Grammy Award winner, Rhymefest, will release his highly anticipated album El Che on May 18, 2010 via dN|Be Entertainment. Distributed by EMI, in conjunction with Rosehip Records. The full length LP features production from beatsmiths Scram Jones, S1, BKS, and Terry Hunter. The 16-track opus also boasts guest appearances from Little Brother, Saigon, Glen Lewis, [cont.]

Guess the whole “rappers as comic characters” thing is really taking off. [Source: ComicsAlliance]

Coming out of Denver, CO, The Food Chain is described as a supergroup made up of several different producers, mc’s, vocalists, and DJ’s. Included in the lineup are Mic Coats, C1, Natalie Tatum, DJ Louiscide, Mass Prod, FL, Akil, and Ike Luva. The group has recently launched their website, where they are offering their debut [cont.]

Since the tragic death of DJ AM, Travis Barker has not worked with another DJ on stage in the same capacity – a dynamic team up that found AM manning the turntables, while Barker played live drums over his set. After meeting at Cochella, A-Trak was very impressed with what Barker was doing, and decided [cont.]

I keep saying this over and over, but Alicia Keys + Beyonce “Put It In A Love Song” is this year’s “Single Ladies”. As soon as the video drops, it’s over….. Fellow DJ’s, watch out for those napkins….

Recorded last night at the Freeway / Jake One “Stimulus Package” release party. This is worth watching for the hype man standing in the audience alone.

Def Jam has apparently been battling with Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope, and “other labels,” for Shyne’s next album, according to a report by Miss Info. Finally closing with a seven-figure deal, the rapper will release his second album for the label, following 2004′s Godfather Alive. Def Jam obviously expects big things from the currently exiled rapper, [cont.]

“Closed Sessions was THAT SHIT. I got to meet and build with some really great talent and eat some good ass nachos (haha). The record turned out crazy and Chicago is a great place to be. Ruby Hornet is putting together great collaborations, bringing artists together in person the way it should be done – [cont.]

Well, you can take this for what it’s worth, but MF Doom will be “performing live” at the following dates – and by “performing live”, we mean… well, we don’t really know what that means these days. But hey…. ZURICH – March 7th – TICKETS LONDON – March 5th – SOLD OUT Sonar Showcase including [cont.]

Just saying.

A semi-complete line-up for Gorge, Washington’s Sasquatch Festival has been released, happening Memorial Day Weekend (5/29-5/31). Tickets are on sale now. The full list thus far is as follows: A-Trak, Avi Buffalo, Band of Horses, Booka Shade, Boys Noize, Broken Social Scene, Brother Ali, Camera Obscura, Caribou, City and Colour, Craig Robinson, Cymbals Eat Guitars, [cont.]

Concertgoers at last night’s MF Doom / Mos Def show at the Congress Theatre in Chicago were let down when the apparent MF Doom impersonator allegedly struck again. While only those who were backstage really knew who was behind the mask for sure, as you can see from the above video, the crowd decided for [cont.]

Longtime producer Ski Beatz, (yes that Ski) doesn’t stop, and proves that he still has plenty of heat up his sleeve with his forthcoming mixtape, 24 Hour Karate School. Tonight he released all kinds of information regarding the release via his website, including the official tracklist for the release, cover art, EPK, and a snippet [cont.]

Blu and Mainframe, who’ve been killing it on the underground scene over the last couple of years, celebrate the launch of their new label, New World Color today, with the launching of the label’s official website, along with other assorted goodies. You can see the new video for the track “Disco Dynamite”, which debuted on [cont.]

Nobody can fuck with Compton’s Most Wanted’s first few albums, however MC Ehit’s solo career left something to be desired. Still, producers like DJ Muggs, Pete Rock, and DJ Premier knew how to get the best out of Eiht in the post-DJ Slip era, with tracks like Cypress Hill’s “Throw Ya Hands In The Air”, [cont.]

Atlanta based rapper Donnis, whom you may know from his Diary of an ATL Brave mixtape, revealed in a XXL interview that he recently signed with Atlantic Records, after a heated bidding war with Def Jam, Asylum, Jive, and Downtown Records. Donnis scored an underground hit single with last year with “Gone” via A-Trak’s Fool’s [cont.]

While GZA has apparently been working on a behind-the-scenes documentary about the Wu-Tang Clan for several years now, aspiring indie filmmaker Jeremy Mack gets up close and personal with members of the group and it’s closest affiliates with his own film, Wu-Tang Saga. While the film seems to focus more on the second string members [cont.]

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In a statement released via Twitter, Cage stated that his next album would find him returning to the sound of his earlier roots. “(I’m) thinking of revisting each album. I think mixing too much shit was a problem with (Depart From Me). I don’t think a (Movies From The Blind) style would mix with a [cont.]