You too can celebrate the legacy of Suge Knight by wearing the electric-chair logo on your chest, back, head, ass, or genitals, as official Death Row Records merchandise is available now. While there are no Doggystyle of Chronic t-shirts available, you can proudly rock the logo that invokes memories of murder cases, random beatdowns, album [cont.]

According to NBC New York, the prolific film director Spike Lee will be directing a live webcast concert for John Legend and The Roots on September 23rd in NYC. This will be the second installment of a American Express-sponsored concert series called “Unstaged”. The first show featured Arcade Fire performing, and was directed by “12 [cont.]

Kanye West continues to keep his presence in front of every available pair of eyes – he will grace the cover of the October issue of XXL Magazine. In true ‘Ye-fashion he also took control of 40 pages of the issue as the creative director. Kanye will also be releasing a 40 minute video/movie for [cont.]

Nas has stated via Twitter that there will in fact be a sequel to “The Lost Tapes”, Nas’s version of a hidden treasure chest of past jewels and gems.

Buckshot, co-founder of Duck Down Records, helps celebrate his record label’s amazing 15-year run with a digital guide to making it happen in the wild world of music called: The Common Knowledge of the Entertainment Industry this November 23. Who would know better than a boss? The digital release consists of this tracklisting: 1) What [cont.]

Details revealed for 7L & Eso’s October 12th release on Fly Casual Creative. TRACKLIST: 1. Retrospects 2. Run This (feat. Celph Titled) 3. Aneurysm 4. 12th Chamber (feat. Inspectah Deck) 5. The Handle (feat. Sadat X) 6. For My Enemies 7. Drawbar 1-2 (feat. Evidence + Alchemist) 8. No Shots 9. Bare Knuckle Boxing (feat. [cont.]

In a recent interview with XXL, Black Thought spoke on the fate of his long-awaited solo album and collborative LP with Danger Mouse. Any word on your long-awaited solo album? I’ve been working on the solo record at different points of my career. And for whatever reason Def Jam wasn’t on board for what we [cont.]

G.O.O.D. Music-maker Kid Cudi let’s loose a few names from the stellar guest list on his upcoming “Man on the Moon 2: The Legend of Mr. Rager” album. Cudi has recorded songs with Cee-Lo Green, Mary J Blige, Cage, GLC, and fellow Cleveland representer Chip Tha Ripper.

We’re not sure what the criteria is of DJ Times’ “America’s Best DJ” contest, especially considering that the winners list is made up of all different kinds of guys (I.e. Q-Bert a “scratch DJ”, Kaskade, a progressive house DJ, DJ Shadow, a producer, etc). Thankfully Q-Bert took the top spot, but we are still questionable [cont.]

Statik Selektah and Termanology finally come together to bring us their first collaborative full length project entitled 1982. Statik has revealed that 1982 will be released on October 26, 2010 through Showoff Records, in conjunction with Term’s ST. Records and famed Boston underground Hip Hop imprint—Brick. The 1st leak from the album is the grimey [cont.]

Finally, a medium where Kanye West can express himself, for as long as he likes, and without worry of any award show “wrap it up, B” music playing over him. ‘Ye took to Twitter on Saturday, to express his feelings in a two-hour long feed that found him pouring his heart out and convincing the [cont.]

Bad timing? TMZ broke news today that T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Cottle were arrested in Los Angeles last night for the alleged possession of a controlled substance. Police say they followed the scent of marijuna coming from a Maybach T.I. was driving on Sunset Boulevard around 10:18PM, causing them to be pulled over [cont.]

HIgh Times Records, Cinematic Music Group & Jets Int’l present “The Smokers Club” Tour. Curren$y, Big K.R.I.T. & Smoke DZA along with Mac Miller, Corner Boy P, Fiend & Boaz will be rocking in a city near you starting Oct 1st. Tickets go on sale everywhere friday, special limited pre sale tickets are on sale [cont.]

Copywrite has released some details on his The Life & Times of Peter Nelson LP, dropping Nov. 2nd on Man Bites Dog Records. Guests will include Dilated Peoples, Crooked I, MF Grimm, Heltah Skeltah, Motion Man, Camu Tao, MhZ, and Rustee Juxx, plus production from RJD2, Camu, Marco Polo, Illmind, Khrysis, and Josh Gabirel. Copy [cont.]

Ice Cube or The Don Mega or O’Shea Jackson or “The West”, according to his new album title, drops his newest/latest LP I Am the West on September 28th, independently on his own imprint, Lench Mob Records. Check the tracklist and clever cover art. 1. A Boy Was Conceived 2. Soul On Ice 3. Life [cont.]

While these box sets encompass the post-Def Jam career of P.E., they still are very beautifully put together. Speaking of which, isn’t it time for a P.E. box set, Def Jam? Details below: Bring The Noise – Louder Edition – $59.99 * 3 CDs full of tracks from critically acclaimed albums. Tracks include: There’s a [cont.]

Ice-T speaks with NPR, appearing on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, speaking on his early days as a pioneering rap artist, bank robber, and actor.

Wow, looks like Nicki took Drake’s lyrical proposal on “Miss Me” seriously, as the two tied the knot today, releasing the news via Twitter. Drake tweeted @nickiminaj as Mrs. Aubrey Drake Graham and dont stare at her too long. She’s finally mine. :). Nicki followed up with “Yes, its true. Drake and I tied the [cont.]

Lil’ Dap and Melachi The Nutcracker, known to DJ Premier disciples as the dynamic duo Group Home, will be dropping their new album titled “Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal” on September 28th. This dedication to the legendary lyricist GURU, who left this level of existence on April 19th, will feature Lord Jamar of Brand Nubian, Jeru [cont.]

DJ Pizzo just had a triple heart attack while perusing the internet for new Fall hip-hop releases, when suddenly he was blindsided by gorgeous deluxe box set editions of classic releases from Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, M.F. Doom, and Boogie Down Productions. Here they are: Sony Music and Traffic Entertainment Group proudly present Mecca [cont.]