Ne-Yo’s collab with Jeezy gets a video, for his new Motown Records single.

20 years ago, Nas mentioned his friend Cormega on a song called “One Love,” which was composed as a letter to someone in prison: “Night time is more trife than ever / What up with Cormega? Did you see him? Are y’all together? / If so then hold the fort down, represent to the fullest [cont.]

‘Lesser Oceans’ available in stores and online October 14th. Pre-order on iTunes and receive instant downloads of “Arrows” (feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis) and “Songs About Angels” now.

Mighty Mi links up with Chubb Rock to resurrect the hip-house sound. Remixes by Vanilla Ace, Dharkfunkh, Astronomar, Tony Quattro, Jon Kwest, Brillstein, and Aaron Perez.

From the forthcoming album Mansa Musa due 8/26 Via iTunes.

Produced by WLPWR for SupaHotBeats. From the upcoming album, Next To Nothing, in stores 9/9/2014.

Future’s latest post-Honest effort.

From Fredo Santana’s Walking Legend mixtape. Anyone else bothered by this cover?

Good to see two Beastie Boy related updates in one day. The original version of “Canal” appears on Ratking’s debut album So It Goes, out now.

Houston’s Trae Tha Truth grabs Young Thug for “Try Me”.

Here’s what Flocka’s cover of Drake’s “0 To 100″ looks like.

The Mash Out Posse is back, with the first Fizzy Wo produced offering from their as-of-yet untitled album. DJ Premier on the cut.

William Bell and The Stax Music Academy join Snoop Dogg in covering his 1968 classic, “I Forgot To Be Your Lover”, which was originally sampled for such tracks as Dilated Peoples and Guru’s “Worst Comes To Worst”, Ludacris “Growing Pains”, Killah Priest “One Step”, Brand Nubian “Lick Dem Muthaphuckas”, and Chino XL’s “Sorry”.

In an exclusive interview with VF.com, Michael “Mike D” Diamond of the Beastie Boys remembers the “bizarre” turn of events that claimed the lives of rap icons the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur—and ushered in a violent new era for hip-hop. He also speaks on Spike Jonze’s groundbreaking tribute to 70s cop shows, explains why [cont.]

The Library of Congress recently released a veritable treasure trove of love letters written by President Warren G. Harding to his mistress. Jimmy was going to read them, but decided it’d be more fitting to have R&B/rap great Warren G recite them. These hoes ain’t loyal.

The latest from Raekwon’s #TBT series, covering Sir Luther Vandross’ “Flawless”.

Fredro Starr and Sticky Fingaz talk about the original Onyx origins (all the way back to the Profile Records days), Red Alert fronting on them, their chance meeting with Jam Master Jay that changed their lives forever, stepping to The Fat Boys over a sample clearance, Fredro Star being a legendary barber, and how they [cont.]

Hitta J3 must be pretty well connected, as he gets LA’s three hottest rappers – from different camps – on one cut. “At the end of the day we all from the Westside of Compton, and I wanna see the city win, I’m sure it’s vice-versa on everyone’s end…. I appreciate having a record with [cont.]

The Smurda dance takes on new life via Troy Ave’s keymix of “Hot N***a”.

Chance The Rapper covers the theme from Arthur. No, not the 80′s Dudley Moore movie, but the PBS cartoon. For him, it’s retro, for me, it’s the soundtrack to my children’s breakfast every morning. I’m good on this. Produced and Performed by Chance The Rapper, Peter Cottontale, Nate Fox, Donnie Trumpet & Stix for Social [cont.]