Ray West & OC (DITC) are gearing up for their collaborative album “Ray’s Cafe” which will be released on January 21st via Red Apples Forty-Five. Entirely produced by NYC producer, Ray West, the two decided to drop some tracks during the holiday season which didn’t make the final album, but recorded during the same album [cont.]

Producer Clams Casino serves up this instrumental mixtape of recent beats he’s done for MF Doom, A$AP Rocky, Mac Miller, and more. 1. Crystals (GTA V) 2. Hell (A$AP Rocky ft. Santigold) 3. Cry For Me (Unreleased) 4. Pull Me Down (Mikkey Ekko) 5. Lvl (A$AP Rocky) 6. Bird Call (Mac Miller) 7. Freeze (A$AP [cont.]

Directed by Dr. Zodiak. Off the album Blood Sweat & Beers.

The former Def Jux intern (true story) returns, with new music produced by Diplo and Benny Blanco, with help from Big Sean.

Freddie Gibbs delivers the second, official video for “Dueces”.

Tity Boy on the remix, as premiered by XXL.

B.o.B. sits in with The Breakfast Club to speak on his new album, Underground Luxury.

Pusha T speaks on his next album, King Push, and a scheduled 20-Day studio session he has planned with The Neptunes. Yes, Chad too.

Check out the new music video from Mibbs for “Off Top” directed by @JakobOwens (with a special appearance by Ms. Karly Salmon). The west coast rapper is gearing up for the re-release of his first solo project FREEBASS. FREEBASSkg drops 1/14/14 and will feature two new tracks. This deluxe edition will be available for sale [cont.]

New music from The DZA.

“People asked for Wale — we made it happen. Now you make up your own mind on if you like the episode or not. It’s a weird one.”

“WE CAN DO THAT TOO, BEYONCE.” Not an actual quote. The Lox just dropped their new four song EP, “Trinity”, on iTunes, which includes a cover of Brand Nubian’s “Love Me Or Leave Me Alone”. Check out all four songs below.

Troy Ave will quickly follow-up his New York City mixtape with White Christmas 2. Here are two new selections, which may or may not make the final tracklist.

Murs 316 artist Jabee hits you with his track Stephanie (prod by EL-P) off of his album Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt, available now.

Just Blaze is executive producing the next Slaughterhouse LP. Here is the first taste, which may or may not make the 2014 sophomore release.

Over the years, we’ve seen a lot of “vanity projects” in rap music. For some reason, people seem to think hip-hop is “easy”, and many times we see actors and athletes attempt to extend their particular talents to a rap album. 90% of the time, these things fail, yet these celebrities are so rich and [cont.]

Serato has teamed with Public Enemy to produce a limited edition Serato Control Vinyl paired with P.E.’s classic single, “Shut ‘Em Down”. The official description is as follows: A 2×12” Serato Picture Disc Pressing that features the legendary track ‘Shut Em Down’ by Public Enemy and its Instrumental version on the A sides, plus the [cont.]

Wale returns to the mic after last week’s Complex fiasco, and gets some shit off his chest.

From Al and 8-Off’s Past & Present EP, hitting on 1/1/14.

Cali’s own Planet Asia reps hard on this classic Jay-Z beat produced by DJ Premier. DJ J-Ronin Freestyle Files Vol. 2 is out now.