After great success with their first compilation album, The Best of Both Offices, founded by Young Sav + Steve O, are preparing to release the second installment of the series April 16th. Spearheaded by Immanuel Smith of BOBO, the project will once again feature A-list and up-and-coming artists alike, starting with the first project single [cont.]

Today Theophilus London dropped his first new studio track in a minute. TL has been holed up in studios from Paris to Berlin to Brooklyn working on music for his still untitled new album, due this fall. The first taste of the vibe and direction Theophilus is taking for the album can be heard on [cont.]

While Cannibal Ox’s seminal debut, The Cold Vein, was released in 2001, Vast & Vordul are also currently in the studio recording their long-overdue sophomore LP, which will be released in 2013, as Vast states “we never broke up, but the timing is now right for a new Cannibal Ox LP. Iron Galaxy Records is [cont.]

El-P and Killer Mike team to form Run The Jewels, who will team for a full-length LP, tentatively slated for “Juneteenth” (June 18th?). Here is a snippet of their first Run The Jewels track, “Banana Clipper”.

NPR gets dibs on the official album stream for Ghostface Killah’s potential classic LP with rising producer Adrian Younge, 12 Reasons To Die. Below that, check out snippets from Apollo Brown’s “Brown Tape” remix album, which comes exclusively with GetOnDown’s Deluca Edition’s of 12 Reasons To Die. Look for the album on sale next Tuesday.

Fourth volume of Major Lazer’s appetizer EP series, designed to hold us over until the release of Free The Universe, which hits next Tuesday. LAZER STRIKES BACK Vol. 4 1. Major Lazer – Jah No Partial feat. Flux Pavilion (Run DMT Remix) 2. Major Lazer feat. Chronixx – Where I Come From (Get Free Rhythm) [cont.]

Brand new single from J-Live, produced by the man himself. Available now for purchase on Bandcamp.

Next week, Illogic & Blockhead will release their first collaborative full-length album, Capture The Sun. The album, which includes features from Slug, Blueprint, Abstract Rude, and more, will be released on TK via Man Bites Dog Records, and today, Illogic & Blockhead are debuting a non-album exclusive remix of album track “Live From the Horizon.” [cont.]

Produced by Harry Fraud, off Hood Politics 7 dropping 4/5/13.

Trampy and Danny Brown are inspired by Diplo’s #ExpressYourself movement.

Tyga lets loose another track from Walking With A Tiger Hotel California, dropping April 9th.

“Post dubstep” producer James Blake collaborates with RZA on this gloomy, downtempo track. He speaks about it in the audio clip at the bottom.

In preparation for his album, 13, Havoc has revealed via Twitter that he will be putting out unreleased records that he did with other artists, which will not be included on the album. The first of these is this collabo with Slum Village, “Ca$h Flow”, which you can purchase on iTunes now.

Another track from Peter Rosenberg’s New York Renaissance mixtape, dropping later today.

Produced by Harry Fraud. From Horsepower.

New collabo between DeLorean and Bun B.

Slum Village returns with the street single “Forever” off their forthcoming album Evolutionto be released in June. Stay tuned for World Tour Dates starting later in the month. 2013 marks the 20 year anniversary of Slum Village forming as a group.

Produced by Major Lazer and Ariel Rechtshaid. From the album, Reincarnated, due later this month.

Produced by Shortfyuz, from the latest installment of Term’s Hood Politics mixtape series, hitting this Friday.

Crooked flips Lil Reece’s “Us” single and create’s his own “C.O.B Anthem”.