Better late than never animated video from Mega’s 2009 LP, Born and Raised.

A leftover from the Million Dollar Story recording sessions, which won’t be on the final tracklist. LISTEN: Crooked I – “Mr. Porter Meets Mr. Pigface” Crooked I – “Mr. Porter Meets Mr. Pigface”

The apocalyptic one takes some time out to chop it up with the Distortion 2 Static crew, about the classic “Stress” video (a track featured on Buck’s Wildest Beats, plug plug), as well as his more recent single “Clap”.

LISTEN: Rock Of Heltah Skeltah – “I Know U Scared” Rock Of Heltah Skeltah – “I Know U Scared”

MMG’s hungriest emcee drops a new freestyle verse. LISTEN: Meek Mill – “Ya’ll Don’t Hear Me (Freestyle)” Meek Mill – “Ya’ll Don’t Hear Me (Freestyle)”

That didn’t take long…. The Ghostface / Action Bronson collabo is here, courtesy of the forthcoming Wu-Tang compilation, Legendary Weapons, hitting July 26th. LISTEN: Ghostface Killah – “Meteor Hammer” (feat. Action Bronson + Termanology)

Kid Cudi updated folks on his Tumblr page this weekend about his upcoming projects. He first tweeted that his WIZARD rock project is almost finished, with three songs recently completed. He also added that Man On The Moon 3 will be due in the fall of 2012. Meanwhile, Kid Cudi has reunited with producer Steve [cont.]

Yes, this is for real. Nature Sounds recently shipped out a Doom x Akomplice mystery box, which included a cassette single of this “Victory Laps” remix, which may or may not appear on the final product of Ghostface and MF Doom’s long-overdue collaborative project. The above video shows the unboxing of the mystery box, while [cont.]

From Vakill’s Armor Of God, available now. Armor of God features 16-tracks produced by Molemen’s Panik & Memoriza, Jake One, Joe Blow, MGI & Bluntologist. Guest appearances by Crooked I of Slaughter House, Juice, Rhymefest, Nino Bless, Astonish & Vizion.

Grindhouse Gang is an underground Hip Hop collective from Georgia and South Carolina consisting of Mark Deez, Dr. iLL, and Powder. They recently released Grindhouse Gang Presents Militia of Emcees, and are currently working on their debut album, to be released early 2012. Produced by Sicknature.

Wow, loads of classic samples on this one. Who can name them all? Not entirely mad at this. LISTEN: Da Underdogz – “Mic Check” (feat. Chamillionaire; prod. Swizz Beatz)

New single from DJ Shadow’s upcoming LP, The Less You Know The Better, due September 5th on Verve Records. LISTEN: DJ Shadow – “I’m Excited” (feat. Afrikan Boy)

Directed by Jack Cearnal & Consequence “Public Eye” is a remake of the classic Brand Nubian track “All 4 One”. The video places Cons literally in front of the “Public Eye” so speak. While in front of giant 35mm camera, Cons performs this white-hot verse in the midst of the lens displaying what he describes [cont.]

Looks like Tha Carter IV promotional machine is starting… Although this one is from Weezy’s Sorry For The Wait mixtape, which is due first. LISTEN: Lil Wayne – “Tunchi’s Back”

From HardKnock.TV: Exclusive in-depth interview with J Cole! Part 1 starts off with Cole talking about picking a song for Jay-Z to jump on but not wanting to be out shined on his own track. Nick Huff Barili asked Cole if he has ever given an artist a song with verses already on it and [cont.]

Two verses from Apathy over Mobb Deep’s “Eye For An Eye” an House Of Pain’s “Put Ya Head Out”. Prepping for Honkey Kong… dropping August 23rd. LISTEN: Apathy – “Word To The 23rd (Freestyle)” Apathy – “Word To The 23rd (Freestyle)”

The Queens based hip-hop duo Cold Heat, comprised of Jak D (MC) and Jay W (producer) return in 2011 with Raising The Bar, their third and most recent album, which drops July 19th through Soulspazm Digital. In promotion for the album’s release, we’re pleased to present the LP’s title track “Raising The Bar”, which features [cont.]

DEMRICK aka Young De and Scoop Deville drop the video for “What’s Good,” from their upcoming Neva LOOK Back EP coming soon.

Check the debut album from Crown City Rockers’ and The Mighty Underdogs’ producer HEADNODIC – “Red Line Radio” dropping on July 26th 2011. The incredible package includes a limited-run 5″ micro vinyl record featuring two exclusive songs. The album includes appearances by Latyrx, Gift of Gab, Mr. Lif, The Grouch, Sadat X, Moe Pope, Raashan [cont.]