Last week we brought you the tracklist according to Amazon, now here goes the whole thing, in order, with producers attached. 1. Shaolin v.s. Wu-Tang (prod by Scram Jones) 2. Every Soldier In The Hood feat Method Man (prod by Erick Sermon) 3. Silver Rings feat Ghostface Killah (prod by Cilvaringz) 4. Chop Chop Ninja [cont.]

The controversial documentary on A Tribe Called Quest, Beats, Rhymes, & Life, debuted at Sundance this weekend. The L.A. Times reports that a teary Phife was the only one that showed up at the festival. “I wish the rest of them were here,” Phife said, after resting his head on the lectern. “They don’t understand. [cont.]

This month’s Rolling Stone cover story features a slightly more brolic Lil’ Wayne, who speaks on The Carter IV and a potential April release. He’s prepping Tha Carter IV for an April release, maybe March if the promotional machine can gear up fast enough. He’s been in the studio with T-Pain, with Kanye. He has [cont.]

Take it with a grain of salt, but Kanye Tweeted earlier that he’d have a new solo LP due by Summer. That’s in addition to his collaborative LP with Jay-Z, Watch The Throne, hitting in March. Also, “All of The Lights” video dropping soon, he adds.

That’s Nicki’s look currently in the U.K. this weekend…..You can expect to see B.o.B. performing at the 2011 Grammy Awards on Feb. 13th, as he is nominated five times…. T.I. is the latest rapper to go gold, with the release of No Mercy. Surprising, considering this LP was a disappointment and lacked a huge hit [cont.]

Freddie Foxxx aka Bumpy Knuckles announced that in addition to his Kollexion LP with DJ Premier, due this year, he will also release a joint LP with KRS-One called Royalty Check…..Aesop Rock is back in the studio working on a new solo rap album, along with some other projects…. David Banner tweets that he just [cont.]

Detox is really coming…. Here goes the second single’s art, which hits Feb. 1st.

Big K.R.I.T. will release a new album, The Return of 4Eva, FREE to his fans on March 22nd. If you haven’t checked K.R.I.T. Wuz Here, there’s still time to cash in your late pass….. Vegas heads, Aloe Blacc is performing at the Cosmopolitan all week at Book & Stage. The shows are free and will [cont.]

Due March 8th on Atlantic, thanks to the protesting fans.

The 2011 Coachella line-up has been revealed, as seen above. Kanye West will headline the third day, with Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, and The Strokes, headlining the other days. Other notable hip-hop acts appearing include Nas, Erykah Badu, Cee-Lo Green, Lauryn Hill, Wiz Khalifa, and Lil B. Click the image for a closer look [cont.]

Here’s the cover and tracklist for the Slaughterhouse (Royce da 5’9, Joe Budden, Crooked I, Joell Ortiz) EP coming from Koch on February 8th, their last indie release before joining Shady Records. 1. Back on the Scene f. Dres 2. Sun Doobie 3. Everybody Down 4. Put Some Money On It (Remix) f. The Lox [cont.]

A glaring omission from our 60 Reason To Live Another Year list, Black Milk will team with Sean Price and Guilty Simpson to form Random Axe. While the album had been talked about the last year, it seemed like one of those things that would never manifest. That is, until Black Milk TwitPic’d the tracklist [cont.]

Decon just announced: We are proud to officially announce the addition of New York’s own Roc Marciano to the Decon family. More details will be announced in the coming weeks, but in the meantime get familiar with his latest album Marcberg on iTunes now. Follow Roc on Twitter here.

According to Amazon UK, the tracklist below is what we’ll be hearing on March 8th, 2011, when Raekwon delivers the Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang LP…. Tracklist: 1. Shaolin VS Wu-Tang 2. Every Soldier In The Hood ft. METHOD MAN 3. Silver Rings ft. GHOSTFACE 4. Ferryboat Killaz 5. The Scroll 6. Masters Of Our Fate ft. [cont.]

Eight weeks in, Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy has gone platinum as of 1/11/11. Jackpot.

The Wall Street Journal reports that G. Dep appeared in court this morning pleading not guilty to the shooting of John Henkel on Oct. 19, 1993, a crime to which he confessed to, turning himself into police last month. His lawyer, Anthony Rico said the not guilty plea was more of a “procedural step” to [cont.]

In an interview with HipHopFiend.Org, Ski breaks down why Mos Def did not appear on the final version of 24 Hour Karate School. A lot of people are asking why Mos Def wasn’t on “24 Hour Karate School” despite tracks like “Taxi” and “Cream Of the Planet” being used to originally promote the album (via [cont.]

We may have to rethink our “10 Worst Rap Tattoos Ever” list. #careersuicide

XXL got the drop on the newest artists signed to Shady Records, as the Slaughterhouse rumor had been swirling the over the last year and we all knew Yelawolf was with Interscope. Excerpts from the March issue: “Yelawolf and Slaughterhouse, it’s kinda phase two of Shady,” said Eminem. “It’s the new generation of Shady Records [cont.]

Clouds is a 27 track instrumental project from Detroit producer Apollo Brown (The Reset, Brown Study, Gas Mask).The release is described as a “mellow” instrumental album. Clouds will be released February 22 on Mello Music Group and distributed via FatBeats & IODA.