Bronx’s Fred The Godson teams with Vado for this headbanger. Not an EPMD cover. LISTEN: Fred The Godson – “Headbanger” (feat. Vado) Via: IFWT

Michigan’s new hope covers Drizzy and Nicki’s wedding song. LISTEN: Jon Connor – “Moment For Life (Freestyle)” Jon Connor – “Moment For Life (Freestyle)”

Rappers from everywhere come out to celebrate the Illadelph (or their own city). This beat knocks. LISTEN: Young Chris – “Philly (Megamix)” (feat. Eve, Black Thought, Money Malc, Fat Joe, Fred The Godson, Diggy Simmons, Jermaine Dupri, Game) via: YC

New material from XV, from the Zero Heroes release, with J. Cole on the beat. Who can name the sample? LISTEN: XV – “Smallville” (prod. J. Cole) XV – “Smallville” (prod. J. Cole)

The Hiero crew borrows some lyrics from Special Ed for this new single. LISTEN: Hieroglyphics – “Exciting” Hieroglyphics – “Exciting”

The Demigodz emcee Rise and The Avid Record Collector will reunite for the Rapid I Movement LP, which is coming soon.

Another single from Doggumentary, apparently being released as a bonus cut. LISTEN: Snoop Dogg – “It’s D Only Thang” (prod. David Banner + THX) Via: hhnm

Torae’s Heart Failure, as seen above, hits Itunes on Feb. 15th. Here’s a little something from it. LISTEN: Torae – “Outta Here” (feat. Mike Shorey) Torae – “Outta Here” (feat. Mike Shorey)

Remix of “Crooked Cop” from Copywrite’s sophomore LP Life and Times of Peter Nelson which is now available from Man Bites Dog Records and for sale in all fine retail chains and digital outlets. LISTEN: Copywrite – “Crooked Cop (Remix)” (feat. Crooked I) Copywrite – “Crooked Cop (Remix)” (feat. Crooked I)

New material from the Pacific Division, coming from either Mania or GSK. LISTEN: Pac Div – “Anti Freeze” Via: EM

Pause at the title for a collaborative Game song featuring Asher Roth. Skee just released this track, calling it a single from Game’s next mixtape, The Hangover. In other Game news, he spoke to Complex today about the status of the oft-delayed R.E.D. album: “I think ‘The KIll’ is the only song [off Purp & [cont.]

The second official single from Detox arrives, mixed and mastered. Surely a release date must be in sight? LISTEN: Dr. Dre – “I Need A Doctor” (feat. Eminem)

Cool Calm Pete talks about getting old in this new single from Modern Shark, available now via Bandcamp.

Detroit group The Left, comprised of producer Apollo Brown, DJ Soko, and Journalist 103, whose album Gas Mask took many honors (including placement on DJ Premier’s Best of 2010 List)  at the end of 2010 with it’s h ard hitting album “Gas Mask”, is back at it, releasing another single entitled “The Melody“.

Another one from La The Darkman affiliate, Willie The Kid’s, oft-delayed The Fly II mixtape (due Feb), featuring some help from the state of Michigan. LISTEN: Willie The Kid – “One Time” (feat. Jon Connor; prod. Black Milk) Willie The Kid – “One Time” (feat. Jon Connor; prod. Black Milk)

Decon unleashes this extra from Gutter Water, featuring Ev and Fash. LISTEN: The Alchemist + Oh No (Gangrene) – “Demons (Remix)” (feat. Evidence + Fashawn) Via: Decon

The Jurassic 5 frontman drops this new cut. Why the picture of James? Chali 2na painted it (!). LISTEN: Chali 2na – “Road 2 Success” Via: UC

Son-of-Run hops on top of a Jungle Beats track, with a little help from DOE. LISTEN: Diggy – “Everybody Late” (feat. DOE) Via: Twitter

Here’s the first release from Kingston’s King of Kingz tape hitting February 3rd. LISTEN: Sean Kingston – “Hope Is A River” (feat. B.o.B.) Via: NBD

First single from Paz and Bill’s Heavy Metal Kingz, dropping April 5th, which we forgot to add on the 60 Reasons To Live Another Year list, but are still amped for. LISTEN: Ill Bill + Vinnie Paz – “Keepers Of The Seven Keys” Ill Bill + Vinnie Paz – “Keepers Of The Seven Keys”