Big Sean speaks on his newly announced sophomore LP, Hall Of Fame, and the meaning behind the title. He mentions that each Jay-Z, Kanye West, Nas, and Jhene Aiko each appear on the album, and says the single will hit within the next few days.

Jay-Z will close out the final night of his eight night concert series at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, by launching his new YouTube channel, and streaming the show on it. This will be an expansion of his Life + Times imprint, a lifestyle site launched by the rapper last year. Jay partnered with IconicTV, who will [cont.]

The Lox and Wu-Tang’s ambitious Wu-Block project has some new cover art, seen above, and a new street date, from it’s originally projected Oct. 16 release date. The album will now hit store shelves on November 9th, on eOne Music.

Looks like the climate is right for Sean Price’s Mic Tyson album release. Look out for it on October 30th on Duck Down Records. 1. The Genesis of the Omega 2. Bar-Barian 3. Pyrex 4. Price & Shining Armor (feat. Ruste Juxx) 5. Title Track 6. Straight Music 7. STFU, Pt. 2 8. Hush 9. [cont.]

Wow, this….wow. So, Rick Ross is gearing up to close out the year with another mixtape release, entitled The Black Bar Mitzvah. The cover, which you can see above, features The Star of Ricky. We are curious how are Jewish readers feel about this?

Kendrick Lamar returned to The Breakfast Club to speak on a variety of topics, touching upon both Detox‘s release and “PARTYNAUSEOUS”, a collaboration with Lady Gaga that was slated to appear on Good Kid M.A.A.D. City, but was ultimately removed from the tracklist. “Me personally? I think it’s done. I think it’s been done, from [cont.]

Public Enemy and N.W.A. are among a list of first-time nominees for entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. Alongside Rush and Deep Purple, this is the first time for both pioneering hip-hop acts to be recognized for the Hall, who will also join returnees Heart, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, [cont.]

November 13th will see the release of Roc Marci’s new album, Reloaded, via Decon. 1. Tek To A Mack [Produced by Roc Marciano] 2. Flash Gordon [Produced by Alchemist] 3. Not Told feat. Knowledge Pirate and Ka [Produced by Roc Marciano] 4. Pistolier [Produced by Alchemist] 5. Thugs Prayer Pt. 2 [Produced by Roc Marciano] [cont.]

Staying lifted as ever, Jet Life returns with the follow-up to last year’s highly-acclaimed album, Jet World Order. Led by the New Orleans Spitta, the crew also consisting of Trademark Da Skydiver, Young Roddy, Smoke DZA, Sir Michael Rocks, and more continues to raise the bar and elevate its craft far beyond the limits of [cont.]

Diamond D is hard at work in the studio on his next album, The Diam Piece LP. He gave us a sneak peek at the tracklist, and it looks pretty amazing. Guests for the album include Pete Rock, A.G., Black Rob, Pharoahe Monch, Hi-Tek, Smif N Wessun, Tha Alkaholiks, Kurupt, Nottz, O.C., Minnesota, Masta Ace, [cont.]

Stephen Hill, BET’s President of Music Programming and Specials, spoke with Complex today about the altercation between Rick Ross and Young Jeezy camps, which happened this weekend at the filming of the BET Awards. “I think there’s a lot of misinformation that went out. For the Twitter Generation, 140 characters for some people just equals [cont.]

RZA announces in addition to the release of his new film, The Man With The Iron Fists, in theatres November 2nd, he will also release an accompanying animated short, that will debut on Machinima.com. The short will be directed by Eric Calderon and will feature the RZA. Meanwhile, the plot synopsis for The Man With [cont.]

Meek Mill unleashes the artwork for his October 30th MMG debut, Dreams and Nightmares. What do you think? 1 Dreams And Nightmares (produced by Tone the Best Bully for Nightrydas Productions) 2 In God We Trust (produced by Black Metaphor for Nightrydas Productions) 3 Young & Gettin’ It featuring Kirko Bangz (produced by Jahlil Beats) [cont.]

BET has released the official line-up for their popular “cypher” series, which traditionally feature new and seasoned emcees rhyming together, serving as interludes for the annual BET Awards show. Participating in the cyphers for this year’s show are: Ab-Soul, Angel Haze, A$AP Rocky, B.o.B, Boy Jones, Brianna Perry, Cassidy, Childish Gambino, Chip, DJ Premier, DJ [cont.]

While Talib Kweli’s long-awaited Prisoner of Conscious LP was originally set to drop October 23rd, it’s been given a new release date of November 20th, as announced by Talib today via Twitter. A wise move, considering that Oct. 23rd is already packed with releases from Kendrick Lamar, RZA, Ryan Leslie, Vinnie Paz, P.O.S., and Karriem [cont.]

This weekend, at the filming of the BET Awards, E-40 announced that he will follow up The Block Brochure Vol. 1-3, released earlier this year, with The Block Brochure Vol. 4-6 on March 26th, 2013. Look for his next two albums, History: Mob Music & Function Music, with Too $hort, on November 6th. Four-five-sixin’ it!

B.o.B. will follow-up the release of his recent album, Strange Clouds, with a new mixtape entitled Fuck Em We Ball, the rapper announced today via Twitter. “Fuck Em We Ball Mixtape release date coming soon….” Tweeted @bobatl. “The world would be entertainment-less w/o wack a$& niccas,” he added.

Battle rapper, Loaded “You Gon’ Get This Work” Lux, recently challenged Busta Rhymes to a bout in a previous interview with ThisIs50′s Young Jack Thriller. In a follow-up interview with Busta, said he would gladly accept the challenge. Whether or not this would actually pan out is another story.

Q-Tip let loose a megaton bomb of a hint this weekend at the 2012 BET Hip-Hop Awards, when asked about his absence on the G.O.O.D. Music Cruel Summer LP, suggesting a quick, follow-up sequel to the compilation is in the works. “I’m going to let the cat out of the bag, I’m sorry. Can I [cont.]

Oh, Microsoft. In an attempt to “have swag”, Machine Gun Kelly was booked for a performance at Microsoft’s store in Atlanta’s Lenox Mall for The Source’s Power 30 issue, only to be cut short. Apparently Microsoft’s store management wasn’t all too keen on Kelly’s bitch-and-hoe filled lyrics, nor his incessant laptop leaping. Perhaps the best [cont.]