Apathy producer Chum The Skrilla Gorilla writes: Now that “Stoopid Animals” is floating around out there for everyone, I can announce that I’m working on a companion mixtape for it called “Wigger Dance Party”. It will feature remixed version of every song from “Stoopid Animals” along with remixes I produced for other artists and songs [cont.]

New music from Roc Nation’s J. Cole surfaces, addressing the issues of racial profiling and police brutality. LISTEN: J. Cole – “Problems” (prod. Jim Jones)

The Roots affiliate and H20Proof emcee join ¡MAYDAY! on an exclusive remix of “Make a Livin”. LISTEN: !Mayday! – “Make A Livin (Remix)” (feat. Ras Kass & Dice Raw) !Mayday! – “Make A Livin (Remix)” (feat. Ras Kass & Dice Raw) (MP3)

Nore revisits Public Enemy’s “Can’t Do Nuttin’ For Ya Man”. Recognize young bloggers. LISTEN: N.O.R.E. – “Nutcracker” (prod. Scoop DeVille) (MP3) N.O.R.E. – “Nutcracker” (prod. Scoop DeVille) (MP3)

Wayne helped out his breakthrough smash “Down”, now Nicki appears on “2012 (It Ain’t The End)” to help remind us that the Mayan’s are wrong. Jay’s taking a cue from Prince here. Shout out to LateNightRecordPool on this one. LISTEN: Jay Sean – “2012″ (feat. Nicki Minaj)

Another one from Wale’s More About Nothing mixtape, which you’ll be able to download here next week for free. LISTEN: Wale – “Ambitious Girl” (MP3) Wale – “Ambitious Girl” (MP3)

And here we thought this was going to be a cover of Dennis Ferrer’s “Hey Hey”…. Instead, J.D. takes a cue from Usher’s “O.M.G.”, interpolating Zombie Nation’s “Kernkraft 400″ which is jacked from The White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army”. Confused? LISTEN: Jermaine Dupri – “I Heard Um Say”

Nickle’s Street Hop Deluxe Edition bonus track gets remixed, with Budden getting intergalactic, planetary. LISTEN: Royce Da 5’9 – “My Own Planet (Remix)” (feat. Joe Budden) (MP3) Royce Da 5’9 – “My Own Planet (Remix)” (feat. Joe Budden) (MP3)

The first of two collaborations off their upcoming EP release The Other Side, Nina Sky and Double O offer up the club-ballad “Only You (Take Me Away)” featuring a verse by his Kidz In the Hall counter-part Naledge. “This is a song composed for the dance floor and lovers alike,” Natalie says. “It’s an R [cont.]

Wow, Usher’s referencing Drake’s “Fancy” already? Jigga once again “refudiates” [(c) Sarah Palin] any Illuminati affiliations – which means it’s probably true. LISTEN: Usher – “Hot Toddy” (feat. Jay-Z)

Arguably the biggest club smash of the summer gets the official Bmore remix, courtesy of DJ Class, with added flare from Fatman Scoop. Wasn’t feeling this at first, but Class sounds pretty nasty and the track pops. We told you so. LISTEN: Usher – “OMG (DJ Class Remix)” (feat. Fatman Scoop, DJ Class, Will.I.Am)

Ortiz spits a little something on DJ Premier’s “Sing Like Bilal” instrumental for Funkmaster Flex. LISTEN: Joell Ortiz – “Sing Like Bilal Freestyle” (MP3) Joell Ortiz – “Sing Like Bilal Freestyle” (MP3)

Press release reads as follows: Famed producer/emcee The Alchemist, and Oh No, the left-coast rapper/beatsmith are collaborating as Gangrene, to bring audiences the gritty opus Gutter Water on Decon. Over the course of three years and a myriad of emails, the two have built a project that celebrates their shared passion for dusty breaks and [cont.]

Wale rhymes from the perspective of Tiger Woods on this selection from his More About Nothing mixtape, which you’ll be able to download here next week. Photo taken at XS Las Vegas last week by Danny Mahoney. LISTEN: Wale – “Eyes Of The Tiger” (MP3) Wale – “Eyes Of The Tiger” (MP3)

This is probably a good example of why people don’t like Rick Ross, among the other usual reasons. While his album sounds nothing like this, his appearance here on Nicki Minaj’s god-awful “Your Love” does little to convince the uninitiated otherwise. LISTEN: Rick Ross – “Your Love (Frestyle)” (MP3) Rick Ross – “Your Love (Frestyle)” [cont.]

Looks like they went back to the drawing board on the cover for Black Milk’s ambitiously titled Album Of The Year, dropping September 14th on Decon / Fat Beats. Tracklist: 1. 365 2. Welcome (Gotta Go) 3. Keep Going 4. Oh Girl (feat. AB) 5. Deadly Medley (feat. Royce Da 5’9″ and Elzhi) 6. Distortion [cont.]

Saturday night at XS was insane, as Wale delivered an impromptu performance during my set with “Chillin’” and his new track “Black & Gold”. Things were pretty chaotic, as he was joined on stage with USA Basketball team members Dwayne Wade, Lamar Odom, Kevin Durant, O.J. Mayo, Derrick Rose, Andre Iguodala, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love, [cont.]

Grafh delivers this gully collabo with The Chef, from his forthcoming mixtape with Big Mike, From The Bottom. Preview and listen below via Soundcloud. “It’s a new fuckin’ world order.” (C) Raekwon.

As the story goes, Blockhead and some friends got together for a project with Joanna Erdos of The Midnight Show on vocals, called The Mighty Jones. They recorded a few demos together, but one of the members died, leaving the project in limbo. Some time passed, and they began to toy with the idea of [cont.]

Evidence dropped a little science on twitter today, bringing us a new single from Ras Kass and Rhettmatics forthcoming album A.D.I.D.A.S.Peep the track above.