Esoteric speaks with The Bee Shine about his next LP, which will be a collaborative album with the Rebel INS, and will feature production from 7L and DJ Premier.

B. DOLAN’s “FILM THE POLICE” pays tribute to N.W.A.’s infamous “F*ck the Police,” serving as a call to action for the digitized media movement while responding to the recent explosion of police brutality all across the world. This free MP3, courtesy of STRANGE FAMOUS RECORDS, features a reconstruction of Dr. Dre’s original beat, brilliantly reanimated [cont.]

THE X LABEL brings to you a limited edition recreation of Guru’s (MC Keithy E) Demo Cassette Tape. This recreation of Guru’s demo cassette tape consist of the exact image Keithy E made for the cover, Keithy E’s handwriting of the songs on the tape, and the actual songs from the demo. Pop it in [cont.]

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A nine-minute film based on The Roots recently @@@@1/2 rated LP here at HHS.

“I think it’s great for him, because I’m sure it’s a dream of his. We grew up seeing Michael Jackson, and I’m sure he grew up seeing whatever moment stuck in his mind, so I know it’s great for him to do that,” Hov told MTV News following a press conference announcing a pair of [cont.]

Asher serves up the title track from his upcoming Pabst & Jazz project, hitting Itunes December 20th. Tour dates too: December 17th: Cincinnati, OH – Lunar December 19th: Chicago, IL- Reggie’s December 21st : Brooklyn, NY- Brooklyn Bowl December 22nd: Las Vegas, NV – The Harmon Theater December 29th: San Francisco, CA – 330 Ritch [cont.]

Wale tries his hand at Tyga’s “Rack City” instrumental, bitch. Download  

Nore picks two of the industry’s favorite rookies for the remix of his latest single from S.U.P.E.R.T.H.U.G. Download  

From Black Deniro’s Streets Don’t Love You mixtape, directed by Rick Dange.

Premo starts off the interview by talking to Nick Huff Barili about the Re:Generation project, working with Slick Rick and confirming that he is still collaborating on an album with Nas (Yes its true!!!). In the second part of the interview, Premier says that he has not talked to Solar before or after Guru’s passing [cont.]

From Casual’s He Think He #RapGod, due December 27th.

Boog Brown’s “The Brown Study Remixes” is out now via Mello Music Group!! The official release date is December 20th, but iTunes exclusively has the album for sale today! Boog Brown’s remix album “The Brown Study Remixes” featuring remixes from Georgia Anne Muldrow, 14KT, Dunc of DTMD, Def Dee, MarvWon, Has-Lo, and others. The album [cont.]

yU’s new album The EARN is officially in-stores everywhere today digitally and on CD! To give listeners a little more insight, yU sat down with director Heron Gibran to discus the new album and music as both progression and record. The EARN has been receiving vast critical praise, and underground album of the year talk [cont.]

After releasing 2008’s “From Now Until Forever”, Astonish returns with a vengeance. The “AstonishinglyOdd Project” is a powerful 15 song album which truly captures the range an artist like Astonish embodies. He took a couple years to hone his already trademark sound and elevated it to another plateau. Astonish has found an incredible balance between [cont.]

Produced by Balti – up on Itunes now. Download  

Kid Daytona’s The Interlude 2, hits Dec 19th. Here’s one more from the project. Download  

Music from Statik Selektah’s Population Control album out now on Showoff / Duck Down Music. “Never A Dull Moment” music video is directed by Rik Cordero.

From GLC’s Eternal Sunshine Of The Pimpin’ Mind mixtape, available now. Directed by Terrence Jones.

Another one from… HOLY SHIT..sorry, Ludacris’ OH MY GOD… 1.21. Gigawatts…DAAAAMN!?!?! mixtape. Try to contain yourselves.