Nipsey Hussle gives us a tour of his neighborhood off Crenshaw and Slauson, including an iconic spot used in the film Boyz N The Hood.

Company of Greatness Presents “Follow The Buzzards”, produced by Cons.

Funk Volume’s Jarren Benton drops this M16 produced banger before hitting the road with Tech N9ne in April. Free download, as well.

Blended Babies remix ZZ Wards’ year-anthem, with a little help from Asher Roth and King Chip.

“Riddims 2.0″ was produced by Architect. The album Meet Jesse Medina drops 4.1.2014.

The Juice hooks up with Ms. Cole for her comeback cut.

The HBK Gang duo jumps on this remix of Lorde’s “Team”.

From the upcoming album Sean C & LV Loud Dreams Vol. 1 presented by Play Cloths due out March 25th, 2014. The release features production by Sean C & LV with original tracks by Pusha T, Bun B, Busta Rhymes, Fabolous, Jadakiss, Prodigy, Styles P, Devin The Dude, Asher Roth, A$AP Ferg, A$AP 12vy, Smoke [cont.]

New music from Mr. X-To-The-V’s March Madness series. 01 What’s New (prod. by Big Jerm) 02 My Town (prod. by Zuki Modunkwu & Jay Beatz) 03 Canned Laughter (Freestyle) 04 Melrose (prod. by Childish Gambino) 05 Everyday Life (prod. by The Awesome Sound) 06 Never Noticed (prod. by The Awesome Sound) 07 Barry Sanders (prod. [cont.]

In celebration of AWKWORD‘s history-making first-ever 100% for-charity global Hip Hop album World View, the activist rapper and project sponsor DJBooth release a brand-new, 19-track FREE Bonus Disc. The 86-minute album takes listeners across four continents and 11 countries, with contributions from the likes of Harry Fraud, Jadakiss, Joell Ortiz, Sean Price, Slug of Atmosphere, [cont.]

Castle’s Return of the Gasface (The Has-Lo Passages) enters the stage today on Mello Music Group. The record is a frame by frame rewrite of the graphic debut from Castle, Gasface. Unsatisfied with the typical approach to remix projects, MMG vet Has-Lo built the album from the ground up – having Castle re-spit verses, adding [cont.]

DJ Whoo Kid, DJ Skee and DJ MLK are celebrating 2014′s SXSW Festival with the release of their annual “SXEW Volume 2″ mixtape. Slaughterhouse’s Crooked I and the Fort Worth based rapper Snow Tha Product were recruited to open the trio’s project with a monumental record. On the song “Not For The Weak Minded”, the [cont.]

Looks like we’re finally getting some movement on Wu-Tang Clan’s long awaited LP, A Better Tomorrow, as today a new single dropped for digital purchase. The track features vocals from Nathaniel, and verses from Method Man, Inspectah Deck, Cappadonna, and GZA/Genius. DJ Mathematics produces.

Aftermath signee and another huge contender for XXL’s Freshman list, Jon Connor, kicks off #ConnorSeason with a new mixtape over Kanye West instrumentals. See just why Dr. Dre signed this cat on Best In The World or The Late Registration Of A College Dropout Who Had A Dark Twisted Fantasy Of 808′s And Heartbreaks. We’ll [cont.]

Potential XXL Freshman, Troy Ave, shoots a video for his freestyle of his freestyle over Fabolous’ “Cuffin Season”.

Original version of Chance’s collab with James Blake, “Save Yourself First”. “James never liked this version”, says Chance.

Another video from 50′s Animal Ambition, due this June. Directed by Eif Rivera.

Audio Push and Loaded Lux spit a hot freestyle at Sway in the Morning at South by Southwest.

New self-produced music from Bobby Ray, released today via his Soundcloud.

Interview with SZA and ScHoolboy Q at The FADER FORT. Presented by Converse.