These cats stay busy, as E-40 and Too $hort will release two collaborative albums on November 6th, entitled History: Function Music and History: Mob Music.

G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer LP drops September 18th (that still qualifies as summertime, right?). Preorders and snippets for the entire thing are up at Amazon right now, along with the tracklist, as you can see below: 01. To The World by Kanye West & R. Kelly 02. Clique by Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean [cont.]

The New York Post reports that former drug-dealer / gangster rapper Jay-Z and scantily clad, “bootiliscious” R&B singer Beyonce will host a fundraiser for Foreign-Born-Muslim-Terrorist-Socialist-Homosexual-Loving-Job-Hating-Anti-Christ, President Barack Obama. Jokes aside, the event will happen Sept. 18th at Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club in NYC. Limited to 100 guests, the event will cost $40,000 per ticket. The presidential [cont.]

Legendary Common producer and executive vice president of Def Jam, No ID hopes to get in the studio with Eminem soon, he told MTV in a recent interview. “I definitely sat down and spoke with Eminem about working and we agreed to get in the studio and see what we could do,” he said. “He’s [cont.]

To be released October 30th, Cee-Lo Green will be the latest artist to release a holiday themed Christmas album, which he refers to as “a soulful take on a host of Christmas classics.” The album, Cee-Lo’s Magic Moment, will feature guest appearances from Rod Stewart, Straight No Chaser, and B.o.B., and just might have the [cont.]

Prince Paul is the true definition of a Hip-Hop originator. From his beginnings with live hip-hop pioneers Stetsasonic, to producing for innovative acts like 3rd Bass and De La Soul, to forming the “horrorcore” collective Gravediggaz, all the way to his Handsome Boy Modeling School venture alongside fellow producer Dan The Automater, Paul has always [cont.]

Closing London’s Paralympics this week, Jay-Z and Rihanna join Coldplay for a live performance, which not only included their hit single, “Run This Town”, but also a new rendition of Coldplay’s “Paradise”, with a new verse from Jay-Z, before an audience of 8000 fans. Jay spoke on the verse on his own Life + Times [cont.]

While some would argue that Public Enemy’s greatest years are behind them, the U.K. defeats that theory, as the band has scored the biggest single of their career in the region, which has landed at the #4 single in the nation at last count. Originally released on 2007′s How To Sell Soul To A Souless [cont.]

For more than a decade and a half, Vinnie Paz has been a mainstay at the top of the independent hip-hop scene. He is the frontman of both Jedi Mind Tricks and Army of the Pharaohs and one half of the Heavy Metal Kings duo with ILL BILL. In 2010, he stepped out as a [cont.]

On November 13th 2012, Long Island rapper/producer/ex-Flipmode Squad member Roc Marciano is dropping his sophomore full-length on Decon. The long-awaited 15-track album is an ice-cold slice of New York rap grittiness from a dead-eyed master of the craft. Reloaded is largely self-produced and thematically airtight (that theme being simply “don’t fuck with me”). The album [cont.]

In a recent interview with Billboard, Big Boi updates fans on the status of Outkast, and also what happened to those two mysterious ‘Kast collabos that were to appear on Frank Ocean and T.I.’s albums. “Dre didnt want an Outkast Record Coming out on anybody else LP,” he said. “To give away a full OutKast [cont.]

Busta Rhymes visited Hot 97 this morning to talk about the release of his new album, Year of The Dragon, and offered a unique perspective on Lil Wayne’s recent comments regarding his dislike of New York. Busta reminded us of Wayne’s imprisonment on Riker’s Island, after allegedly being innocent of the crime he was charged [cont.]

So, Lil Wayne’s new mixtape with DJ Drama, Dedication 4, was supposed to hit this week, but looks like we’ll have to wait a bit longer for it, as it’s been delayed until August 30th. This should give him enough time to do some damage control over his recent “I don’t like New York” comments.

Xzibit has announced an October 9th release date for his new album, Napalm. Although no music from it has been released, the tracklist has been announced and features The Game, Prodigy of Mobb Deep, Wiz Khalifa, E-40, Tracs Barker, King T, The Alkaholiks, David Banner, Brevi, Crooked I, Dr. Dre, Illmind, B-Real, Bishop Lamont, Demrick, [cont.]

Lil Wayne caused some controversy this week when he said, “flat out, I don’t like New York,” in an MTV interview, when asked about his NYC performance last week with Nicki Minaj. State Senator Malcolm Smith responded with a press conference, demanding an apology from the rapper. Birdman also weighs in, suggesting that he stands [cont.]

In this brief video announcement, Big Sean reveals his next mixtape release, Detroit, set for September 5th.

October 2nd on Duck Down….. 1) Dreams In A Basement featuring Jill Scott (produced by !llmind) 2) Jansport Strings (One Time for Chi-Ali) (produced by 9th Wonder) 3) Pockets Full feat. Freeway (produced by !llmind) 4) Give It Up feat. DJ Prince (produced by !llmind) 5) Glass Ceilings (produced by !llmind) 6) Range Rover Rhythm [cont.]

Two of hip-hop’s most storied groups, Wu-Tang Clan and D-Block, will collaborate on a new album to be released through eOne Music. “Wu-Block,” the new street album, will be released on October 9th, 2012 and features Ghostface Killah, Sheek Louch, Method Man, Raekwon The Chef, GZA, Jadakiss, Masta Killah, and Styles P. Ghostface says, “This [cont.]

Former Natural Elements member Ka speaks with ThisIs50′s Young Jack Thriller. The two speak on Brownsville, 50 Cent’s co-sign, and possibly signing with G-Unit.

Azealia Banks will make her official full-length debut with Broke With Expensive Taste, set for a February 12th, 2013 release. Her 1991 EP and Fantasea mixtape are out now.