New freestyle from The Kid.

Nice use of the “Dreamweaver” sample. Al-Doe links up with Boldy James and Vado for “5:46AM” produced by Elemnt. Off of Al-Doe’s forthcoming project Nose Candy set to drop in October.

Young De offers this light-hearted look at the presidential campagne.

Brother Ali’s new album, Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color, is in stores today on Rhymesayers Entertainment. Treat yourself to a full-stream of the album right now, via YouTube.

From StonesThrow: Homeboy Sandman is an MC with a tradition. To commemorate the release of each new record, he records a new track called “OUT NOW” and sends it out to the world on the day of the record release at 12 noon, NY time. This is a bonus track, not on the record. It [cont.]

One last treat to close-out Mellowhype week.

Nardwuar interviews Big Sean in Vancouver, BC, Canada at Twisted Productions’ All Ages gig at the Vogue Theatre

From The Stoned Immaculate, in stores now.

The official lyric video dropped over the weekend, now here’s the live-action, official video for Game’s first single from Jesus Piece, due this December. Matt Alonzo directed.

Second single from (No) Malice’s new album, Hear Ye Him, coming soon.

Nice to see these two back together. This morning that sat in at Power 105′s The Breakfast Club to discuss a handful of topics, including Missy being diagnosed with Graves disease, the Drake/Aaliyah project, Ciara, Nicki Minaj, and what else they have in store for the future.

Update: Video added. Kendrick blesses Big’s “Who Shot Ya” instrumental for Flex.

Dun fact: Cut Chemist organizes his vinyl by record label.

On the eve of the release of Cruel Summer, the G.O.O.D. Music crew steps in the building to freestyle on Funk Flex’s show. Each Big Sean, Common, CyHi The Prynce, and Pusha T make appearances.

Get On Down, purveyors of classic hip-hop and incredibly dope re-packaged reissues comes with this new edition of Raekwon’s Only Built For Cuban Linx “Purple Tape” edition. Longtime fans will remember that Raekwon’s debut was originally issued on a purple cassette, with many of their original copies long gone, or with the print smeared off. [cont.]

T.I. stopped by BET’s 106 & Park today, to officially reveal the final release date for Trouble Man, now slated for December 18th. Unless Dr. Dre decides to stick Detox on that date, we expect it to stick this time.

The Money Making Jam Boys’ Sugar Tongue Slim releases the second volume of his Goldrush mixtape series, featuring guest appearances from Dosage, Wyld Life, Kyle Lucas, J Nics, and Schoolie V.

Roots drummer ?uestlove and legendary Def Jam founder Russell Simmons have teamed up for a “fundraising battle” for the re-election of Barack Obama. Donors can pick “I’m with Questlove or I’m with Simmons” in this mock “election” to see who can raise for money for the Obama campaign. At the time of this writing ?uestlove [cont.]