Cali emcee Murs presents the Hobostewd-directed music video for “Animal Style”, the Embassy-produced track from his recent BluRoc release Love & Rockets Volume 1: The Transformation. “Animal Style is a song I did for many reasons,” Murs explains. “The first was to be an advocate for people close to me who are out, and those [cont.]

The trio of Andy Cooper, Dizzy Dustin, and Young Einstein have built up a small, but loyal fanbase over the years, with their lighthearted, classically trained brand of hip-hop. Producer Young Einstein propels the group with an endless selection of breaks and samples, changing every few bars or so, always keeping listeners on their toes. [cont.]

DJ Vlad speaks directly with 40 Glocc about his altercation with Game and his Black Wallstreet crew.

Dres The Black Sheep and Jarobi of A Tribe Called Quest join to form Evitan. Here is their second single, following “3 Kings” w/ Sadat X.

Directed, Edited, Special Effects & Concept by Necro. From the Murder Murder Kill Kill EP, hitting July 31st.

From the upcoming album, Genesis Of A General.

The Game and 40 Glocc – whom both have Twitter avatars of themselves with their shirts off – had an altercation at a party in Los Angeles yesterday, of which Game filmed with his Iphone while attacking Glocc. 40 Glocc claims that he was approached by multiple assailants, brandishing firearms. 40 Glocc later Tweeted a [cont.]

This will be the record that thrusts French into the mainstream. Excuse My French coming soon on Bad Boy.

New material from Sauce Money’s still-to-come album, Welcome Home.

DJ Premier produces this cut from Gang Starr foundation member Big Shug’s next LP, I.M. 4-Eva, which drops July 24th on Brick Records.

While Talib Kweli prepares for his next LP, Prisoner of Conscious, he announced via Twiter today that he will first release a new mixtape. Entitled Attack The Block, the title is taken from a British sci-fi film that deals with an alien invasion in the hood. Attached to the project are each Black Thought, Ryan [cont.]

Curren$y is an emcee lucky enough to experience a second childhood in hip-hop, as he first debuted as a No Limit solider ten years ago, as a member of the 504 Boyz. With the sheer amount of crap the label was shoveling out at that time, it was easy to overlook diamonds in the rough [cont.]

A Dub Remix video by Cut Chemist of the single Outro (Revisited) featuring Blackbird. Deantoni Parks on drums Blackbird on the mic Cut Chemist on the beat Produced by Allopoietic Systems Directed, Shot and Edited by Corey Brandenstein Stunt Driving by Jason “Hawke” Hamilton

Diggy Simmons talks about how him and J.Cole settled their differences and how he wasn’t tripping over J.Cole’s “Grew Up Fast.”

G-Unit General, Hip Hop Heavyweight & the boss man himself, 50 Cent called in to Shade 45 speak with DJ Whoo Kid. Is 50 ok ever since his car accident? What was 50′s intentions with ’5, By Numbers?’ How did Marquise feel about being on the cover of 50′s new album? How is Floyd Mayweather [cont.]

B. Rhymes speaks on Frank Ocean’s recent revelation. Meanwhile, Busta’s next LP has been titled Year Of The Dragon, pushing aside E.L.E. 2.

First release from Chuck Inglish’s Convertibles project.

This track didn’t end up making the cut for Glover’s Royalty mixtape.

Here is the tracklist for the Rickster’s latest opus, hitting July 31st. 1. Pray For Us 2. Pirates 3. 3 Kings feat. Dr. Dre ＆ Jay-Z 4. Ashamed 5. Maybach Music IV feat. Ne-Yo 6. Sixteen feat. Andre 3000 7. Amsterdam 8. Hold Me Back 9. 911 10. So Sophisticated feat. Meek Mill 11. Presidential [cont.]