Red Apples 45 continues its boutique-style catalogue with Ray’s Cafe, this time around pairing the talent of OC of DITC and producer Ray West. This combination of talent is set in the theme of a smoky jazz cafe in the 1970s where OC is free of all boundaries and limitations. Timeless songs of love, life, [cont.]

New single from Troy Ave’s New York City: The Album, available now.

Rap gods unite on this track from Future’s upcoming 2014 LP, Honest.

From the SD native’s Trill-I-Am project, coming this November. Beat by The Batkave.

Dee-1 just signed with RCA. He writes: Letter to my old students: This is specifically for all the students I ever taught math, life skills, or study skills to at Baker Middle School. This is for any student I ever tutored, mentored, or held a conversation with in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, or over the [cont.]

From the forthcoming album, Underground Luxury, hitting Dec. 17th.

Out of nowhere comes this trap cover of “Jump Around” by Ninjasonik and Traptain Morgan, produced by Slimmy Neutron. Thoughts?

From Casino’s Frank Matthews mixtape, hitting December 2nd.

Troy Ave will deliver his New York City LP on November 4th. Here is “Show Me Love” with Tony Yayo, from the set. Also, check out episode four of his vignette series leading up to the album, with testimonial from Shaheem Reid.

From Flume’s new mixtape, Deluxe Edition, set for release Nov. 12th.

Produced By Oh No, from the upcoming Talib Kweli album, Gravitas, dropping digitally Dec 15th on Javotti Media. CD and LP release date to be announced. Preorders are up now at www.kweliclub.com.

Meet the two newest members of the TDE camp, who collaborate on “Ronnie Drake”.

Fredro Starr delivers this sequel to his much loved cut from his 2001 solo record, Firestarr.

Dopehead is one-half of the group Rese’vor Dogs, the other half is Danny Brown. The reunite on this track from Dopehead’s new Devil’s Head mixtape, available now.

“Land of the Crooks” is an anthemic Brooklyn banger featuring Kings County heavyweight emcees’ Sean Price and Billy Danze (of M.O.P.) along with the borough’s buzzworthy spit kicker, Maffew Ragazino. Scratches come courtesy of the turntablist himself, DJ Babu of Dilated Peoples/The Beat Junkies, who cuts up Jeru the Damaja’s quotable “Live in the land [cont.]

Ricky Rawse continues his onslaught of unofficial remixes, this time covering Mac Wilds “Own It”.

The MMG signee delivers this new freestyle, featuring Lunice.

Music from the motion picture soundtrack to Black Nativity, in stores this Tuesday.

Lil Kim will return with Hardcore 2K13, due November 29th.

Kool G Rap & Necro have joined forces and on 11-19-2013 will be releasing a collaborative project as “The Godfathers” entitled Once Upon A Crime which will be released on RBC/Pyscho+Logical-Records. “The Godfathers album is about pure east coast lyricism over hardcore beats. Kool G Rap is the legendary godfather of all criminal street gangster [cont.]