New music from Wiz Khalifa collaborator, Detail, who produced “We Dem Boyz”, featuring Future.

Special edition of Hellafine Fridays for Vol. 18, mixed by Hellafine Records trap/twerk producers HOT DAMAGE. Featuring the debut of their next single, “Old Faithful”. This one’s all over the place. Mark our words…..you will bounce. 1. N.A.S.A. – “Hide (Tropkillaz Remix)” (feat. Childish Gambino + Aynzli Jones) 2. DJ Scene + Jayceeoh – “Damn [cont.]

With their collaborative album Trouble In The Neighborhood now in stores everywhere, former Little Brother member Rapper Big Pooh and West Coast emcee Roc C are unleashing “Get That Mutha”, a track off the album featuring Alchemist and Big Twinz. Featuring production from S1, Focus, and Evidence, Trouble In The Neighborhood is now available at [cont.]

Future’s unmistakable voice and “old man” drawl has rewritten the rules for contemporary urban club music, even in the wake of the post-T-Pain / “Death Of Autotune” landscape. Upon first listen to any one of his tracks, our usual response is something like, “This is awful!”, however, in the end, Future’s hypnotic vocals eventually draw [cont.]

From the upcoming Murs + ¡Mayday! collaborative LP, ¡Mursday! , in stores June 10th. In other news, Murs has announced that the Paid Dues festival will not happen this year. He released the statement below on Facebook.

Richard Harris also known as “Kemikel Ali” has been rapping since age 14. Born and raised in southwest Philadelphia his inspiration of hip hop came from his upbringing in the harsh urban environment and artist such as Nas, Mobb Deep, Redman, State Property and Wu Tang. He grew up under the influence of family members [cont.]

Consequence’s new song “Bottle Girls” is an ode to Cons’ favorite bottle service waitresses that are posting pictures online and making appearances in New York City’s gentlemen club scene.

Kanye West will release a documentary film chronicling Kanye West’s Yeezus tour, and to some extent, the album, which will be directed by American Psycho‘s Bret Easton Ellis, naturally. More news on this as it develops….

New Onyx video, featuring Russian rapper N’Pans. This cut actually comes from N’PANS project.

N.O.R.E. sits in with The Breakfast Club, DJ Envy holds it down from jump, then Angela Yee and Charlamagne join in a little later.

Nicki Minaj talks her work on The Other Woman with Cameron Diaz, her next album, and whether or not her gigantic ass causes too much attention.

This joint goes. From the upcoming B$B Volume 4 mixtape, due May 5th. Sonny Dukes on the beat. “The world gonna know when they see me on that Freshmen cover.”

The Quantum is the creative collective consisting producer/writer Bill Cosmiq and writer Salvador. Their goal is to bridge the creativity of Hip-Hop’s “golden era” to today’s diverse soundscape. In the end, they are providing their contribution to the art form and culture that has help to define modern music. In 2013, Bill Cosmiq began working [cont.]

The video for “97.92,” the result of collaboration between Aplusfilmz and Pier Pictures, was created using a 360-degree HD camera rig with a remote-controlled drone octo-copter. The device is the H3Pro7, invented by Michael Kintner, which shoots with 7 GoPro cameras all rolling simultaneously. The 7 shots are synced and stitched together to create the [cont.]

Here is the cover art to Wayne’s new Carter V single, featuring Drake. We expect audio to soon follow…

Brand new record from trap producer Jimmy Dalton, up for free download now on Soundcloud, via my label, Hellafine.

Whether you were a tagger, a b-boy/girl or a Hip-Hop head, The Artifacts were one of the best to do it on the underground scene back in the day. Its been nearly 20 years since the release of their debut album Between a Rock and a Hard Place, and if you’re curious to know how [cont.]

Rosenberg: “You think you know what you’re getting here? You’re wrong. The pure history of Def Jam and basically the history of hip hop from Russell himself. We only make it til about 1985 but part 2 is a coming! I cannot believe I didn’t even know what Def Jam really meant. Wow…”

Chance: “Hit My Line, I am so lonely. I just wanna shmoke. You can hit the roach.”

Chicago native Vic Mensa drops by the Scion AV All Purpose Show to speak with Prince Paul and crew about showing different sides of his city through hip-hop, his band Kids These Days, and wanting to be approached by more female fans. Vic wraps up the interview with a true freestyle, featuring Mr. Dead on [cont.]