Official music video for “What It Sound Like” featuring Pav Bundy. Produced by !llmind off Torae’s album “For The Record”. Directed by Todd Angkasuwan. Filmed on location in Bangkok, Thailand.

Just when you thought you were safe, Ill Adrenaline Records strikes again! Beneficence, Brick City veteran and longtime Artifacts affiliate, returns with a banging album coming off the success of his critically acclaimed Sidewalk Science (2011) album. After 17 years in the game and numerous collaborations with top-notch producers and emcees, Beneficence drops his 5th [cont.]

Single #3 From Fleeta Partee’s LIFEMUZIK EP, out on Itunes now. Sidenote, this has nothing to do with CT emcee, Apathy.

He’s not a human being, he’s a superstar. Wayne’s new LP, led by the single “My Homies Still”, will hit stores November 13th.

Jack Davey, the powerful, sultry frontwoman for electro-sex Los Angeles duo J*DaVeY, will release a 3-part series of EP’s that will show fans a completely different side of her than they’re used to. L0-F! Side A, which features a gritty, frenetic energy, based on what Jack describes as “a girl, her shitty guitar, and introspective [cont.]

The Audible Doctor (of The Brown Bag AllStars) drops his debut vocal EP today for free. The 11 track project features Elzhi, Von Pea, Wise Intelligent, Chuuwee, Blacastan, & many more and is just the beginning of many releases soon to come.

The fifth in a series of 10 videos making up the Les Is More visual album – in stores in the US on October 22nd and in Europe on October 26th.

Geoff Barrow de Portishead au micro de Nico Prat… by radiofrance From StonesThrow.Com: French National public radio Radio France has partnered with Blogotheque (Take Away Shows) for a series “Vinyl Radio” where they take producers and artists into Radio France’s massive collection of 450,000 records in its “discotheque” warehouse to pull, play, and talk about [cont.]

“Never Grow Old” from the upcoming Blueprint album, Deleted Scenes, available Oct 16th. Pre-order Deleted Scenes at http://printmatic.net.

Dope posse cut from ChrisCo, with a bit of an old school feel to it. Watch out for Brevi, whom you might remember from her collabos with the Get Busy Committee, who appears here as well.

Mello Music Group recently announced the signing of Quelle Chris and already the hyper-creative MC is starting to let off shots. After Q-mixes, a set of heady, raw remixes, Quelle delivers Milky, a loose joint that is premiering today with an accompanying video. Like a joyful walk through a sunny LA suburb, Quelle plays it [cont.]

In this interview with FUSE’s Ashanti (?), Lupe Fiasco explains that his decision to roll with a solid black album cover for Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 was inspired by Johnny Cash, who is also touched upon on the album’s track “Man In Black”.

Especially dope new cut from Kendrick’s forthcoming album, Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City. The title says it all.

While, sure, you can get Freddie Gibbs’ latest mixtape for free, the Itunes version has no drops, and packs two extra bonus tracks. Check out one of them below. Word to Hiesenberg.

Even though the two brothas Salahadeen Wilds aka Sonny Cheeba and Saladine Wallace aka Geechi Suede are two of a kind they each bring their own electric individualism to the platinum selling duo Camp Lo. After the 2011 mixtape release of ”80 Blocks from Tiffany’s” by 80 Blocks (Pete Rock and Camp Lo),the FreeBase 808 [cont.]

The outspoken rapper explains why it was important to him to make “Animal Style”, and predicts whether or not there will ever be an openly gay mainstream hip hop artist. Fashawn also weighs in, discussing the possibility of doing a record with a gay rapper spitting gay-oriented lyrics. The duo end the interview by touching [cont.]

The legendary rapper explains why he’s been able to stay such a hot commodity for so long, revealing that he’s “never experienced a greater addiction than hearing myself on a beat.” Busta also shares his thoughts on staying relevant with a younger audience for so long and the importance as growing as an artist by [cont.]

In honor of the release of his new G.O.O.D. Music album, Kanye West has released the Cruel Summer stiletto sandal, with designer Giuseppe Zanotti, as seen above. We’re going to guess that these aren’t cheap. In other news, the album debuted at #2 on the Billboard chart with 216,115 copies sold, just beat out by [cont.]

New rap solo cut from Frank Ocean, released today via his Tumblr.

After suing Quincy Jones III over the botched 2009 documentary, The Carter, Lil Wayne’s recorded deposition has been leaked to the internet, where he shows little regard for QDIII’s lawyer, Pete Ross’s line of questioning. Watch now, this is surely to be one of the biggest viral videos of the year. Gangnam style.