New track to commemorate Atmosphere’s tour throughout their homestate of MN. Dates below: Buy Tickets for the 2012 Welcome To Minnesota Tour: 2.20 – Mankato, MN @ Verizon Wireless Center Ballroom: Buy Tickets | RSVP Tickets also available at Verizon Wireless Center Ballroom (No Fees) 2.21 – Bemidji, MN @ Sanford Center Ballroom: Buy Tickets [cont.]

Following “Roman In Moscow”, is Nicki’s first official single from Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, due February 14th. Hot damn, hoe, here we go again.

Hilarious. Gangrene – that’s Alchemist and Oh No – has a new LP, hitting January 24th on Decon. This is the first trailer, decribed by Decon as “a series of psychedelic experimental shorts by Jason Goldwatch utilizing found footage, deeply layered audio beds and Gangrene Original Music to create new works of art out of [cont.]

In this interview with Montreality , Killah Priest speaks about… – His upcoming album ‘The Psychic World of Walter Reed’: confirms January 30th release date & reveals featured artists, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon & RZA. – The type of student he was at school – Jobs he’s had as a teenager growing up – What he [cont.]

Another one from The Dreamer/The Believer, in stores today.

Boston-based indie label Leedz Edutainment has come together with The DJBooth and Coast 2 Coast DJs to bring listeners their latest compilation album, The Write Off Vol. 3. Hosted by Mr. Peter Parker, the project features 23 fresh records from a variety of the game’s hottest underground/up-and-coming emcees. Included are previously-featured, reader-approved leaks “From the [cont.]

Common decodes “The Believer” from his new album The Dreamer/The Believer and revisits his classic verse from Black Star‘s “Respiration”.

New Planet Asia & Madlib “Cracks In The Vinyl” EP… In honor of Stones Throw 15 year anniversary it’s free. Planet Asia recorded the project in Germany on his three days off while on the recent Cali Agents european tour. Cracks In The Vinyl by Planet Asia & Madlib

So after many years of being under the study of Beat-Making John Robinson has finally decided to let the rest of the world hear what he creates outside of writing lyrics and working with various other producers around the world. “My beats are very personal to me, they are like therapy for whenever I am [cont.]

Today, enjoy the non-album bonus cut from yU “Can’t Hide” (ft. EyeQ) produced by Slimkat78. Slimkat78′s production features vocal sample and chopped up horns while yU and guest MC, EyeQ, trade verses. The combination between yU, EyeQ, and Slimkat78 seems effortless while yU and EyeQ’s chemistry is undeniable. Enjoy and feel free to post and [cont.]

The Kid Daytona returns with the follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2010 mixtape release, The Interlude. Includes collabos with 6th Sense, Statik Selektah, Goapele, Action Bronson, Harry Fraud, Melanie Fiona, Kardinal Offishal, and more. The Kid Daytona – “The Interlude II” (Mixtape)

A bit off topic, but this one had us on the floor a couple of times. Enjoy.

Dope – Talib was the first major emcee to shoot a video at Occupy Wall Street. From Talib’s upcoming Prisoner of Conscious LP. “Distractions” is produced by Oh No. The video was directed by Darryl Phillips, of ICU Media. Talib tells us: A little less a year ago, I got a beat from one of [cont.]

2011 may go down in hip-hop history as the year of the disappointing LP. Lots of big let downs from a handful of usually reliable emcees. We regret to report the following… 10. Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 – Capitol – Not a bad album, but since when do The Beasties deliver [cont.]

Bam Bam Bronson tries on Bieber’s Christmas anthem. Download  

Statik releases this track in to celebrate hitting 30k Twitter followers. Download  

Song & video recorded in Sweden (Mahalo Studio) in less than 45min, from the duo’s 2012 LP, due next year. Directed by Deli Basis.

Common breaks down to more tracks from tomorrow’s The Dreamer/The Believer.

Wale and Meek Mill announced via Twitter that they will collaborate on a mixtape together. Meek speaks about it in the above clip.

The Toronto rapper will play for about 6,000 to 9,000 people every night, mostly college students, a demographic he said he feels most loyal to. “I chose to do that because I just feel like those are the kids that downloaded So Far Gone off of October’s Very Own that night and have been riding [cont.]