With his hotly anticipated second album Born Sinner set for a week one sales battle with Kanye West and Mac Miller, we grabbed J. Cole to talk about putting his sophomore effort together, from sampling himself to finding the inspiration to produce every track and more.

Meta P is a Rhode Island Native who is known for everything from dark “horrorcore” to deep and touching subjects such as “Dragonfly,” which examined and explored the recent death of his twin sister; which was verified on his most recent LP Edison Ink. In June 2012, Meta was named “Best Rap Act of 2012″ [cont.]

Vince Staples will release his anticipated Stolen Youth effort next week, an album entirely produced by Mac Miller — who produces under alias Larry Fisherman. Before the album drops for free download, Staples and Miller continue to tease with their Ab-Soul assisted track, “Killin Y’all,”. The artwork for the track is drawn by illustrator Phillip [cont.]

Papoose is both a victim and a victor of the American dream and the endless pursuit of happiness. He was signed to Jive Records back in 2006, but entered what he and Kay Slay referred to as “A&R hell”, leading to endless delays of his debut album, The Nacirema Dream (that’s “America” spelled backwards, for [cont.]

Directed by Will Millions. Student Of The Game available now.

Today, MTVu premiered the new music video for “The Aquarium” by one-of-a-kind duo The Uncluded (Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson). “The Aquarium” is the second single from The Uncluded’s debut album Hokey Fright, recently released via Rhymesayers. Hokey Frightis is the duo’s first collaboration album; all 16 tracks were written, performed, and recorded entirely by [cont.]

It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from Dizzee Rascal, 2009 to be exact, when he dropped his last LP, Tongue ‘N Cheek. The grimecee will drop his new album, The Fifth, on July 1st in the UK, which will include collaborations with Will.i.am, Tinie Tempah, Calvin Harris, Jessie J, Robbie Williams, Bun B, Trae [cont.]

Here is Kanye’s performance of “I Am A God” at Governor’s Ball, NYC, off his new album, Yeezus, which drops next Tuesday. In the following clip, he goes off on another one of his trademark rants, about the marketing and promotion of Yeezus. “With this album we ain’t drop no single to radio. We ain’t [cont.]

From the album, O.N.I.F.C., available now. Directed By Frank Paladino.

Felli’s monster new track gets a video, as debuted by MTV.

AZ Speaks on how Jay-Z was in high school, and other topics.

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5th drop off of Frank The Butcher’s BAU All Is Fair project produced by Frank The Butcher & Paul Mighty.

The legendary Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth speak on their seminal track, “T.R.O.Y.”. Additional commentary from Special Ed, Dante Ross, Jarobi of ATCQ, Talib Kweli, and more.

Wayne borrows Ace Hood’s massive hood hit, after being shunned for the official remix.

Professionally shot footage from Kendrick and Nas’ performances in NYC on June 8th, just before Kanye took the stage.

Produced by Paul Cabin.

From SV’s Evolution, hitting June 25th. Guests will include Havoc, Blu, Jazzy Jeff, Rapper Big Pooh, Joe Scudda, and more.

From DJ Khaled’s Suffering From Success LP, coming soon.

Pap makes a statement on his Summer Jam appearance. Filmed & Edited by Tony Hanson.