The FCC Representer Convinced spits a fly love song live in our HHO lounge. Shout out to DJ Spintelect for holding down the turntables. This tracks is off his debut album Refreshing, which is available now.

Red x Meth on Carson Daly.

Good interview. Great performance...but not as good as the one I saw in person last night. Hahaaaaaa.

[PHOTOS] Method Man x Redman in L.A.

Meth Tical and Funk Doc da Spot smashed LA last night at the Highlands. On top of the new joints off the Blackout! 2 album, you know they had to drop some of the classics from the 90's. In fact, when "Da Rockwilder" came on it completely destroyed the building. I think the Highlands might need to call in some contractors to rebuild that muthafucka.

Mad people were in attendance last night including Erick Sermon (who blessed the stage with "Music", The Rza (who tore it down with Meth doing "Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta Fuck With", Yo-Yo, Affion Crockett, DeRay Davis, Diz Gibran, Tri-State, Planet Asia, DJ Drama and of course, Gio Basicali. Method Man did his usual crowd surfing, Redman did his usual shit talking. Check the flicks and then hate yourself for missing such a dope show.