Big K.R.I.T. collaborates with The Roots for his single from Live From The Underground up at Late Night.

Off that Crack On Steroids.

Stack’s team releases this lost cut from 2005, which will appear on his upcoming Rap In Retrospect mixtape.

From Diggy’s Unexpected Arrival, out now.

Bootleg Kev speaks with 2 Chainz about the possibility of him signing with G.O.O.D Music.

Like his name suggests, Ab-Soul is not easily defined. His diversity shows in his music as he can effortlessly shift from slow flow to rapid fire and everything in between. Here’s a look at him discussing some of the many musical influences that shaped him into the artist he is now. He talks about everyone [cont.]

Hima from Das Racist sat down with Killer Mike to give the most thoughtful interview we’ve seen in a while. Their conversation touches on literature, the Internet, and Mike’s movement away from the major labels. In the second clip, he speaks on the inspiration for the track “Reagan”.

First single from Ms. Banks’ Fantastic mixtape, produced by Mohawke & Nick Hook.

Stones Throw describes Quakers as  “a hip-hop collective boasting 35 members which orbits around a core of three producers: Fuzzface (Geoff Barrow), 7-Stu-7 and Katalyst.” For those that don’t know, Geoff Barrow is the backbone behind classic “trip-hop” pioneers Portishead, making the prospect of a hip-hop full-length produced by him quite exciting. Yet with so [cont.]

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.

In this Interview with Montreality, Erick Sermon & Parrish Smith of EPMD speak about: – Their story (0:17) – The type of students they were at school (0:40) – Jobs they had as teenagers growing up (1:01) – What they spent their 1st big paycheck on (1:26) – The key to success (1:39) – Their [cont.]

DJ Soko and Apollo Brown, two thirds of acclaimed group The Left, command you to “Stand Up.” For this brazen order, Soko enlists Brown on the boards and the incomparable mic skills of Guilty Simpson and Hassaan Mackey. The 4th installment in Mello Music Group’s monthly 7” series finds Apollo finessing a triumphant horn loop [cont.]

Not to be confused with “Chicken Man”.

Jada offers some very interesting insight on all three issues — particularly his thoughts on Mase’s decision to rap or not rap.

Heh, this video is from Fonazarelli’s recently released triple-album, The Block Brochure: Welcome To The Soil 1,2 & 3.

This comes from Wais P’s mixtape follow-up to Primo Pimpin’, entitled Pussy Rich – meaning, “wealthy with pussy”, not “Richard is a pussy”.

Ab-Soul’s Control System is out now on Itunes.

From Connor’s Season 2 mixtape. Directed by Puma For The Program LLC.

The clip for this “Stoned Immaculate” cut features Curren$y smoking weed (naturally) and hanging around women in boas. Curren$y’s debut LP The Stoned Immaculate in stores June 5th.