Freddie Gibbs first specially-made-for-retail album, ESGN, hits on July 9th. Here’s a look at the artwork and tracklist for the project. 1. Lil’ Sodi 2. The Real G Money 3. Came Up 4. Hundred Thousand (feat. G-Wiz & Hit “Skrewface”) 5. D.O.A. (feat. G-Wiz & Big Kill) 6. Lay It Down 7. I Seen a [cont.]

Freddie Gibbs talks about his new album, ESGN, his beef with Young Jeezy, fakeness in hip-hop – name checking Rick Ross and Jim Jones – and more.

Kanye West delivers this two-and-a-half-minute short-film, inspired by American Psycho, to promote his new album, Yeezus.

From Bas’ Quarter Water Raised Me Vol. II. Directed by Justin Benoliel.

Heavy new material from John Legend’s upcoming LP, Love In The Future, which has been given a September 3rd release date.

It was a sad day in the year of the group’s 20th anniversary, that we saw Mobb Deep suddenly break-up, after Havoc publicly blasted Prodigy via Twitter, followed by a leaked audio recording of Hav spitting more vitriol towards P. While rumors of the group’s demise date back almost a decade, they have always kept [cont.]

Produced by GMF. Directed by John Colombo. ESGN hits July 9th.

DJ Evil Dee on decks, live from Brooklyn The Planet.

K. Lamar visits Bay Bay’s show on K104 and drops a new verse.

Ash writes: Heard “Treat Me Like Fire” by Lion Babe and had to hop on this. The Greenhouse Effect Vol. 2 is coming.

Jon Connor will drop his next project, Unconscious State, on July 2nd. Here is a look at the tracklist for the project, as well as the first single, “Rose Splashin’” featuring Mistah F.A.B. Additional guests include Talib Kweli, Royce Da 5’9, Freddie Gibbs, Chris Webby, Smoke DZA, Freddie Gibbs, Tito Lopez, Danny Brown, and more. [cont.]

Produced by MGD.

Mac Miller will join Kanye West, J. Cole, and Statik Selektah on Tuesday in releasing new albums, with his own Watching Movies With The Sound Off. Steam the whole thing below, a day ahead of it’s release.

June 16th marked the end of this years NXNE in Toronto, where Joey Bada$$ co-headlined a free show at Dundas Square. Here, he debuts a new song off his upcoming Summer Knights project, dropping July 1st. The track is produced by MF Doom….

New collabo between Danny Brown & A$AP Rocky, which was previously leaked as a solo cut. As debuted this weekend by Tim Westwood’s show on BBC Radio 1.

Produced by Street Radio.

Whoa. Jay-Z has announced his new album, “Magna Carta Holy Grail“, via Samsung Galaxy. The press release states: “Be among the first million to download the app on June 24th and get the album free July 4th, three days before the rest of the world.” Which means the album will be released July 7th to [cont.]

While he has not specified what, Jay-Z’s Life + Times blog teased this image today, suggesting fans tune into Game 5 of the NBA Finals (Sunday @ 6:15 PST), for the reveal of….something. Reports suggest that this will be the unveiling of his reported multi-million dollar partnership with Samsung, as the photo hints, or perhaps [cont.]

We showed you the original mix of this cut last week, featuring XXL covergirl Angel Haze, and today comes the remix by Pharrell Williams. You might know his track “Iron” from some of the Assassins Creed: Revelations ads from a few years back, or from his work with Lana Del Rey. In other news, he [cont.]

Mobb Deep’s Havoc talks about his recent solo album 13.