Free rap music is everywhere online nowadays, providing hip hop fans a chance to really explore the genre like never before. In this article I’ll show you a whole slew of places you can find free rap and hip hop tracks online that will keep you up to date with the freshest music out there today.
The first place is a wonderful site called Pandora, which allows you to customize your own radio station based on your preferences. For example, you can create a radio station based on Jay Z, and Pandora serves up a list of tracks that are similar in style to Jay Z. While some tracks will be familiar, there will also be those moments where you love a track from a group you’ve never even heard of before. This is perhaps Pandora’s greatest achievement: it offers free rap music that may not have been heard otherwise. Pandora also allows you to vote for songs as they’re played and adjusts its recommendations accordingly. I’ll run Pandora in the background while at work or at home, and absolutely love the service.
Another great resource for rap tracks is Jameson. This website allows you to search by genre and license. So if you’re looking for royalty free rap music, this is a great place to start. If you aren’t looking for beats to rap over, you can always just surf the site for new tracks. Jameson can also be used in conjunction with Pandora. If you find a rapper on Jameson, you can search for related rappers on Pandora (or vice verse).
A friend of mine started using You Tube as a radio station. Last time I was at his house he had a whole collection of Outcast songs- some with videos- going on in the background during a party. While you do have to manually switch from one song to the next, You Tube has a huge database of rap tracks that can be used indefinitely. It also gives you a chance to see videos for songs (most of which never get any airplay on TV).
These three websites are without a doubt the resources for hip hop fans looking for free tracks. They also supply fresh content regularly, which helps listeners stay up to date on where hip hop is headed. I extremely recommend you get on-line and begin searching these websites for some killer available rap music.
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