GLC tells us: My player partner Willie Stylez & I go back to our days @ Simeon! He came to the table with a cold as concept that we both embraced & it was to dethrone the emergence of all of these Super Lames! We felt this here must stop! We laid down some ism [cont.]

From Pete Rock & Smif N Wessun’s new album Monumental. Brought to you by Bucktown USA Productions, Sundree & Handzon MultiMedia.

Stalley speaks with The Come Up Show about the concept behind Intelligent Trunk Music.

J. Cole chats with Vibe on the Red Carpet.

From The Great Debater, available now. Directed by Kenneth Price, produced by Illmind, for IWWMG/Jamla.

New material from El Producto, produced for Adult Swim’s KIA singles program, which also features new music from JJ feat. Neyo, Clams Casino, Active Child, Mastodon, How To Dress Well, Best Coast, Ford & Lopatin, and The Tallest Man On Earth.

This summer brings us warm weather, BBQ’s, pool parties, bikinis and New York City- based FLüD’s 2011 summer collection. New to the FLüD family of watches is the BPM, a drum-machine inspired digital watch that also serves as a calculator. For it’s release, the watch group has teamed with some of Hip Hop’s most acclaimed [cont.]

Ski Beatz is a producer and DJ who contributed tracks to Mos Def, Lil Kim, Fat Joe, and Jay-Z’s debut album. LRG’s Chuck Barrett caught up with Ski for a True Heads interview and took a tour of the DD172 Gallery, A.K.A, The 24 Hour Karate School Dojo. Ski speaks about his previous work and [cont.]

Murs next project is called Love & Rockets Vol. 1: The Transformation, and will be produced entirely by Ski Beats. This, is good news.

Uh, album cover of the year? Hitting October 4th on Soul Spazm, recorded entirely via 4-track. Also look out for LRG’s Exile mixtape hitting 8/31, with some new joints and a lot of old ones. 1. It’s Me 2. The Man 3. You and I 4. Klepto 5. Love, Luv, Love 6. Younger Days 7. [cont.]

Game speaks with Jenny Boom Boom about his new LP, his thoughts on Watch The Throne, Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Kanye, and more.

Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolBoy Q, and Absoul talk to us about upcoming projects, how their music relates to their following, and Absoul pays a little hommage to Jay-Z himself by reciting a few of his bars.

Blu’s Jesus is on Itunes now, and his NoYork! LP is on the way. This comes from the latter. Produced by Shafiq Husayn (Sa-Ra), directed by AaronIsNotCool.

Cut Chemist presents TUNNEL VISION trailer from A Stable Sound on Vimeo. Cut Chemist previews this single “coming out sometime in the fall”, in promotion for his Tunnel Vision tour, along with Edan, Mr. Lif, Hymnal, Blackbird, Myka9, Deantoni Parks, and visuals by Tom Fitzgerald. Tickets are available now, dates are as follows. Check out [cont.]

Mill and Chris ain’t gonna hurt nobody with this new single from Dreamchasers, hitting Aug 11th. LISTEN: Meek Mill – “House Party” (feat. Young Chris)

Directed by Fabrizo Conte, produced by Ceasar and PStarr.

Jay-Z and Kanye’s “leak proof” collaborative album, Watch The Throne, is expected to sell over 500,000 copies within it’s first week of release, Billboard reports. The album, which was released exclusively on Itunes on Monday, will see a physical format release on Friday, August 12th, and is a sure shot for the #1 spot on [cont.]

This cut is 100% California – a stroll down the boardwalk with two of the Golden State’s finest rapping over a sunny soul joint by Babu. “Same Folks” is only available on the 5th Element pre-order of Evidence’s Cats & Dogs, dropping September 27th on Rhymesayers. Directed by Punit Dhesi.

Mos talks about getting the call to join the show.