After 16 years, Fat Beats has announced the closing of the legendary label’s two remaining retail locations in New York and Los Angeles. Fat Beats will celebrate the legacies of the stores, which are scheduled to close in early September (New York: September 4th, Los Angeles: September 18th) by throwing a series of blow-out sales [cont.]

Features in place from Sean Price & Rock of Heltah Skeltah, Styles P, Buckshot, Rhymefest & Torae A little after one year since releasing ‘The Salvation,’ Skyzoo returns with a new album entitled ‘Live From The Tape Deck,’ entirely produced by !llmind. Skyzoo, of Brooklyn, NY, has spent the last year promoting & touring off [cont.]

According to a recent article in XXL, CyHi Da Prynce has signed with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music imprint. The deal is structured through his current deal with Def Jam, and came to fruition after Kanye heard Prynce’s verse on Yelawolf’s “I Wish”. “He heard my verse and loved it,” he told XXL. “After that, he [cont.]

Grammy award winning producer 9th Wonder is set to release 9th Wonder Presents: Big Remo Entrapment on September 28th. The release is the first from 9th’s newly launched It’s A Wonderful World Music Group/Jamla. With a history for introducing new MC’s to the world, 9th explains Big Remo’s sound, and what fans can expect from [cont.]

Acclaimed and controversial Jamaican-born emcee Cannibus is proud to announce the release of his brand new LP entitled C Of Tranquility. The 15 track album will be available on October 5th from Interdependent Media, the label responsible for releases from Tanya Morgan, Finale, J*DaVeY, Moe Green, K’Naan, and co-founded by Evan “TRUTHLiVE” Phillips. C Of [cont.]

On Thursday, August 12, NIKE, Inc. (NYSE: NKE) will bring together the world of sport and entertainment in an unprecedented way as one of basketball’s most prestigious teams shares the stage with one of the world’s greatest entertainers. Music mogul and multi-platinum selling recording artist JAY-Z will take the stage at New York’s Radio City [cont.]

With anticipation building for months, David Banner & 9th Wonder have finally announced November 9th as the release date for their collabo album Death Of A Pop Star. After a string of critically acclaimed leaks, a stand out video for the first single “Slow Down”, and a wildy entertaining NYC Q&A event hosted by Peter [cont.]

In a conversation with MTV’s Shaheem Reid, the once again ‘Young’ Jeezy addressed the recent speculation about his dissing Rick Ross on “Death B4 Dishonor,” the first song from his upcoming mixtape, 1,000 Grams, Vol. 1. Jeezy stated: “It’s not a dis,First of all, I’m not gonna get nothing out of dissing that guy. That’s [cont.]

For fans looking forward to the rumored collaboration between Dr. Dre and Ice Cube, on the I Am The West LP, we have some bad news for you. Cube addressed the situation on his blog this weekend, stating: “Many asked about Dr. Dre working on my album. Negative, Dre has been M.I.A. for a few [cont.]

Fans rushed the stage as Wiz Khalifa headlined Boston’s Urban Music Festival.As Wiz performed his verse off Rick Ross’s “Super High Remix,” diehard fans rushed the stage almost immediately, sending Wiz running off stage and temporarily stopping the show. The show continued with Wiz getting into several hits off his Kush & Orange Juice mixtape.

Looks like there’s a bit of a rift between Brick Squad members Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame. In a recent interview with iPower921, Mr. So Icey walked out after being asked about the current situation with him and Waka. We smell beef.

In probably the cleanest (insert laundromat pun) interview of all time, Killa gives a little insight into the Dipset reunion,explaining how the crew already has ’8 to 9′ songs done. You get a strong impression that the ‘reunion’ is definitely more of a business venture than anything else.

Dirt Nasty’s “As Nasty As I Wanna Be” is in stores this coming Tuesday. Preorder packages just went up at www.dirtnastymusic.com, which includes the Deluxe Regalia package, as seen above for $75. The album features LMFAO, Too Short, Warren G, Ke$ha, Beardo, Andre Legacy, Andy Milonakis, and Benji Hughes. There are also less palatial packages [cont.]

As usual, 2K Sports gathers a handful of rappers for their latest installment in the NBA 2K series. The NBA 2K11 soundtrack features previously released hits from Big Boi, Drake, Kid Cudi, and others, plus a new track from Snoop Dogg, “NBA 2K Theme”. “NBA 2K is the basketball game that everyone plays, from NBA [cont.]

Rolling Stone reports that Jay-Z will team with ex-Source scribe Dream Hampton for Decoded, a sort of mash-up memoir, mixed with interviews with family and friends, as well as breakdowns of some of his most famous verses. The book has actually been complete for three years, which chronicles his early life and rise to fame. [cont.]

Del’s newest “pick your price” album drops today, which starts at $3 and goes up to $10,000. That 10K price is for all the oil sheik Del fans out there. Price breakdowns are as follows: *Minimum $3 *$15 and up you get the limited signed hard copy (pressed by skull candy and arnette eyewear) of [cont.]

By Logek, Cope, Deem, Sen, Gusto, Meres and OD, located at 174th St between Park and Webster in the BX. We thought for sure this would happen first in Brooklyn, The Planet. Big ups to DJ Premier Blog for finding this out.

Album drops Sept. 28th on Nature Sounds. 1. The Arrival (Intro) (Produced by Dev 1) 2. Negro Angelitos (Produced by Dev 1) 3. Book of Heaven Razah  (Produced by Rainmayqah) 4. Medical Kush (Produced by Bronze Nazareth) 5. Raised in Hell (Produced by Mathematics) 6. Fear of God (Produced by Godz Wrath) 7. Return of [cont.]

The deluxe edition of Raekwon’s @@@@@ sequel will drop August 17th, including six bonus tracks, two of them never before released. The bonus tracks list is as follows: 1. About Me (Remix) ft. Game 2. Broken Safety (Remix) 3. Penitentiary (Travis Barker Remix) 4. Never Matter to You ft. Bun B 5. New Wu (Remix) [cont.]

We think it’s about time we come up off of another gem from the archives. What you see here is an original copy of El-P’s “WeAreAllGoingToBurnInHellMegamix!!!” volume one. There are bootleg versions of this floating around with a Def Jux catalog number and El’s face on the cover. That is not what this is. This [cont.]