Fif speaks with DJ Peter Parker about the dissolution of The Money Team with Maywether, SMS Boxing promotions, and that French Montana is “the new Ja Rule” and that he’ll “put him out of business”.

NeAstra Music will release a ten-song B-side collection from legendary Detroit crew, Slum Village, called B-Sides, on December 18th. The collection will be released digitally at all fine digital download retailers, and features collaborations with De La Soul, Phife Dawg, ?uestlove, Frank N Dank, Skyzoo, Focus, DJ Dez, and of course, J. Dilla. The set [cont.]

In a recent interview with UK’s DJ Semtex, Big Sean confirmed the existence of G.O.O.D. Music’s rumored Cruel Winter album, first mentioned by Q-Tip a few months back. Sean says that he has indeed recorded something for the project, but no further information regarding release date has been given.

2013 will see the release of Nate Dogg’s final LP, which will be made up of unreleased material, recorded before his death, along with some pretty high-profile guest appearances. Each Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, among others, will appear on Nate Dogg: A Wonderful Life, which will hit on Seven Arts [cont.]

We don’t usually post “club” photos on this site, but DJ Khaled’s birthday celebration at Liv Miami is definitely worth taking note of, as the house was full of rap royalty. This select batch of pics shows highlights from the night, with a guest list that read like a tracklist, with stars like Kanye West, [cont.]

Storied hip-hop label Delicious Vinyl (Tone-Loc, Young MC, The Pharcyde) proudly announces a new partnership with Yancey Media Group, the family-operated company administering the catalog of late, great producer James Yancey aka Jay Dee, aka J Dilla. The fruits of the partnership will include new releases from what J Dilla Music Catalogue Curator Frank Nitt [cont.]

Happening November 29th at Irving Plaza in New York City is The Hip-Hop Gods Classic Tourfest Review. The show is headlined by Public Enemy, and will also include performances from Leaders of The New School, Monie Love, X-Clan, Schoolly-D, Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers, Son Of Bazerk & No Self Control, Awesome Dre, Davy [cont.]

Wow, Tip absolutely killed it with this album cover. This does raise the question of Wal-Mart will allow an album with T.I. brandishing a pistol sit on their store shelves, or maybe they’ll “Jesus Piece” him. 1. The Introduction 2. G Season featuring Meek Mill 3. Trap Back Jumpin 4. Wildside featuring A$AP Rocky 5. [cont.]

LL’s 14th studio LP, Authentic Hip-Hop, will be released February 12, 2013. Here is a look at the tracklist. 1. Something About U (FTW) 2. Where Ya At (BOSS) 3. Take It (feat. Joe) 4. Closer (feat. Monica) 5. Too Late 6. New Love 7. Dream With Me 8. Girl So Bad 9. Ratchet 10. [cont.]

Tyga says his new album, Hotel California, is done, and will be ready in March. He will soon drop the first single, “187″, featuring Rick Ross. No word if this is a cover of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s defining classic.

Looks like we won’t have to wait nearly as long for Game’s new album as we did for The R.E.D. Album, as the tracklist for Jesus Piece has been released. Watch out for this Dec. 11th. 1. Scared Now (feat. Meek Mill) 2. Ali Bomaye (feat. 2 Chainz & Rick Ross) 3. Jesus Piece (feat. [cont.]

“Some days I feel like I’ll do it, some days I don’t. Some days I feel like I don’t need to, some days I feel like I want to do it before I die. So, I don’t know where to fall. I am just hoping one day I get that inspiration,” he said at an [cont.]

In perhaps the most irrelevant rap-beef of the year, Shyne and Game trade barbs, courtesy of Vlad TV. In the first clip, Shyne takes some shots at Game in a new freestyle, while in the second clip, Game speaks on Shyne saying that he is “in a sad place” right now and is reaching for [cont.]

It looks like Game’s original controversial Jesus Piece album cover isn’t flying with the execs at Wal-Mart, so a new version of the cover has been revealed, now billed as the “Standard Edition” of the album cover. This version shows a photo of his brother, Jevon Danell Taylor, whom was killed in 1995.

Big Boi sits in with Sana G of Power 106, to speak on his new album, Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors. He says the album will feature guest appearances from ASAP Rocky, Ludacris, T.I., Little Dragon, Kelly Rowland, B.O.B. and more. No mention (yet) of Andre 3000….

Stellar work, gold star.

On Wednesday November 28th, Camp Lo will perform their time-honored classic Uptown Saturday Night, in its entirety, at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. The show marks the first of several select tour dates to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Bronx duo’s seminal 1997 album. Camp Lo will perform Uptown Saturday Night from front [cont.]

Game sat down with Fuse TV’s Alexa Chung and told her he spent Election Day 2012 giving people $20 each so that they could vote. Uhhhhhh… Isn’t that illegal?

J. Cole announced via UStream tonight that he expects to drop his sophomore LP, Born Sinner, on his birthday, January 28th, 2013. Whether this date sticks or not remains to be seen, but we expect to hear a single from the project within the week.

This mixtape project, that Alchemist told us about back in May, is due Nov. 15th. 1. Big Body Bes Intro 2. Rare Chandeliers 3. The Symbol 4. Sylvester Lundgren Feat. Meyhem Lauren & Ag Da Coroner 5. Randy The Musical 6. Demolition Men Feat. Schoolboy Q 7. Eggs On The Third Floor 8. Modern Day [cont.]