Official tracklist to Curren$y’s Warner Bros debut hitting next month. 1. What It Look Like (feat. Wale) 2. Privacy Glass 3. Armoire (feat. Young Roddy & Trademark) 4. Take You There (feat. Marsha Ambrosius) 5. Showroom 6. Capitol (feat. 2 Chainz) 7. No Squares (feat. Wiz Khalifa) 8. Sunroof (feat. Corner Boy P) 9. Chasin’ [cont.]

My pic Joyner Lucas wins! I posted this a few months back as the lock. Congratulations to Worcester, Massachusetts’ Joyner Lucas, who wins a fully-produced track by Al, which will be digitally distributed by Decon. His submission, “Who AM I” is posted below:

Q-Tip is the latest artist to sign with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music imprint, in a move that seems like a perfect fit. He will release his next solo LP, The Last Zulu, in 2012 via the label. Q-Tip had this to say about the signing: I’m excited to be a part of the great iconic [cont.]

Snoop Dogg will celebrate 4/20 with this ten-track Stoners EP, which will find him collaborating with Tha Dogg Pound, Hustle Boyz, Chris Starr, Indastree, Battlecat, 1500 Or Nothin’, Josef Leimberg, and more. Meanwhile, Snoop’s also hard at work on his new album, Reincarnated, as well as a reggae LP with producer Diplo.

Jadakiss confirmed his mixtape, Cosignment, is slated to drop April 27th and will have a slew of features from artist such as Styles P, Sheek Louch, his artist Goldie, Yo Gotti, 2Chainz, Lloyd Banks, Fabolous, Gucci Mane, Ace Hood, Future, Wale, French Montana, Waka Flocka, Young Jeezy & More.

Game tweeted out the cover to his next mixtape, featuring a gangsta ass version of the state flag. We prefer this.

State Property’s Beanie Sigel inks a distribution deal with EMI and Chris Schwartz. In other news, Beanie announced on Shade 45 that he and Scarface will reunite for a collaborative album called Mack & Brad.

The Yardfather announced the title and release date for his sophomore album via Twitter yesterday. The album is called Bread and Circuses and it’s due Sept. 11th, 2012.

Fif will be releasing his first Gangsta Grillz mixtape with DJ Drama, called The Lost Tape. And, that’s not DJ Drama in the above photo.

Perhaps one of our most anticipated albums of 2012, hitting May 15th. All tracks produced by El-P. 1. Big Beast (Feat. T.I., Trouble & Bun B) 2. Untitled (Feat. Scar) 3. Go! 4. Southern Fried 5. Jojo’s Chillin 6. Reagan 7. Don’t Die 8. Ghetto Gospel 9. Butane (Champion’s Anthem) (Feat. El-P) 10. Anywhere But [cont.]

Iconic New York-born, San Francisco-based rapper and producer, Aesop Rock, is joining forces with indie-rap powerhouse Rhymesayers Entertainment to release his sixth studio album, Skelethon, on July 10th 2012. Since the release of None Shall Pass in 2007, we’ve seen Aesop Rock touring the world, launching online arts outlet, 900bats.com, and collaborating on LPs with [cont.]

On May 22nd, Stat and Term will return as 1982, with their new LP 2012. Glad they went with the presidential theme over the end-of-the-word-apocalypse theme for the cover… 1. 2012 2. Lights Down 3. Up Every Night 4. Shining 5. Happy Days ft. Mac Miller, Bun B, & Shawn Stockman of Boyz 2 Men [cont.]

50 Cent announced via Twitter that his next LP is due July 2nd, an as of yet untitled album that he says is “better than Get Rich Or Die Tryin’.” The above photo was taken at the Nightclub & Bar Convention in Las Vegas this past week, where 50 spoke on his new Street King [cont.]

Reks new LP is produced entirely by Statik Selektah, and is due 4-24-12. 1.) “Autographs” 2.) “Sit/Think/Drink” 3.) “Power Lines” f/Ea$y Money 4.) “Riggs & Murtaugh” f/Action Bronson 5.) “Such A Showoff” f/Kali, JFK & Termanology 6.) “Cancel That” f/Wais P The Pimp 7.) “Parenthood” 8.) “Break Ups” f/C Sharp! 9.) “Chasin” 10.) “Sins” f/Alias [cont.]

*sigh* LISTEN: DJ Quik Doesn’t Believe “Detox” Will Ever Come Out

1. Roman Holiday 2. Come On A Cone 3. I Am Your Leader Feat. Cam’ron & Rick Ross 4. Beez In The Trap Feat. 2 Chainz 5. HOV Lane 6. Roman Reloaded Feat. Lil Wayne 7. Champion Feat. Nas, Drake & Young Jeezy 8. Right By My Side Feat. Chris Brown 9. Sex In the [cont.]

?uestlove recently spoke on the status of Jay Electronica’s long-awaited Roc Nation debut LP, Act II. He reports that the album is done, and that it is Jay-Z’s favorite LP of 2012, yet it has “no singles” to help push it. Listen below…. LISTEN: Questlove Says Jay Electronica’s Album Is Done

One of our favorite instrumentalist artists is back, as Blockhead preps his next LP, Interludes After Midnight, due May 1st. He talks about here: As for the whole idea behind the art work, the idea came from me thinking about a time before the internet and cell phones. Basically, the late 80′s/early 90′s. The album [cont.]

Mr. Muthafuckin’ Exquire has signed with Universal Republic, as revealed this week at an SXSW panel. He followed up with a statement on Tumblr. “What a ill fuckin journey this year has been for me, when that New Years Ball dropped I would have never thought i’d be on TV, Magazine’s, Websites, and all this [cont.]

Happening June 2nd and 3rd in Philly at Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing, The 5th Annual Roots Picnic will include performances by The Roots, Kid Cudi, De La Soul, Wale, Major Lazer, Diplo, St. Vincent, The Tune-Yards, Danny Brown, Shabazz Palaces, Moosh & Twist, Flosstradamus, Stretch Armstrong, The Hood Internet, Star Slinger, Mr. MFN Exquire, [cont.]