It’s the cover that says, “Damn, what the hell was I thinking getting on MTV and asking Nicki Minaj to marry me?”. The album is in stores Sept. 24th.

Producer Terrace Martin – best known for his work on Kendrick Lamar’s Good Kid M.A.A.D. City LP, will release his new project, 3ChordFold on August 13th, which will include collaborations with Kendrick, Ab-Soul, Problem, Musiq, Snoop, Wiz Khalifa, and more. Here’s a look at the cover and tracklist. 1. Ab Soul’s Intro (feat. Ab-Soul) 2. [cont.]

1/2 of the Clipse will deliver his solo debut, Hear Ye Him, on August 18th.

Following the release of Cook Classics vs. Now-Again, Now-Again presents its second Oh No library offering. For this entry, Oh No combs through the vast array of Now-Again’s catalog – from American soul, funk, and jazz to Iranian folk to Zambian hard rock to create a series of beats that range in mood and style [cont.]

Next out the A$AP camp is Ferg, who’s about to breakthrough with his lead single “Shabba”. The album is due August 20th. 1. Let It Go 2. Shabba (ft. A$AP Rocky) 3. Lord (ft. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) 4. Hood Pope 5. Fergivicious 6. 4:02 7. Dump Dump 8. Work (Remix) (ft. A$AP Rocky, French Montana, Trinidad [cont.]

Big Sean revealed the artwork to his official G.O.O.D. Music sophomore LP, Hall Of Fame, via Instagram today. Looks like another DONDA house production.

MMG’s Self Made Vol. 3 compilation will hit on September 17th. Here’s a look at the artwork for the project, as well as trailers for Meek Mill’s “Levels” and Stalley’s “Honest Cowboy”.

Legendary independent artist collective Hieroglyphics Imperium are teaming up with Oakland-based Linden Street Brewery to present the Second Annual Hiero Day block party on Monday, September 2, 2013 (Labor Day) from 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the Linden Street Brewery, located at the Port of Oakland. Hiero Day is a free all day music [cont.]

1/3 of Little Brother will drop the third volume in his Fat Boy Fresh series, Happy Birthday Thomas, on August 6th. 1. Uncle Thomas 2. Don’t Change 3. Follow My Lead 4. 26 Shots 5. Gold Chain 6. My Homegirl Friend 7. Gone Fishin’ 8. Club In The City 9. Happy Birthday Thomas ft. Jared [cont.]

Juicy J will finally drop his solo LP, Stay Trippy, on August 27th. Guests will include Pimp C, Project Pat, Wale, Trey Songz, Yelawolf, Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean, Young Jeezy, Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, and A$AP Rocky.

Gary, Indiana’s Freddie Gibbs has had a tough year. After being featured as one of XXL’s 2010 Freshmen, he quickly landed a deal with Young Jeezy’s CTE imprint, which would be followed by the release of his critically acclaimed mixtape, Baby Face Killa. While the project was not technically an album, it featured all original [cont.]

Odd Future’s Earl Sweatshirt will release his highly anticipated LP, Doris, on August 20th. The album will feature production from both Pharrell & RZA, along with guest shots from Domo Genesis, Tyler The Creator, Frank Ocean, Mac Miller, and others. 1. Pre (feat. SK La’ Flare) 2. Burgundy (feat. Vince Staples) 3. 20 Wave Caps [cont.]

This is interesting. Trae Tha Truth’s first project for T.I.’s Grand Hu$tle imprint is called I Am King. Is Tip handing over the crown?

Jay-Z has changed the spelling of his name once again. Early in his career, as seen above, he spelled his name “Jäy-Z”, with the umlot character above the “A”, like in “Tiësto”. Today, it has been revealed that he no longer supports the hyphen, which we, ourselves, haven’t used in our URL since 1996. The [cont.]

To celebrate his new album, Legends Never Die, R.A. The Rugged Man is now announcing a limited-edition Agent Orange-colored cassette tape containing the entire album plus the previously-unreleased bonus track “It’s Gone”. R.A.’s father Staff Sgt. John A. Thorburn was infamously exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam, causing two of the Rugged Man’s siblings to [cont.]

The two decade (plus) career of multi-platinum Def Jam Recordings artist Nas is at the heart of a joint announcement by the Hip-Hop Archive and the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University, to establish the Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship. The Fellowship will provide selected scholars and artists with an opportunity to show [cont.]

Birdman and Lil Wayne’s side-project, Rich Gang, will release their first full length compilation LP. This is basically an offshoot of Young Money/Cash Money, that subtracts their lesser popular members, and adds in rich rappers not signed to the label. This includes people like Future, Kendrick Lamar, Chris Brown, Rick Ross, and French Montana. Look [cont.]

RJD2 tells us about his new album, More Is Than Isn’t: “More Is Than Isn’t is available Oct. 8th on my label RJ’s Electrical Connections. The album is largely instrumental, but I still worked with some great vocalists/friends like Phonte Coleman, Aaron Livingston, Blueprint, P. Blackk, STS, and Khari Mateen. I’m really proud of the [cont.]

Bulk Recordings is excited to announce the return of Deltron 3030 with the release of Deltron 3030 Event II on October 1st, 2013. The album is Deltron 3030′s long-awaited successor to their self-titled cult-classic debut. Deltron 3030 — composed of a trinity of alt-rap all-stars: rapper Del The Funky Homosapien, producer Dan “The Automator” Nakamura [cont.]

Fresh off his work on Ghostface Killah’s 12 Reasons To Die, Adrian Younge is producing the next Souls Of Mischief LP, There Is Only Now, as seen below. “The next project is Adrian Younge Presents Souls of Mischief. That’s my next big thing and I’m super happy about that. It’s a project that if somebody [cont.]