Guest shots from Raekwon, Pusha T, Yo Gotti, French Montana, AraabMuzik, Favolous, Curren$y, Smoke DZA, Lloyd Banks, Jadakiss, Maino, and more. Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Powered by DatPiff.com

Jermaine Cole, also known as rapper J Cole, opens up to the Wall Street Journal’s Lee Hawkins about his long journey to the top of the music industry, helped by his mentor Jay-Z and his formal education as a magna cum laude graduate of St. John’s University in New York. As part of the discussion, [cont.]

From Age Against The Machine, due August 27th.

Produced by Tae Beast.

Just Blaze speaks with Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds about collecting 45′s.

From Fame’s #PhuckYaCosign mixtape.

Another one from Sky’s Penny Freestyle Series Vol. 2, over Jay Z’s “Allure”.

TMZ hounds Wale at the airport about what he thought of Kendrick Lamar’s verse on Big Sean’s “Control”. “I’d’ve been offended if my name wasn’t in that sh*t,” said Wale. “I still think I’m the best rapper on the planet though.”

Nardwuar interviews R.A. The Rugged Man at Fortune Sound Club in Vancouver, BC Canada.

MikeWillMadeIt produces this collab between former Ca$h Money / No Limit soldiers.

The Mad Rapper delivers a response record to Kendrick Lamar’s “Control”.

Directed by John Colombo. Produced by Terrace Martin. Download Stalley’s Honest Cowboy.

In the third and final installment of HardKnock TV’s interview, Mac talks to Nick Huff Barili about how he feels that Schoolboy Q’s up coming album is better than any TDE releases to date, including Kendrick Lamar’s GKMC. Mac back pedals on the statement a bit saying that he wants to support his homie Q [cont.]

Paul White drops another video for the song “Minus” from his recently released EP “Watch the Ants” via One-Handed Music. Similar to previous videos, Plastic Horse provides stellar animation for the “Minus” video that takes viewers onto another world of syncopated hand claps and ball drops, with an ever present all-seeing eye that reminds us [cont.]

Continuing the tradition of Long Beach hip hop, Crooked I explains how the city that raised him has defined his life and how his experiences in LA County have defined his music.

Statik tells us: “My beat for the public/NY MCs with 2 open 16s in response to Kendricks DOPE ass verse… if NYC cats are gonna go in, heres a beat i had in the stash that i just added cuts to today! Lets see what people got….”

The grand imperial Gensu Dean & Planet Asia recently went to Chicago to promote music education to the young alongside A Tribe Called Quests’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad (among others), and performed some cuts from their current collaborative album “Abrasions.” At the same time the deluxe edition of their vinyl came out and on it was [cont.]

The Prelude mixtape to the upcoming RBC Records release of The Almighty – The 2nd Coming In stores August 27th 2013. The Almighty consists of Canibus, Cappadonna, Planet Asia, M-Eighty & Nino Graye Album Features Crooked I, Kurupt, Chino Xl, Busta Rhymes, Tragedy Khadafi, Vinny Paz & more Produced By JP Beats, Domingo, Bronze Nazereth, [cont.]

Prodigy and Alchemist discuss the pros and cons of New York and LA. Brisk Bodega is presented in partnership with Noisey, VICE Magazine’s music channel. It’s a go-to spot for music, culture, style, art, and more. Updated daily, the Brisk Bodega provides fun, smart, and original content curated by Noisey staff.

The Yonkers veteran and oft-time rap historian sat down with Stashed to talk about his legacy as an MC as well as his longevity in Hip-Hop in this week’s episode of Driven. In part two of this sit-down, the battle tested rapper went on to speak about the need for a great rap battle and [cont.]