Kendrick breaks his silence on his controversial “Control” verse, in two separate interviews with Hot 97′s Peter Rosenberg and Ebro, and Power 106′s Big Boy’s Neighborhood.

ScHoolboy Q returns to STASHED TV for the second installment of SESSIONS. Picking up where we left off with him last time, the TDE rapper speaks to us about why he hates performing “Hands On The Wheel,” the most annoying interview questions and why Instagram video sucks.

ATL trapeze artists Heroes x Villains lend an official remix to Doe B’s “Let Me Find Out”, with T.I. and Juicy J in tow.

J-Zone avoids technical perfection and uses outdated, obsolete and broken equipment to record his new album, Peter Pan Syndrome. Pre-order Peter Pan Syndrome at j-zone.bandcamp.com. Release date 09.05.2013.

In this episode, DJ Eclipse talks about his early days hunting for vinyl, whittling down his collection of 30,000 records, and why pressing an album used to mean so much. Crate Diggers profiles people with extraordinary vinyl record collections, with owners displaying and telling the stories behind their collections.

Gillie Da Kid spits over two of the hood’s biggest anthems of the moment.

From the album, Trials & Tribulations.

Chicago rapper King Louie speaks on his relationship with Kanye West and how they got together in Paris to work on “Yeezus,” and reveals how Kanye was behind the scenes. He also explained what Kanye’s presence is like in Chicago, and shares a story of ‘Ye being a fan of his music.

Big Sean meets up with JAY Z’s Life+Times in NYC to break down the record “All Figured Out,” off his sophomore album Hall Of Fame.

New freestyle between Sean Price and Illa Ghee.

Goodie Mob stopped by the SiriusXM studios for an exclusive performance for Hip Hop Nation and Backspin.

Some back-story on this song, Danny Brown’s album was originally titled ODB, standing for Old Danny Brown, however the estate of Russell Jones had issue with this. So now it’s called OLD, and here is what once was the title track to the 9/30 Fool’s Gold release. Produced by Paul White, directed by Ruff Mercy.

“Call It Home” is the first single taken from The Foreign Exchange’s upcoming fourth album, Love In Flying Colors. The full single bundle is available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon now and includes the single mix and the instrumental version of “Call It Home” as well as non-album B-Side “Pity”. Love In Flying Colors [cont.]

Delicious Vinyl brings you Sunset Blvd, the new album from Yancey Boys, the group piloted by John “Illa J” Yancey and Frank Nitt. The dynamic new collection is built around previously unheard tracks created by Illa J’s brother: the late, great J Dilla (James Yancey). With Frank Nitt’s standing as J Dilla Music Catalog Curator [cont.]

Big K.R.I.T. delivers the final version of this track he previewed on his King Remembered In Time mixtape. Look for a new album from K.R.I.T. to be announced soon.

Mistah F.A.B. returns with his latest mixtape, featuring collaborations with IamSu, Too Short, Keak Da Sneak, Travis Porter, Loverance, Sage The Gemini, Clyde Carson, E-40, Problem, Ty $ Sign, and more. Mistah F.A.B. – “Hella Ratchet” (Mixtape)

Peter Rosenberg meets with the Goodie Mob to speak on the creative process behind their new album, Age Against The Machine, which is available now.

“There’s more outrage over a Kendrick verse than babies in the street TWERKING. Or have folks forgotten what this leads to?? Guess I’m just too school for cool in this regard. My name is Rah Digga and I approve this message!!” – Rah Digga

Malik B. (of The Roots fame) and producer Mr. Green team up for this new track, “Definition,” off of their upcoming collabo LP, Unpredictable.

Drake speaks to MTV about the cover artwork to his new album, Nothing Was The Same. Get More: 2013 VMA, Artists.MTV, Music, Drake