Video from this year’s earlier AGE: Open Season mixtape.

Skillz delivers his 10th edition of the year end “Rap Up”, suggesting that this will be his last. The track is a bonus track on his just released Thoughts Become Things LP.

Freeway delivers another 9 tracks in the form of his Black Santa EP, which includes new collaborations with Young Chris, Memphis Bleek, Peedi Crakk, Neef Buck, Tek, Gillie Da Kid, Statik Selektah, Jake One, DJ SNS, Jumbo Beats and more.

From Connor’s While You Were Sleeping mixtape. Directed by Nicdelikat.

Update: CDQ added. Big Boi’s neighborhood premieres Tyga’s new single with Rick Ross, a cover of Dr. Dre and Snoop’s classic cut, “187″.

This track comes from Troy Ave’s White Christmas mixtape, which is available now.

Curren$y recorded this EP for Closed Sessions, produced entirely by King Thelonious. Curren$y – “3 Piece Set” EP

Hitting tomorrow. Collabos will include Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, Scarface, Nipsey Hussle, French Montana, Jhene Aiko, Trinidad James, Nottz, Diplo, Jake One, and more. > Wale – “Folarin” (Mixtape)

1. JIGGA MAN INTRO 2. GREEN LANTERN “YAP ‘EM” 3. VALENTINO KHAN & ETC!ETC! “WORK HARD, PLAY HARD” 4. GREEN LANTERN “GORDON GECKO” 5. MIC THE DRUMS “GET THIS WORK” (GREEN EDIT) 6. 2 CHAINZ “CRACK” (GREEN EDIT) 7. HEROES X VILLIANS “FROM THE TRAP” 8. GENT AND JAWNS “TURN UP” 9. YOUNG JEEZY “KNOB [cont.]

HipHopSite.Com’s 2012 Year End Wrap Up is on the way, but not before we tie up a few loose-end album reviews still on deck. Also look out for Blog So Hard 2, which will be presented on January 11th, as a special edition of our Hellafine Fridays podcast, mixed by yours truly. You might remember [cont.]

The Akai Pro team visit DJ Premier and his MPC Renaissance at his studio in New York City

The new single from the upcoming EP, Mad Ziontist – Minutes To Society. Directed By Devin Horch and Art Hz.

Pusha T takes some pretty obvious shots at Lil Wayne and Birdman on this track, while Luda’s beefs are little more cryptic. This track appears on Tapemasters Slight Work 5 tape.

The title track from Rocky’s Long Live A$AP gets a video. The album hits January 15th.

It’s almost as if 2 Chainz is giving Trinidad James a run for his money on this one. From Based On A T.R.U. Story, available now.

Frank decided to let this track go via his Tumblr today, after it was turned down for the Django Unchained soundtrack.

Styles P delivers this new freestyle on this fine Sunday evening. Wu-Block review coming soon, BTW.

The first single off Drique London’s collaborative EP with U’nique Music, entitled Payton & Kemp.

Earlier this year, Double A.B. & Dub Sonata released their album Media Shower. The project, released via Man Bites Dog Records, includes features from Evidence, Roc Marciano, Sean Price, and more. But most of all, Media Shower, and Double A.B. & Dub Sonata with it, harkens back to an earlier era, an era of soulful [cont.]

With the release of his third solo album Selling My Soul, Masta Killa has become one of the most consistent solo artists in the Wu Tang Clan family. But back in the early 90s, Killa was just another hungry young emcee looking for an opportunity. In a new video interview, MK recalls those early years [cont.]