May 24th, if you didn’t know by now. 1. Self Made – Wale, Meek Mill, Pill and Rick Ross feat. Teedra Moses (produced by Just Blaze) 2. Tupac Back – Meek Mill and Rick Ross (produced by Mill Will / Eardrummers) 3. 600 Benz – Wale and Rick Ross (produced by Cardiak) 4. Pacman – [cont.]

P shows off his post-prison physique via Twitter, and also announces, The Elsworth Bumpy Johnson EP, hitting April 19th. We’ll have it here too, of course.

Elzhi’s next solo mixtape is due in less than a month. Check www.elzhi.com (and here) for updates, as they happen.

Joe Budden will repackage last year’s critically acclaimed Mood Muzik 4 mixtape for mass consumption on May 17th, including 5 new tracks.

As of this weekend, April 9th to be exact, Freddie Gibbs signed with Jeezy’s Corporate Thugz Entertainment (CTE) imprint. The signing was announced as Gibbs performed in Chicago this weekend. Furthermore, Gibbs chatted with DJ Smallz in an exclusive interview and explained why he signed with Jeezy. Peep that below. Freddie Gibbs Discusses CTE Signing [cont.]

In the above video, XXL discovers the Miami’s hard-hustling !Mayday! crew has signed with Tech N9ne’s Strange Music. Congrats, gentlemen!

As a precursor to his forthcoming Honkey Kong LP, Apathy will first release the Primate Mindstate EP. While no date has been given for either, you can check a preview of the EP’s artwork above.

Pete Rock talks with Conspiracy Worldwide Radio: Pete Rock joins us for a superb feature-length interview exploring the making of his new projects with DJ Premier, Smif N Wessun and Camp Lo, plus his forthcoming aspirations to work with Eminem, his contribution to Kayne and Jay Z’s album, as well as a track called ‘The [cont.]

Well, there you have it. The “hip-hop” thing to do would be do deny, deny, deny until everyone just looked the other way and said “yeah, sun! haters are trying to ruin Mister Cee.” But you know what? Who fucking cares? People are gay, big deal. If dude is gay, he should just come out. [cont.]

We we’re going to touch this one when the story broke this weekend, as it seemed like nonsensical internet fodder, but the truth has come out. Legendary hip-hop DJ Mister Cee – DJ to both Big Daddy Kane and Biggie Smalls – was arrested on March 30th, on charges of public lewdness and exposure, for [cont.]

You might not find this information on a lot of other blogs. Just sayin’… Due May 10th. 1. Goblin 2. Yonkers 3. Radicals 4. She (feat. Frank Ocean) 5. Transylvania 6. Nightmare 7. Tron Cat 8. Her 9. Sandwitches (feat. Hodgy Beats) 10. Fish / Boppin B***h 11. Analog (feat. Hodgy Beats) 12. B***h Suck [cont.]

There you have it folks, Statik and Bronson will team for an LP, due for a summer release.

Rick Ross’ Maybach Music compilation, Self Made, is due May 24th. Here’s a look at the finished album art.

This sounds like a winner; surely it’s gotta be better than “It’s Mine”. Havoc tweeted the artwork out, look for the single on Itunes soon. Update: That didn’t take long. LISTEN: Mobb Deep – “Dog Sh*t” (feat. Nas; prod. Alchemist) Mobb Deep – “Dog Sh*t” (feat. Nas; prod. Alchemist)

Two separate reports surfaced this weekend, outlining the financial issues of Lil’ Wayne. First, he is being sued by the producer of “Lollipop”, “Let The Beat Build”, and “Mrs. Officer”, Darius “Deezle” Harrison. Harrison has filed a lawsuit against Young Money Entertainment for a sum of $20 million, over past due royalty payments. Harrison’s lawyer, [cont.]

Kid Cudi released the following statement on his Tumblr account, letting the world know he is done with drugs and alcohol. This is not a joke. I know most of you wanna see me all drugged out and fucked up and i know misery loves company, but im sorry those days are over. I had [cont.]

Not often that we ask the HHS massive for a favor, but looks like founders DJ Pizzo and Warren Peace are nominated in JackColton.Com Vegas DJ awards. I’m up for Best Main Room DJ and Best Music Director for Tryst and XS, while Warren Peace is up for Most Talented DJ. Return the favor and [cont.]

Ab-Soul speaks on the concept behind his Longterm Mentality project, hitting April 5th.

As shown above, Celph Titled and Buckwild will be releasing a double vinyl instrumental album for their seminal 2010 LP, Nineteen-Ninety-Now, May 10th via Fat Beats. Celph tells us that they also have a new EP in the works called Nineteen-Ninety-More, which will include three non-album tracks, as well as unreleased cuts from the original [cont.]

Curren$y stays busy, planning his Covert Coup EP with Alchemist for April 20th.