25-year-old Rapper Donnis may hail from the Hip-Hop hotbed of Atlanta, Georgia, but his musical journey began in Tokyo, Japan. While stationed in Japan with the US Air Force, Donnis’ eyes were opened to Tokyo’s vibrant music scene. Inspired to begin recording his music at the base, Donnis soon received the attention of influential DJ [cont.]

New material from Ash, possibly off his upcoming LP, The Spaghetti Tree. LISTEN: Asher Roth – “Summertime” (feat. Quan) Asher Roth – “Summertime” (feat. Quan)

Who can name the sample? 90′s trip-hop fans stand up. Produced by Rob Lo. LISTEN: Truck North + MC Rob Lo – “The Show” Truck North + MC Rob Lo – “The Show”

Cambridge, MA based duo N.B.S. teams up with hip-hop phenom Torae and producer Soundsmith for this cut from their upcoming album “The Smokefest”. This track is yet another reason to “get acquainted” with N.B.S. and Big Bang Records! “The Smokefest” is slated to drop July 11th, 2011 with worldwide distribution on independent powerhouse Big Bang [cont.]

After nearly a fifteen year hiatus, the New Jeruz trifecta consisting of El Da Sensei, Tame One & DJ Kaos, better known at The Artifacts are back on the scene with “Turn It Out”. Produced by King I Divine, this hard hitting banger that is also featured on The Official SXSW Mixtape, presented by UniqueSquared.com [cont.]

J-Zone has recently launched his new website, www.govillaingo.com, which is the launching spot for his upcoming book, Root For The Villain: Rap, Bullshit, And A Celebration Of Failure. J-Zone writes: I miss MySpace. It was a free website for people who didn’t want to build websites, and if you really knew how to cyber-pimp, it [cont.]

Co$$’s debut album Before I Awoke Is In Stores Now via Tres Records.

Blacksmith Music emcee Jean Grae has hooked up with DJBooth.net and mixtape heavyweight DJ Drama to bring fans her latest street album, Cookies or Comas. A “Gangsta Grillz Special Edition,” the project features 11 fresh cuts from the NYC native. Included are previously-featured leaks “Casebasket” and “R.I.P.” Joining Grae on the guest tip throughout Cookies [cont.]

Music from Pete Rock and Smif N Wessun’s album, Monumental out June 28th on Duck Down Music.

Tim Westwood speaks with Swizzy about the history of Ruff Ryders, DMX, his Haute Living LP, and more.

Rakim joined The Roots on stage at the Blue Note in NYC to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Eric B and Rakim’s seminal Paid In Full LP, performing the entire album for a live audience. In the above clip, Rakim and Black Thought talk about the collaboration.

This man definitely has a future at ESPN.

Here’s a recently unearthed Big L interview from around the time Lifestyles and The Poor and Dangerous was released, while touring with Biggie, Craig Mack, and Puff.

Yelawolf meets up with the Wu-Tang Clan while in the UK. Radioactive hitting September 27th.

Someone is getting fired. To think that Atlantic almost didn’t put Lupe’s LASERS LP out. Poetic justice has been served, as the album’s lead single, The Show Goes On, which samples Modest Mouse’s “Float On”, has sold over 2 million copies in the U.S. Congrats, Lupe.

Statik Selektah and Freddie Gibbs teamed to produce this new EP, live via UStream last night, and have released the EP one day early via Statik’s own ShowoffRecords.Com website. Although the EP will be available on Itunes tomorrow, grabbing it direct from Showoff nets you two exclusive bonus tracks. 1. Intro f. Slaine 2. Lord [cont.]

Cold Heat, comprised of Jak D and Jay W get set to drop their third LP,  Raising The Bar on July 19th through SoulSpazm digital.  As part of their promotional campaign, the Queens duo pairs up with the ‘Wild Cowboy’ Sadat X and mixtape icon J-Love on “Taking It All”, which is now available for [cont.]

Produced By Young RJ, from T3′s EP 3ILLER, due out JULY 5th.

From J’s Cold Rock Stuff. Directed by Merv Maranan/Ian Schwaier.

No, Al isn’t doing Doom vocals, he’s playing the accordion. ?uestlover narrates.