It happens to the best of them.

From Watch The Throne. Directed by Spike Jonez.

New single taken from Median’s upcoming album, The Sender, hitting 8/16 on +FE Music/Jamla. LISTEN: Median – “Bright Individual” (prod. Khrysis) Median – “Bright Individual” (prod. Khrysis)

From DatPiff: There are two types of people in the music business: ones who sit around, dream and wait for opportunity and ones who dream, wake up and chase that dream. Through his progress in the last year, Meek Mill falls into the latter. Linking with DJ Drama again, the two provide more great music [cont.]

Skyzoo tells us: The beat, a hidden track off of my homey Black Milk’s ’09 debut “Popular Demand”, is one of my favorite beats EVER. I wanted to tag that beat for awhile now, and this was the perfect time to do so. LISTEN: Skyzoo – “Black Hero Music (Superman Freestyle)” Skyzoo – “Black Hero [cont.]

This isn’t what you think. David Banner flips the meaning of the industry’s current buzzword. LISTEN: David Banner – “Swag”

Free appears on the Maya The B show, to speak about his role in the upcoming Roc-A-Fella documentary.

Directed By Nic Delikat.

From Common’s highly anticipated album, The Dreamer The Believer, coming this fall.

LISTEN: Wale – “Ocean Drive” (feat. Magazeen, Tre & Black Cobain)

From StonesThrow.Com: When Madlib launched the Madlib Medicine Show last year, the original idea was twelve releases, one a month, alternating between original works and mixtapes spanning different music genres. For the most part, he kept his word – it just took a little longer to finally see number 12. For us, presenting the Medicine [cont.]

Above is the cover for my upcoming Aural Sex 3 mix CD release, shot with three Las Vegas models at Living Penthouse. This is one of four shots included on the artwork. The mix is made up of mellow, chilled out trip-hop, soul, and beats, continuing in the tradition of the first two volumes, which [cont.]

Game – “Hood Morning (No Typo): Candy Coronas (No DJ)”

5’9 gets down with Karmaloop TV, to discuss the Slaughterhouse LP, patching things up with Em, and more.

Drake speaks on his October Take Care LP release, confirming appearances by The Weeknd and more.

Money Making Jam Boys’ Truck North and The 3rd will team for the Reconstruction mixtape, hitting soon. Here’s a taste. LISTEN: Truck North – “Paper Champ”

In this Interview with Canada’s ‘Montreality’, The Alchemist speaks on the upcoming Slaughterhouse LP, Shady 2.0, Eminem’s live shows, jobs he’s had as a teenager, the key to success, and more.