Quik is the name will drop his new album, The Midnight Life, on October 14th. Stream it ahead of time today.

G-Unit delivers a freestyle over Troy Ave’s “All About The Money.” This must be a dream come true for young Troy.

NBA: “The NBA is calling all cities, countries, fans, and teams for the highly anticipated 2014-15 season. #EverybodyUp SEASON BEGINS OCTOBER 28. Check your local listings for tune-in information or visit http://www.NBATickets.com where tickets are available now. Narrated by Grammy Award-winning artist and actor, Common. Music: “What’d I Say Pt I & II” by Ray [cont.]

Noisey: “We asked Freddie Gibbs to respond to some of the comments left on Youtube about the music video for his track “Thuggin”.”

Directed by Picture Perfect.

Roc Marci on the beat.

Watch the all new gameplay trailer from Far Cry 4 game, featuring the track ‘Crawl’ and created in collaboration with Childish Gambino. Childish Gambino, is the alter ego of rapper, actor, writer, comedian and producer Donald Glover.

Longtime hip-hop scribe, Jeff Chang, explains the origins of the term hip-hop for Cuepoint. His new book, Who We Be: The Colorization of America, is out on October 21st. whowebe.net How Hip-Hop Got Its Name

Words from Jonathan Kim: “Great new live video from Oddisee and his band Good Compny for the song “The Goings On.” Although the studio version was originally released on Oddisee’s mixtape “Tangible Dream,” (one of my personal favorites from the project) Oddisee has been busy promoting the upcoming Diamond District album alongside group members yU [cont.]

Treacherous: “Mark Morrison’s recently released up-tempo single “2Morrow” (ft. Erene, Devlin & Crooked I) gets the official remix treatment from Treacherous COB in-house producer Aktive. Stripping back to focus more on lyrics and piano, the track now takes a leftfield turn into emotional‎/motivational territory‎, this time featuring fellow Treacherous COB artist Horseshoe Gang and Crooked [cont.]

Hard Knock TV: “Nick Huff Barili of Hard Knock TV, in collaboration with www.GRAMMY.com sits down with Common for in-depth interview. In part 1 Common talks to Nick Huff Barili about working with some of Hip Hop’s greatest producers J Dilla, Kanye West and No I.D. Not only does Common share some of their similarities [cont.]

From the label: “Last year, Kid Tsunami brought you The Chase, a collaborative album which featured Masta Ace, KRS-One, Kool G Rap, Kool Keith, O.C. and Sean Price (among others). Now the DJ/Producer from from Perth, Australia returns with a new single, “Behind Barz,” featuring 2 Chainz, LeBomb James and The Corynthian on the hook; [cont.]

Las Vegas native, Dizzy Wright is interviewed by Prince Paul and Mr. Dead on this episode of the Scion AV All Purpose Show.

Aoki’s new album, Neon Future I, is in stores now. Here’s the remix of “Boneless” featuring Kid Ink. Directed by Golden Wolf.

From the label: “‘Dare You 2 Move,’ the next single from DESTRUCTO’s upcoming WEST COAST EP, finds the producer and DJ collaborating with Compton rapper Problem. The song makes its debut today, October 9 and will be released commercially on November 4 via Insomniac/Interscope Records.”

Head on over to Cuepoint to read Andreas Hale’s new piece on Nas’ seminal debut album and its accompanying film, Time Is Illmatic. How ‘Illmatic’ Saved Nas

Directed by UZI.

Directed by GOLDRUSH. Produced by Dizzle.

Official label descrip: “This collaboration was initially inspired by the WWE’s “Wyatt Family” and from there spawned into something epic. Sure to be a fan favorite amongst Wrestling, Rock & Hip Hop enthusiast alike, “The Whole World” is an Anthem of Global proportions and is available on iTunes now.”

For #BlackOctober Jarren Benton is releasing a new track every Wednesday to lead up to his new EP dropping later this year. Produced by Kato.