In this clip, Danny Brown speaks to Tim Westwood about grime music, syrup, Fool’s Gold, ASAP Mob, and more. A-Trak also joins in.

Off of Unconscious State, hitting July 2nd.

Gangsta Gibbs has released his next LP, ESGN, earlier than expected, available now on iTunes. Check the full album stream below, courtesy of DJ Booth.

Statik Selektah recreates the beat for “Bird’s Eye View” step by step. Watch as he arranges the instrumental, adding scratches and original organ notes. He then explains how it was originally for an unreleased Nas remix, but ended up getting Raekwon, Joey Bada$$ and Black Thought on the track.

“Requests come in and are considered carefully by Silvio Pietroluongo, our director of charts, and, if complications or implications rise to a certain level, by me, as Billboard’s editorial director. We strive to always fall on the side of moving the music business forward,” wrote Billboard editor Bill Werde, in regards to Jay-Z’s unconventional method [cont.]

Jimmy Fallon and The Roots have some fun, based on viewer requests.

Action Bronson sits in with the Combat Jack Show, in the third part of their interview.

Joey Bada$$ and Trinidad James sit in with OkayPlayer, for some cat sitting.

Yeah hoe! Off the upcoming LP, Stay Trippy.

Over the past year, we’ve seen a series of strange episodes from Kanye West, which have included performing dressed in a mask and straight-jacket, and embarking on long, screaming rants during said performances. This, coupled with his very public pregnancy with girlfriend, Kim Kardashian, has almost escalated him to Michael Jackson levels of interest to [cont.]

Big K.R.I.T. offers the third part of his “KING” freestyle series, this time borrowing Nas’ “Stay” instrumental.

From Excuse My French, available now.

DJ Skee takes on remixing French Montana’s single, enlisting a bunch of better rappers to perform it.

J. Cole in the Breakfast Club hot seat to promote his new LP, Born Sinner, available today.

Part deux of Action Bronson’s interview on The Combat Jack Show.

From Vince Staples free LP, which hits tomorrow, produced entirely by Mac Miller, aka Larry Fisherman. Portishead sample alert.

This track mirrors Special Ed’s flow on “I Got It Made” in many places. From The Answer, due next tuesday.

This is the lead single to D. Brown’s upcoming Fool’s Gold LP, Old. The above image may be the cover art for the LP.

Slum Village’s next LP, Evolution, will hit on June 25th. Today, we see a full length album stream ahead of it’s release, courtesy of former HipHopSite scribe, Matt Conaway’s, Mac Media.

This has to be one of the worst album titles in recent memory. 2 Chainz new LP, B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time, hits Sept 10th, 2013. 2 Chainz – B.O.A.T.S. II —-ME TIME in stores Sept 10th from 2 Chainz on Vimeo.