After Ugly Heroes’ 2013 self titled LP, Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent and Red Pill are back again with a new EP coming out August 19th. The new EP features five new songs (including a Murs feature) and 5 bonus track b-sides. Ugly Heroes will also being touring Europe for a few weeks this August, starting [cont.]

Wiz’s latest hits August 19th. Stream it in its entirety below, courtesy of MTV. Get More: Wiz Khalifa,Wiz Khalifa videos

Emcee AWAR teams with producer Vanderslice (Army Of The Pharaohs, Apathy) for The Winning Team, available today. Guests include Roc Marciano and Freddie Gibbs, not bad company. Check out the full stream below, courtesy of DJ Booth.

Reks and Hazardis Sounz collaborate on the Eyes Watching God LP, out this week. Guest shots include Ea$y Money, Fredro Starr, N.O.R.E., Ruste Juxx, Saigon, Termanology and others. Stream the entire thing below.

Illa Ghee releases his Social Graffiti album today via IMOR ENT/Diamond Media 360, with a little help from the in-house crew. Guest shots from Steel of Smif N Wessun, Sean Price, O.C., JuJu of the Beatnuts, Guilty Simpson, Large Professor, Ayatollah and more.

Next out of the TDE/Black Hippy camp, Ab-Soul’s These Days… is available now. Stream the entire thing below.

Get to know Riff Raff with the full stream of Neon Icon, which hits Tuesday on Diplo’s Mad Decent imprint.

Canibus’ 15th studio-LP, Fait Accompli, is now available via RBC Records, retail and deluxe editions are available for order at iTunes, Amazon and more. Stream it in its entirety below.

50 Cent’s Animal Ambition will hit on June 3rd. But the tracks from it have all been released over the past few weeks via videos and other media. So here is the stream of the entire thing, courtesy of DJBooth.

From the streets of New York City comes the BQE ( Bronx Queens Experience) connect of Meyhem Lauren and legendary Bronx DITC producer extraordinaire Buckwild. On their new LP Silk Pyramids, out today on Thrice Records, the duo get there Batman and Robin on over 13 tracks of fire, featuring appearances with frequent rap collaborators/homies [cont.]

Stream Skyzoo and Torae’s new album, Barrell Brothers, which is on iTunes now, courtesy of DJBooth. Sean Price, Guilty Simpson, Sha Stimuli, Blu, Jahlil Beats, Illmind, Black Milk, DJ Premier, each join in the fun.

Blu’s Good To Be Home was released this week via Nature Sounds Records. Stream the entire two-disc project below, which features added support from Fashawn, MED, Thurz, Planet Asia, Alchemist, Oh No, Prodigy of Mobb Deep, and more.

Coalmine tells us: “In celebration of our decennary run, we’re pleased to unearth our highly anticipated compilation LP, Unearthed. The album is currently available through all major digital retailers, and CD, as a double disc set which contains both a mixed version, arranged by DJ Revolution, in addition to an ‘Untagged Deluxe Edition’ which includes [cont.]

Masta Ace, Strick, Punchline and Wordsworth reunite as eMC, whom together will drop their new EP, The Turning Point, on May 20th, following a six-year absence. Stream that bitch below.

The Roots’ new album, …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin, will hit stores on May 19th. Today, we have a full stream of the album, courtesy of Pitchfork. The tracklist is as follows: 1. “Theme From The Middle Of The Night” (performed by Nina Simone) 1:27 2. “Never” (featuring Patty Crash) 3:54 3. “When The [cont.]

Gangsta Gibbs and the artist formerly known as DJ Fresh have released their new The Tonite Show EP. Stream the whole thing below.

HBK Gang’s IamSu! will release his Sincerely Yours LP next Tuesday, but today you can peep the full album stream via Soundcloud.

J-Live’s 10th release and 6th full length album, Around The Sun marks yet another growth spurt for the indie hip hop veteran. Around The Sun features a smooth yet gritty OG boom bap New York sound. It’s a cohesive work of art, but still an eclectic listen with a wide range of production as exhibited [cont.]

Atmosphere’s new album, Southsiders, will be released May 6th, via Rhymesayers Entertainment. Today, Pandora premieres a full-length album stream of the record, which you can hear here. Also, check out the video for their single, “Kanye West”, below.

“Thirty Eight sounds like Detroit transitioning from Heroin to Crack in the late 70s and early 80s.” Apollo Brown’s Thirty Eight is a contemporary throwback, inhabiting the realm of reverent reinvention and innovation. It deftly bridges the gap between ’70s Blaxploitation soundtracks (e.g. Curtis Mayfield or Marvin Gaye) and the hip-hop records that sampled from [cont.]