Produced by Oddisee. From the forthcoming J-Live full length album, Around The Sun, due Spring 2014.

Mac Miller performs a handful of cuts from Watching Movies With The Sound off on Jimmy Kimmel.

King Kendrick contributes a verse to this track from Birdman’s Rich Gang compilation.

Some new tracks, some classics, as Busta and Tip team for The Abstract & The Dragon mixtape. Could this be a prelude to an even bigger project? Guest support (archival and newly recorded) from Redman, DJ Scratch, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, A Tribe Called Quest, Raekwon, Big Daddy Kane, Talib Kweli, Missy Elliott, and LONS. [cont.]

Exile has a little fun with Jay-Z’s “Holy Grail” on the MPC. He likes cookie.

From Meek’s Dreamchasers 3, downloading now.

Willie and Bronze team up for the upcoming LP, The Living Daylights. Word to Timothy Dalton. By the way, Sean Price is no longer going as “Sean Mandela” on Twitter, to respect the dead. His new handle is Talcum X.

Donald Glover makes his way over to Jimmy Kimmel to perform two cuts from his just released Because The Internet LP.

Pap spits over “Tom’s Diner” by Suzanne Vega for this selection from Hoodie Season 2, out soon.

Paul Wall treats us to a full steam of his new album, Hashtag-Check Season, out on iTunes and other retailers this week.

1/2 of Smif N Wessun delivers this late edition from 2010′s Amerikkka’s Nightmare Part 2: Children of War. Directed by Cynical Smith.

Off that Stay Trippy, available now.

Roc Marciano’s new album, Marci Beaucoup, is available now. Catch a full stream of the album below, courtesy of Spotify below. Look for our dual review of this and the mixtape coming before the end of the year.

What are they trying so say?

Ghostface Killah will appear next season on VH1′s Couples Therapy. See below.

From Terrace’s budget-priced $6.99 remix edition of 3chordfold, due on iTunes next Tuesday, Dec. 17th.

RZA pays tribute to Nelson Mandela and the cast of Gang Related on this collaboration with vocalist Will Wells. He writes: “”CONTINUING ON GOOD VIBES AND INSPIRATIONS, HERE IS A SONG WE DID THIS WEEKEND IN THE STUDIO ENTITLED ” A GIFT A HOPE” BY THE RZA FT. WILL WELLS. INSPIRED BY THE GREAT NELSON [cont.]

ThisIs50′s Young Jack Thriller interviews the TDE camp’s newest member, Isaiah Rashad.

Schoolboy Q finally breaks his silence on the release date for his long-awaited LP, #Oxymoron, giving the project a February 25th street date.

As we discussed in our review for World’s Fair Bastards Of The Party, the state of New York hip-hop has been in bad shape as of late, with the most popular artists in the region subscribing to Southern styles of rap. While we all dig the South as well, we expect more from the birthplace [cont.]