This kid might be a star. Reminds us of early Pharcyde, more than ODB.

Lupe Fiasco reveals new details of his upcoming album Food & Liquor 2 and talks Occupy Wall Street at the Beale Street Music Festival 2012.

This joint comes from The RPD20X Project, which is out now for free download, and also includes collabos with Jay Rock, Ya Boy, Fashawn, Nipsey Hussle, Crooked I, Glasses Malone, and others.

Twista preps a new mixtape with Don Cannon, as well as a new LP, entitled, The Dark Horse.

This comes form Ab-Soul’s Control System, which drops May 11th.

Curren$y reveals unexpected collabs from his “Stoned Immaculate” album for the first time to Karen Civil for KarmaloopTV. Shot at the Diamond Supply Store in LA.

The first single off Sean Deez’s upcoming album “Ballin’ vs. Rich vs. Wealthy” coming soon.

“The Makings” Pt 2 features past productions from House Shoes featuring songs with Elzhi, Danny Brown, Quelle, and others and also features audio commentary from Rich Medina, Paul Rosenberg, Crown Royale (DJ Rhettmatic & Jamal Bufford), Paradime, Nick Speed and others.

Kool A.D. from Das Racist talks to legendary MC Kool Keith about horrorcore, pornocore, and lingerie. We also get the scoop on the nastiest track Keith ever wrote, “I’m Pissin’ Hard,” never released for obvious reasons.

In this episode of “Fresh to Death” Unsa Suhail gets an exclusive interview with the mighty 9th Wonder to discuss the producer “brotherhood” and creating a regional sound in hip hop. 9th Wonder also touches on the impact of the digital age, while also elaborating on westcoast emcees Fashawn, Blu, and Kendrick Lamar. He also [cont.]

Taken from the official mixtape: Talib Kweli & Mr. E “WE RUN THIS VOL. 7″ (Mixed by Mr. E of RPS Fam) Produced by Lokken Load // Recorded at Rough Magic Studios, Brooklyn, NYC // Edited, Mixed, Mastered and Scratches by Mr. E at We Run This Studios, Nürnberg // Lyrics by Talib Kweli //C [cont.]

“Oh Hello” features rapper Redman as he praises his fans for pushing him to the next level, outlines what makes a successful artist and details his bathroom-based process for songwriting.

The My.N.O.R.S. which stands for (My new original rhyme style) consist of emcee MJ and emcee/producer DP. This is a single off their label Piccochi Music, which will also be on their soon to be released EP coming out later this year.

Says Kev: Shouts to the good homie Tech N9ne for taking the time out to sit down with me on his bus for an interview! As always, Tech gave me a dope interview. We speak on a ton of topics that include: His new 95 city Hostile Takeover tour, touring with Machine Gun Kelly, the [cont.]

Last month, Hieroglyphics rapper Casual announced that his new album, He Still Think He Raw, will be released on May 22nd. The album is produced entirely by DJ Fresh & The Whole Shabang, and is a sequel of sorts to Casual’s 2001 album, He Think He Raw. To go along with that announcement, Casual released [cont.]

01 – Intro 02 – 1982 – What the Streets Want (Exclusive not on album) 03 – Reks ft Kali, JFK, & Termanology – Such A Showoff 04 – JFK ft Jared Evan – The Blackout 05 – Ea$y Money – On Demand 06 – JFK ft Reks – Fist of Pain 07 – Statik [cont.]

El-P just dropped another prophetic trailer hinting at the awesomeness of his forthcoming Cancer4Cure on Fat Possum May 22nd.

The Come Up Show presents part 3 of our interview with Phife Dawg, Phife tells us how he feels about all the attention and acclaim the documentary got. Something not too many people know is that Nas was one of the first to suggest that Tribe should do a documentary back in 2008. Michael Rapport [cont.]