Rap Trivia: Who was the last to use that “nothing’s gonna stop me” vocal sample? Says Raekwon: “When I first heard the beat by Napoleon Da Legend, I knew it was gonna be special, but when I heard his vocals and the beat combined, it reminded me of myself being a hungry cat coming up [cont.]

Produced by Komplex.

Just in case you weren’t tired of this song yet, Mos Def Yasiin Bey lends his own rendition. This is the first offering from his Top 40 Underdog series, which finds him freestyling over popular instrumentals.

This comes from the E-Double’s forthcoming mixtape, Breath of Fresh Air.

From Q’s Habits & Contradictions, up on Itunes this week.

Rae borrows Wale’s instrumental for this Unexpected Victory outtake.

From Warning Shots 3: One Foot In The Grave, hitting soon.

Wake your punk ass up! Obie and Game cover CMW’s long lost classic…..Life ain’t nothing but WOMEN and money (clean version). Obie’s Bottoms Up hits February 28th, but neither will be included on the LP.

Remix to the title track of B.o.B.’s next LP, which is due March 13th.

The Funk League’s album “Funky As Usual” drops Jan 24th via Favorite Recordings!! The Paris production duo drops another free download for the album track “Through Good & Bad” featuring the one and only Large Professor.

New material from the G.O.O.D. Music soul man.

Mr. Connor reminds us that his new mixtape, Season 2, is available now.

While ¡MAYDAY!’s in the studio putting the finishing touches on their Spring 2012 debut album, Take Me To Your Leader, the Miami-based hip-hop group enlist the help of M1 of Dead Prez & Reks to bring you “Internal Wars”.

For the past 4 weeks, Sugar Tongue Slim has been taking popular records and flipping them on their heads for his forthcoming project, GOLDRush. From Wale to Rick Ross to Lady Gaga, no record has been off limits to get flipped. Fresh off his acclaimed Kavinsky flip, STS stays in international territory and takes on [cont.]

Planet Asia helped jump-start the West Coast independent hip-hop movement, releasing a slew of popular 12-inch singles on upstarts like Stones Throw and ABB Records in the late 90s that established him as one of the leaders of a crop of talent that included the likes of Dilated Peoples, Madlib, Murs, and Jurassic 5. Now [cont.]

This is the opening track to M-Phazes new mixtape, Phazed Out, which is on the way. That’s quite a tracklist: 01. “M-troduction” (feat. Emilio Rojas, Sha Money XL & DJ Premier) 02. “The Raw” (feat. Saigon, Inspectah Deck & Bekay) 03. “All Out” (feat. Big Noyd Phil The Agony, Krondon & Mista Sinista) 04. “Underground [cont.]

As Coalmine Records five-year anniversary campaign comes to an end, the Brooklyn-based boutique is pleased to release their latest digital single titled “Real Talk” from heavyweight spitter, Torae. “Real Talk” is produced by underground beatsmith Young Cee, who has crafted tracks for the likes of Scarface, Little Brother, Edo G, Special Teamz and Krumbsnatcha, among [cont.]

From KRS-One and Kenny Parker’s The BDP Album, on sale at Itunes now.

From Live Loyal Die Rich dropping January 24th.