Freddie Gibbs & Fashawn collab for the first time over P-Money’s latest track, “Break It Down,” off his upcoming album, Gratitude, out May 21st on Dawn Raid Ent./Dirty Records/Duck Down Music.

n September of 2008, Focus & Fokis released an EP entitled 20/20 that left the listeners craving for more from the duo. Five years later they have decided to release a retail version of the project as an official album which will include new tracks as well. “Focus & I have been working on a [cont.]

1. Rittz “Walter White Boy Flow” (Produced By Lifted) 2. Vic Mensa “Orange Juice” (Produced By Cam) 3. Sean Rose “Filthy” (Produced by Hitmanbeatz) 4. Troy Ave f. Lito “Man In The Mirror” 5. Futuristic “Best In AZ (Interlude)” 6. Kris Kasanova f. Avatar Darko “Make It Happen” (Produced By Justin Rose) 7. Hannibal Leq [cont.]

A couple of weeks back we shared Paul White’s collaboration with Danny Brown for the song entitled “Street Lights” from Paul White’s forthcoming single dropping April 15th (UK) / April 16th (US). The 12″ Vinyl and digital single also features an amazing remix from Dabrye, named as “one of the most influential underground producers of [cont.]

After great success with their first compilation album, The Best of Both Offices, founded by Young Sav + Steve O, are preparing to release the second installment of the series April 16th. Spearheaded by Immanuel Smith of BOBO, the project will once again feature A-list and up-and-coming artists alike, starting with the first project single [cont.]

Today Theophilus London dropped his first new studio track in a minute. TL has been holed up in studios from Paris to Berlin to Brooklyn working on music for his still untitled new album, due this fall. The first taste of the vibe and direction Theophilus is taking for the album can be heard on [cont.]

While Cannibal Ox’s seminal debut, The Cold Vein, was released in 2001, Vast & Vordul are also currently in the studio recording their long-overdue sophomore LP, which will be released in 2013, as Vast states “we never broke up, but the timing is now right for a new Cannibal Ox LP. Iron Galaxy Records is [cont.]

El-P and Killer Mike team to form Run The Jewels, who will team for a full-length LP, tentatively slated for “Juneteenth” (June 18th?). Here is a snippet of their first Run The Jewels track, “Banana Clipper”.

In part 1, De la reminisces about the making of their track “Buddy” and shares that the amazing moments that were captured in videos like Buddy happened because they were not thinking about how much money they were going to make, instead they were enjoying the people around them, making music and having a good [cont.]

NPR gets dibs on the official album stream for Ghostface Killah’s potential classic LP with rising producer Adrian Younge, 12 Reasons To Die. Below that, check out snippets from Apollo Brown’s “Brown Tape” remix album, which comes exclusively with GetOnDown’s Deluca Edition’s of 12 Reasons To Die. Look for the album on sale next Tuesday.

Fourth volume of Major Lazer’s appetizer EP series, designed to hold us over until the release of Free The Universe, which hits next Tuesday. LAZER STRIKES BACK Vol. 4 1. Major Lazer – Jah No Partial feat. Flux Pavilion (Run DMT Remix) 2. Major Lazer feat. Chronixx – Where I Come From (Get Free Rhythm) [cont.]

Brand new single from J-Live, produced by the man himself. Available now for purchase on Bandcamp.

Next week, Illogic & Blockhead will release their first collaborative full-length album, Capture The Sun. The album, which includes features from Slug, Blueprint, Abstract Rude, and more, will be released on TK via Man Bites Dog Records, and today, Illogic & Blockhead are debuting a non-album exclusive remix of album track “Live From the Horizon.” [cont.]

“I would talk about my dick, but man that shit would be a long story!” boasts Lil Wayne on his tenth (!) studio album, I Am Not A Human Being 2, the sequel to the 2010 fluke LP released in place of Tha Carter IV, during Wayne’s stay at Riker’s Island. The original was a [cont.]

Hey. You. Yeah, you. It’s swimsuit season. What are you doing sitting there reading this? You should be doing cardio and listening to Hellafine Fridays episode 007, mixed by DJ Pizzo. In fact, so should I. PEACE! 1. Keep On – Bass Kleph + Hot Mouth 2. Root Down – Pizzo + Manik 3. Ohh [cont.]

Produced by Harry Fraud, off Hood Politics 7 dropping 4/5/13.

Trampy and Danny Brown are inspired by Diplo’s #ExpressYourself movement.

Action Bronson sat down with Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard to break down some of his obscure sports references during South by Southwest in San Antonio, Texas. Bam Bam tips us off to sports-heavy rhymes on two unreleased tracks, including one from Mac Miller’s forthcoming album.

Tyga lets loose another track from Walking With A Tiger Hotel California, dropping April 9th.

Another video from the upcoming 12 Reasons To Die album, this one showing the creation of the vinyl box set from GetOnDown.