It’s Lil Kim’s birthday, so to celebrate, she releases a new track to celebrate.

CJ Fly of the Pro Era crew links with Cookin Soul for this new collaboration.

Jonny Shipes writes: I worked on this cd for the past 6 months…. Thats a lie but it sounded cool so fuck it lol, this compilation is a combo of some of my favorite artists I fuck w & having a bunch of dope music from them that i thought needed to be shared with [cont.]

Macklemore talks to Rosenberg about how nice Kendrick is… whites in Hip Hop…. homophobia… and what it’s like to blow up.

RJD2 tells us about his new album, More Is Than Isn’t: “More Is Than Isn’t is available Oct. 8th on my label RJ’s Electrical Connections. The album is largely instrumental, but I still worked with some great vocalists/friends like Phonte Coleman, Aaron Livingston, Blueprint, P. Blackk, STS, and Khari Mateen. I’m really proud of the [cont.]

“This is it” is the second music video from the brand new Greenhouse album,Bend But Don’t Break, which is available right now on Weightless Recordings. Directed by Blueprint.

The second chapter of Yumiko: Curse of the Merch Girl comic book, a collaboration between Murs & Devil’s Due Entertainment. Accompanying the comic book, Murs recorded a soundtrack. Today’s audio leak is for “She’s So Lost,” the track associated with Chapter 2. Download the track + PDFs of Chapters 1 & 2 for free here.

Bulk Recordings is excited to announce the return of Deltron 3030 with the release of Deltron 3030 Event II on October 1st, 2013. The album is Deltron 3030′s long-awaited successor to their self-titled cult-classic debut. Deltron 3030 — composed of a trinity of alt-rap all-stars: rapper Del The Funky Homosapien, producer Dan “The Automator” Nakamura [cont.]

The new ¡MAYDAY! album, Believers, is only one week away from its release so here’s a new video for “High Ride” to keep your appetite sedated until July 16th.

Jay-Z sits in with The Breakfast Club in promotion of Magna Carta Holy Grail.

Fuse spends time with rapper Tony Touch, who breaks down tracks from his new mixtape Piece Maker 3: Return of the 50 MCs.

Fresh off his work on Ghostface Killah’s 12 Reasons To Die, Adrian Younge is producing the next Souls Of Mischief LP, There Is Only Now, as seen below. “The next project is Adrian Younge Presents Souls of Mischief. That’s my next big thing and I’m super happy about that. It’s a project that if somebody [cont.]

Original version appears on Kool Keith’s Love & Danger.

Available now via iTunes.

From Cory Mo’s upcoming LP, Take It Or Leave It.

Part 2 of Styles P’s interview on The Combat Jack Show.

The Kid writes: With me headed back to France, I felt inspired to kick a few bars over Picasso Baby.. The whole fly art talk that Jay was displaying on the track, bought me back to my visit to Le Louvre. And all the images that I would see in text books, and magazines.. I [cont.]

Big Sean sits in with The Breakfast Club. First question? What do you think of Yeezus?

On the official release date for Magna Carta Holy Grail, Jay-Z sits in with Hot 97′s Angie Martinez. They speak on a number of topics, including Watch The Throne 2, marriage to Beyonce, his relationship with Obama, Dame Dash, the Cuba incident, what he would do if he was broke, and more.

The Come Up Show caught up with Young Guru when he came to Canada for a mini DJ Tour and he was lecturing at Google Canada headquarters in Toronto. They touched on Piracy, the Lord Finesse and Mac Miller lawsuit, if Jay-Z is ever going to retire, Young Guru’s new headphones, the art of the [cont.]