The first half of 2012 has proven to be a triumphant year for Man Bites Dog Records, and now, the burgeoning hip-hop label is excited to announce a string of forthcoming releases. The rest of the year promises to be busy, as the label prepares for high profile releases from MHz Legacy, Stu Bangas & [cont.]

Legendary femcee, Boogie Down Productions crew members, and ex-wife to KRS-One, Ms. Melodie, has died. No cause of death has been revealed. Ms. Melodie, aka Ramona Parker, was best known for her verse on “Self Destruction”, as well as her 1989 Jive LP, Diva. R.I.P. Ms. Melodie and condolences to her friends and family.

Odd Future released the following image on their website last night, showing off a handful of new release dates for upcoming crew albums, and various tour dates. Domo Genesis will release No Idols on 8/1, Trash Talk with 119 on 10/9, Mellowhype’s Numbers on 10/2, and Tyler The Creator’s newxt solo offering Wolf, slated for November. [cont.]

In a recent interview with Billboard, Pusha T spoke on his upcoming G.O.O.D. Music solo debut, comparing it to the Al Pacino film, The Devil’s Advocate. “It’s cinematic in the sense that I wanted to make a dark album,” says Pusha. “I see music in colors and try to put it in a physical perspective [cont.]

Curren$y spoke on a number of mixtapes and albums he has in the works with the likes of Harry Fraud, Alchemist, Chuck Inglish and Wiz Khalifa. In addition to speaking on Pilot Talk 3 and Blackroc 2, Spitta directly asks Big K.R.I.T. to give him a call so the two can do an entire project [cont.]

In a recent interview with ThisIs50 the legendary Large Professor revealed that there was one shot left in the chamber, in the classic 2001 battle between Jay-Z and Nas. “When Nas was first recording “Ether” it was over a Swizz Beatz beat, and he was getting at him,” Large Professor said. “That was the original [cont.]

Amazing, Doom is the only rapper that could get guest shots from Blur/Gorillaz Damon Albarn and Portishead’s Beth Gibbons (!) on one album. The album hits August 21st, via Lex Records. Pre-Orders are up at StonesThrow.Com now. 1. WATERLOGGED 2. GUV’NOR 3. BANISHED 4. BITE THE THONG ft Damon Albarn 5. RHYMIN SLANG 6. DAWG [cont.]

With their new album Respect Game Or Expect Flames set to hit stores on August 28th, Casual and J Rawls are now revealing the artwork and tracklist for the project. As Casual explains, the striking cover image has a deep symbolic meaning. “The burning Ankh represents new life rising from Nu, the primordial waters, the [cont.]

“Are you dissing me? Are you trying to play me..?” she asked…..

While Ghostface Killah and Sheek Louch have been hard at work on the Wu-Block album, they have just announced the Wu-Block tour, which will also include Saigon. Dates are as follows: Wednesday 1-Aug Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance Thursday 2-Aug Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Friday 3-Aug Providence, RI Lupos Saturday 4-Aug New Haven, CT Toads Sunday 5-Aug [cont.]

Rick Ross shows off cover art for his collaboration with Dr. Dre, also adding Jay-Z into the mix. Don’t think it’s a coincidence that 50′s Dre single was announced today as well – these guys are playing chess, not checkers. This comes from God Forgives, I Don’t and is produced by Jake One.

Fifty speaks with UK’s Digital Spy about his next Interscope LP, Street King Immortal, mentioning that the contractual process “was a headache, but worked itself out”. He also revealed that the first single will be “New Day”, featuring Dr. Dre and Alicia Keys, and let the artwork loose earlier today.

Kendrick Lamar talks to GY312 about how his Interscope debut LP, Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City will be different than ‘Section.80‘, his friendship with Lady Gaga, the competition and creative process with his TDE crew, and more.

Termanology speaks with Montreality about a variety of topics in this interview, but most notably, he reveals that he M.O.P.’s Lil Fame will collaborate on a new LP together called Physiology. He mentions that the album is finished, except for one track they are waiting for, produced by DJ Premier….

Lloyd Banks has revealed the cover art for his next mixtape, V6: The Gift, which will hit July 24th.

Yelawolf drops by the Skee Lodge to chop it up with DJ Skee on World Famous Weekends. Yelawolf explains his current label situation and gives some advice to other artists. He describes working with Big K.R.I.T. on their Country Cuzins mixtape and how is preparing to release Trunk Muzik Returns. Be sure to check out [cont.]

Here’s a highlight reel of Busta Rhymes amazing peformance from the Brooklyn Hip-Hop fest, which saw him reuniting with Leaders of The New School for the first time in 20 years. Also present are each A Tribe Called Quest, Lil Fame of M.O.P., Buckshot, Smif-N-Wessun, Slick Rick, Reek Da Villain, J. Doe. We can’t say [cont.]

Chicago’s Rockie Fresh is the latest to sign with Rick Ross’ MMG imprint. The above video shows highlights of the new deal.

Oakland rapper Del the Funky Homosapien rose to fame in the early 90s, when his unique voice and fresh outlook turned heads in an otherwise gangsta rap-dominated California hip-hop scene. Ironically a first cousin and protege of Ice Cube, Del’s wacky, unconventional style won him a legion of fans and helped elevate his crew Hieroglyphics [cont.]

Mac Miller’s indie imprint, Rostrum Records, released a statement about Lord Finesse recent $10 Million lawsuit against the young emcee’s use of “Hip 2 Da Game” instrumental for his “Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza” mixtape track. There have been a lot of misstatements online and in the press, so we thought it’d be best to [cont.]