New ish by Portland based emcee The Dirtball. Be on the lookout for Dirtball’s new album entitled Nervous System.

Rock pays homage to EPMD (in some fashion) on his latest entry in the Rockness Monster Mondays series. LISTEN: Rock (of Heltah Skeltah) – “Chill” Rock (of Heltah Skeltah) – “Chill”

John Robinson and Robot Koch team up for a collaborative project via Bandcamp – here goes the first single.

Cham promised he’d drop something new “After the Super Bowl”, and what do you know, here it is. Grab it via his website, as well as the Hollywood Jackson mixtape, which also dropped last night. LISTEN: Chamillionaire – “After The Super Bowl” via: C

Another one, possibly from Movies On Demand 2, hitting Feb. 8th and brought to you in part by HipHopSite.Com.

It’s been a hot minute since the last entry in Cham’s #PlaylistPoison series, but he returns with this southern fried Big K.R.I.T. collaboration. He says he’ll release another track tonight if the Steelers win. In other news, Hollywood Jackson dropping in seven hours. Chamillionaire – “It’s My World” (feat. Big K.R.I.T.) Chamillionaire – “Rubberbands Freestyle” [cont.]

Fif spits out another freestyle in promotion of his Sleek headphones.

Vaulted material from 2004 seeps out, thanks to folks at DJ Premier Blog. LISTEN: Roscoe P. Coldchain – “Im’ma Kill This N***a” (feat. Ab-Liva; prod. DJ Premier) via: DJPB

John Legend and The Roots follow-up last year’s excellent Wake Up! LP, with a live rendition of the album, recorded for Itunes in So-Ho. Check out “Shine” live below, then cop the iTunes Live From Soho: John Legend & The Roots album via Itunes.

Produced by Ski Beatz from the upcoming mixtape, The D&P Project: Everybody Hates Coin (Episode 1). LISTEN: Illacoin – “Cold Reign” (prod. Ski Beatz) Illacoin – “Cold Reign” (prod. Ski Beatz)

DJ Khalil on the beat, from Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang, due March 8th. LISTEN: Raekwon – “Rock N Roll” (feat. Ghostface, Kobe, Jim Jones)

Lil Wayne gets hype for the Super Bowl. Guess who he’s rooting for? LISTEN: Lil Wayne – “Green & Yellow” Via: Weezy

Our favorite new emcee teams with rapper/producer Elite for his latest single. Vinnie Chase Season 2, coming soon. LISTEN: Jon Connor – “Keep Your Head” (prod. Elite) Jon Connor – “Keep Your Head” (feat. Elite)

The Das Racist crew return with a new joint in anticipation of their performance at the Highline Ballroom tonight. “I eat cracker jacks, bump Ratatat, give dapper daps and smack a cracker back to his habitat.” LISTEN: Das Racist – “Swate” Das Racist – “Swate”

Cons delivers this 88 Keys produced joint, which may or may not appear on Movies On Demand 2, which will be brought to you in part by HipHopSite.Com, currently set for a February 8th release. LISTEN: Consequence – “Money Talks” Consequence – “Money Talks”

Mega preps for his collaborative performance with The Revelations with this live-instrumentated remix of his recent single. LISTEN: Cormega – “Journey (Revelations Remix)” via: IDC

Bonus track from Dumhi’s The Jungle LP, which you can listen to and purchase below, thanks to Bandcamp.

Jay Sean and Weezy get “down” again, this one from J.S. forthcoming Freeze Time LP. LISTEN: Jay Sean – “Hit The Lights” (feat. Lil Wayne)

Originally spat over a Foreign Exchange instrumental, the XXL Freshman ’11 shoe-in joins Gucci for the new version. LISTEN: Kendrick Lamar – “Vanity Slaves Pt. 2″ (feat. Gucci Mane) Kendrick Lamar – “Vanity Slaves Pt. 2″ (feat. Gucci Mane)

Freestyle Fellowship is back together, courtesy of Decon. Download this new single for free via Bandcamp, taken from their forthcoming LP, The Promise. Trivia for old school heads: What does the album title refer to? Think about it, it’s easy…..