After announcing his name change yesterday, N.O.R.E. P.A.P.I. follows up with two tracks which may or may not appear on his upcoming album, Student Of The Game.

Pap offers up his year-in-review on his 2012 obituary. Look out for his next album, Nacirema Dream will be released on March 5th.

You may know Chad Hugo as half of production team The Neptunes. He’s got a new project with Baltimore-based DJ Daniel Biltmore called MSSL CMMND. In this Episode of Behind the Beat, Hugo and Biltmore take you through their production methods and rock several masks while playing bongos.

Dag Savage, comprised of Exile and Johaz, are preparing to drop their first EP on January 15th via Dirty Science / Fat Beats. The EP features 4 brand new tracks featuring guest appearances from Aloe Blacc, Murs, and Co$$ in addition to a couple of remixes. The EP will be sold digitally as well as [cont.]

Cris returns with a remix of his “Representin’” track, with Kelly Rowland replaced by R. Kelly and Fabolous.

So, which part of his name will Chinx Drugz have to change in order for Walmart to carry his album? Anyway, Rick Ross and the Bad Boy crew jack Royal Flush’s “Worldwide” instrumental for this posse cut, originally produced by L.E.S., here remixed by Harry Fraud. As debuted by Flex.

Muggs has been experimenting with some dubstep lately, and now he takes his tracks….. to the trap!! Gangsta Gibbs gets down on this one, taken from his January 15th album, Bass For Your Face.

Napoleon Da Legend (@TeamNDL) slings lyrical gems alongside Brownsville legend Sean P for “Wise Men” produced by DUS. This is the first single off his upcoming full length album “Awakening”, featuring the likes of Raekwon and Spit Gemz.

SV – which now pretty much consists of T3 – takes a more rugged approach for this song from the Dirty Slums 2 mixtape, hitting Jan. 29th.

Kid Ink just signed with RCA, and with that releases the first single with the label, featuring Meek Mill and Wale.

Chi Ali takes on Jay-Z’s “A Million & One Questions” beat by Premier, to speak on his life post-incarceration.

Weezy’s releases another track from I Am Not A Human Being 2, this time collaborating with 2 Chainz. This seems to be a low quality version.

This vaulted collabo from the Blue Slide Park sessions finally sees the light of day.

Big Boi teams with Jake Troth to perform “Apple Of My Eye” on Late Night With David Letterman, from the V.L.A.D.R. LP, which is available now.

AZ freestyles over Nas’ classic intro to Illmatic, “Genesis”. Doe Or Die II is coming soon.

RZA’s “Ode To Django” only made the iTunes version of the Django Unchained soundtrack, which you can hear below.

One time member of Natural Elements, Ka, lets us hear the vinyl only bonus track from his critically acclaimed Grief Pedigree album, which we never got around to reviewing last year, even though we promised we would.

How did we miss this? Oh yeah, we were highly intoxicated. Statik Selektah’s new album, Extended Play is due in the second quarter of this year.

Azealia Banks returns with a new offering that may or may not appear on her upcoming LP, Broke With Expensive Taste. Produced by Apple Juice Kid.

Timbo went crazy on Soundcloud this past week, releasing a series of new tracks for his #TimboGiftBag series. Check out all four songs below. 1. This Lady (feat. Sebastian) 2. Redbone (feat. Petey Pablo + Sebastian) 3. White Wedding 4. The Party Anthem (feat. Lil Wayne, Missy Elliott, T-Pain)