1/2 of Emanon (yep, really) appears at The Red Bull Studio decked out in a red suit, to perform his hit single, “The Man”.

Mic Terror offers a brutally honest take on Chicago, gun violence, and the media’s portrayal of the intersections. Mic’s critical statements slam over jarring and urgent production from Ryan E$L, producing something that channels important records from Public Enemy, dead prez, and of course, NWA. ”N.W.G.” is off Mic Terror’s debut LP, Fresh Prince of [cont.]

Two new tracks from Lord Flaco’s upcoming instrumental LP, Beauty And The Beast: Slowed Down Sessions Chapter 1, “Riot Rave”, which features “Harlem Shake” viral-starter, Baauer.

Troy Ave follows up with an extended mix of “Your Style” with Lloyd Banks. Produced by Chase N. Cashe.

More #Drogas action from Lupe Fiasco, this time featuring for Ab-Soul. Says Lupe: “JUST BECUZ WE CAN RAP REALLY REALLY GOOD!!!…Never Mind The WaterMarks…”

From the record White Sands, prod. by Paul White. Directed & Edited by Pacool.

From Dream.ZONE.Achieve due April 1st. Produced by DJ Dahi.

Big Boi’s Mashup Mondays continue, blending “In The A” and Kito & Reija Lee’s “Run For Cover”.

From TrakkSounds and Rapid Ric’s Intervention Episode 2, available now.

Big K.R.I.T. kicked off #WeekOfKRIT yesterday with the first of seven new tracks, in preparation for his sophomore LP, Cadillactica. Kritical rides the buzz of Rick Ross’ Mastermind, in stores this week, with the first #WeekOfKrit cut, “New Agenda”. Produced by Big K.R.I.T., as usual.

Rising NYC rapper, Shirt, did an artist profile for Funny Or Die. Check it out below. Shirt | Artist Profile – watch more funny videos

Pharrell and his hat injected some much needed fun into the usually stuffy Oscar’s event on Sunday night, with a performance of “Happy”, as heard on both the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack, and his new album G I R L, which is in stores today.

Styles P, Sheek Louch, and Jadakiss continue to release new music as the almighty L-O-X, with this new track paying homage to their city. Think big, paid in full. “Yeah we wore shiny suits / but that put us in a new tax bracket…” – Sheek

The Soul Brother #1 pays tribute to great Roy Ayers on this just under 40-minute run through of classics. Produced in conjunction with the 503 Collective t-shirt pictured above, available now (along with some other dope designs) at http://pete-rock.myshopify.com/.

After many teasers, J-Ronin finally drops his massively packed, ambitious Freestyle Files Vol. 2, featuring “Everybody’ Who’s Anybody” as the title implies. 01. DJ J-Ronin, Busta Rhymes, RZA & Peter Rosenberg – Intro 02. Lil’ Fame (of M.O.P.) – Get Busy 03. Tragedy Khadafi – Drop A Gem On Em 04. Ras Kass – All [cont.]

Mac Miller delivers an unused cut from last year, “Archived in the Sanctuary Of Narnia’s year 2013.” Produced under his Larry Fisherman alias.

Following Dizzy Wright and Mally Mall, the Vegas scene continues to expand, with Jazz Lazer’s star-studded new single, featuring each Mally, Rick Ross, French Montana, and Detail. The track is available now on iTunes.

As if there were not enough remixes of Que’s “O.G. Bobby Johnson”, Ferg delivers a second freestyle over the track, hence the title.

First heard on DJ Nick’s The Big Payback, two members of the A$AP Mob jump on the remix to Chyna’s cut. Free download, appropriately.

CJ Fly of Pro Era incorporates his love for motion picture into the creation of his first short film and latest visual entitled Eyetalian Frenchip, off of his debut solo project, Thee Way Eye See It. Prod. by Entreproducers. Download Thee Way Eye See It at http://theewayeyesee.it