Oooooh word? Let’s make this happen. Rock The Bells or Paid Dues 2012. Charity event. Something.

Directed by Rusty Rayburn.

J. Cole talks about releasing a new mixtape prior to his debut album Cole World: The Sideline Story, and his desire to produce for his fellow Roc Nation artists Jay-Z, Rihanna, Willow Smith, and Jay Electronica.

J Dilla – Lightworks from James Works on Vimeo. Another one from the Stones Throw video contest.

From the forthcoming Back On My Buck Shit Vol. 3 mixtape. LISTEN: Young Buck – “Addicted”

It’s the motherfucking remix, as the kids say. Director: Kai Regan. The Lady Killer is available now.

Tech argues that downloading music illegally is not stealing, as record companies have been stealing from artists for years.

We usually don’t fuck with video trailers, but this one has us excited….

Shady Records budget in effect? Disko. Alpha. Beta. LISTEN: Joell Ortiz – “Psycho” (feat. Pharoahe Monch + B.o.B.)

Freddie Foxxx aka Bumpy Knuckles doesn’t release albums very often, but when he does, he picks up the mic like he never left. And chances are, he never did leave, as “rhyming is a part of [his] life”, as he let us know on 2000′s seminal Industry Shakedown. Easily one of the best indie albums [cont.]

Notes from The RZA: “Here’s a demo of a song we made about a year and a half ago at my east coast studio ’36 East’. It’s featuring Kosha Dillz, one of the rawest Jewish kids I know proving again that hip-hop comes in all shapes, sizes, forms and races… I thought I’d show him [cont.]

Here’s the first single from Blu’s upcoming Nature Sounds project, Jesus, which hits on August 30th. Collabos include 9th Wonder, Madlib, Alchemist, and more. Apparently he’s being called “B” for this release. LISTEN: Blu – “Lucky” Tracklist: 1. N e w s h i t 2. W h a t i f i w a [cont.]

All three members of A Tribe Called Quest speak with Angie Martinez, Phife Dawg via telephone. Tip takes the spotlight to speak on the new film, Beats, Rhymes, & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest, in theaters this week. Check out a clip from the movie above, and the audio from the interview [cont.]

LISTEN: Greneberg (Alchemist + Oh No + Roc Marciano) – “Jet Luggage” Supergroup alert…. Full press release and tracklist right thurr: Hip Hop’s grimiest duo, The Alchemist + Oh No (Gangrene), have teamed up with Marcberg’s own Roc Marciano to release Greneberg, coming July 19th (digitally) on Decon. A pre-cursor to their upcoming album releases [cont.]

This is definitely good news. While in our recent review of Big Sean’s Finally Famous, we posed the question, “what if these (No I.D.) beats were given to Common?” As it turns out, Common will reunite with his longtime collaborator for The Dreamer, The Believer, as No I.D. will produce the entire thing, MTV reports: [cont.]

Lead single to Texas rapper Big Sid’s Failure Is Not An Option. Some nice co-signs there, huh? LISTEN: Big Sid – “Born On The Block” (feat. Killer Mike + Big K.R.I.T.)

The Roots join the legendary Michael McDonald in Philly on the 4th of July for this live collaboration.

Future and Drake do something never done before in hip-hop: reference the movie Scarface. Fly pelicaaaaaaan! LISTEN: Future + Drake – “Tony Montana (Remix)”

Crowds poured into London’s Hammersmith Apollo on May 10, 2011 for a historic Hip Hop show with legends Rakim, De la Soul and Blackstar coming together onstage for the experience that was Science of Speech. Stay tuned for SoulCulture TV’s exclusive coverage of the event, capturing live performances of iconic classics and backstage antics caught [cont.]

Here’s something from Ceasar & PStarr’s War Music street LP, featuring Saigon. LISTEN: Ceasar & PStarr – “Married To The Game” (feat. Saigon)