For all of you MDTF lovers and haters, check out the samples that helped make this classic. Shouts to Hypetrak who compiled and posted this for us to share. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Samples) by Hypetrak

Marco Polo discusses the influence of DJ Premier, being a good producer vs being a good Canadian producer and more.

New video from the west coast legend.

Nice interview here with legendary producer DJ Clark Kent who speaks on what materials he likes on his sneakers, Camp Lo passing on the beats Ski had made for Reasonable Doubt, and the first time he met Jay-Z and Puffy (before he was Puff Daddy).

Dj Premier & Nick Javas perform live in Oslo, Norway.

Official release of “Always” from Zion I.  Atomic Clock is out now.

Blu & The NoYork Band debut a brand new song, “EaseYourMind” live at The Fix – Portland, Oregon’s premiere DJ night. “EaseYourMind” is a jazz-tinged melodic tune originally produced by frequent collaborator, Exile, from Blu’s highly anticipated major label debut, NoYork!

The doggfather is dressed as the black Russell Crowe getting Master and Commander on in this one.

As his new album We the Best Forever drops on Cash Money records, DJ Khaled played coy about a big feature on the coming album. “I don’t want to tell you the name of the artist yet,” he told MTV. “I want people to be surprised. But I have my first single.” Futhermore, Khaled said, [cont.]

New ish from Bobby Ray.

DC’s own Rasi Caprice is pleased to present his debut video for “Playing With Fire” (directed by Dante Bailey) off his forthcoming album Loud Pack which is scheduled for an early first quarter release. “Playing With Fire” features Ras Kass & Wais P. Download link is below. Rasi Caprice feat. Ras Kass & Wais P [cont.]

Brooklyn hiphop outfit Dysfunshunal Familee bring us this track produced by 9th Wonder and featuring Agony. The track’s titled ‘Be A Star’ it’s off the group’s recently released album Family Reunion which was released on October 19th. Dysfunkshunal Familee feat. Agony – “Be A Star” (prod. by 9th Wonder)(MP3)

TMZ  and other outlets are reporting that legendary emcee Kurtis Blow was busted at LAX this morning after a TSA body scanner detected a stash of weed. According to the report the body scan detected “an anomaly’ in his pants and a subsequent pat down revealed pot in his pocket. For his trouble Kurtis received [cont.]

With the release of Death Of A Pop Star less than 3 weeks away, Grammy Award winners David Banner & 9th Wonder drop the song “Mas 4″ from the upcoming project, as well as a video trailer for the song and album. Death Of A Pop Star is in stores everywhere December 21st. David Banner [cont.]

Chicago/Atlanta dual representative 4-IZE has hooked up with DJBooth.net to bring fans his latest street album, Professional Ignorant.  Joining 4-IZE on the guest tip are such collaborators as B.o.B, De La Soul, Gucci Mane, Phife Dawg, Backbone, MF Doom, GLC, Señor Kaos, Punchline and Number 2. Beats come courtesy of Morgan the Mexican Garcia, with [cont.]

DJ Jazzy Jeff has just released a free music download for the holidays with his artist, Ayah. The duo is releasing a true R&B/Soul album next year and this is a little something that they wanted to share. It’s produced by Jeff, James Poyser (of The Roots) and Demien DeSandies.Download link is below. (Vocal) Dj [cont.]

Lupe interviewed here by FSD.

Here’s the full video of Killer Mike “Ready Set Go” Feat. T.I.

For those of you that were out in Harlem to see this, it was probably a treat. Eric Jordan of ejordanill.com held his first solo show at The Vault in Harlem . The art show included performances from Skyzoo and Tanya Morgan to name a few. The focus of the event was unveil a new [cont.]

Official video for Kno’s (CunninLynguists) track “La Petite Mort (Come Die With Me),” off his debut LP, Death Is Silent. Video directed by Matt Hobbs. Here are a few words from Kno about the video: “The treatment of the video as I wrote it was to tell the story of what I like to call [cont.]