New freestyle from Maffew Ragazino produced by DJ Clark Kent.

Justin Smith, known as music producer Just Blaze, who produces for artists such as Jay-Z and Eminem, talks with Lee Hawkins about his role in VH1’s DJ show, “Master of the Mix” and the lucrative business of beat-making and production. Plus he shows step-by-step how he built the beat for hit song “Higher.” Just Blaze [cont.]

Recorded at Converse Rubber Tracks Studios in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Bonus Track off The White Mandingos’ (Murs + Sasha Jenkins + Darryl Jenifer) The Ghetto Is Tryna Kill Me, due June 11 on Fatbeats Records.

Part 3 of our interview with De La starts with Pos sharing that he first wanted to be a DJ before an MC because back then the DJ was the life of the party and the MC was just doing echoes. As the interview goes on, Dave says that he enjoys some Gangsta Rap like [cont.]

Jay-Z fires back at critics of his Cuban vacation. Produced by Swizz Beats & Timbaland. The White House has responded already, saying they did not “sign off” on Jay and Bey’s trip to Cuba. It’s a song,” said White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said. “The president did not communicate with Jay-Z over this trip.” [cont.]

Gearing up for a pair of shows in the UK to celebrate the Wu-Tang Clan’s 20th Anniversary, a press release for the event also has a huge reveal: the title to their reunion album. The statement reads as follows: Wu-Tang Clan are currently working on their upcoming album A Better Tomorrow, due for release in [cont.]

01. Purpose [Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.] 02. Shine On (Feat. Bun B) [Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.] 03. Talkin Bout Nothing [Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.] 04. King Without A Crown [Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.] 05. REM [Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.] 06. Meditate [Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.] 07. Serve This Royalty [Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.] 08. Good [cont.]

Grover, whom you might know from The Howard Stern Show, put together this track based around 50 random items brought to the studio.

Ghostface Killah teams with The Roots, Adrian Young, Masta Killa, and Killah Priest for this performance from 12 Reasons To Die, hitting next Tuesday.

The L.A. Leakers premiere this second remix of Young Jeezy’s “R.I.P.”, featuring new verses from west coast legends Snoop, Short, and Fonzarelli.

Q is the first of ten (or eleven) emcees to drop a freestyle video, in promotion of XXL’s annual Freshmen 10 issue.

Hot 97 put together this mini-doc on NORE aka PAPI and his new album, Student Of The Game, which hits April 16th.

“Trynawin” is the first release from Tree’s highly anticipated, Sunday School II: When Church Lets Out. The new record was created during a Closed Session in late February with underground favorite Roc Marciano. The documentary shows the immediate chemistry between the two emcee/producers as Tree welcomes Roc Marciano into his SoulTrap style of production.

Directed by MoreFrames. From The Grimy Awards, available now.

Produced by 9th Wonder from Torae’s Admission Of Guilt. Directed & Edited By ROMEYORK.

Yesterday we showed you the first offering from Killer Mike and El-P’s Run The Jewels project, and today, we get a new solo cut from Mike, as featured on the DC Comics video game, Injustice: Gods Among Us.

R.A. The Rugged Man presents the first official video off his new album Legends Never Die. “The People’s Champ” is produced by Apathy and features an intro from Rampage. Legends Never Die hits stores on April 30th, and features appearances from Tech N9ne, Hopsin, Brother Ali, Talib Kweli, Krizz Kaliko, Masta Ace, Sadat X, Vinnie [cont.]

Another one from Kid Cudi’s Indicud, hitting April 23rd.

Cole’s lead single to Born Sinner, due June 25th.

Questlove answers the big question: Will the Roots stay when Jimmy Fallon takes over hosting duties from Jay Leno on the Tonight Show in 2014?