Duck Down Records has made a resurgence in the last few years led by flagship members Buckshot and Sean Price. In the midst of this, other B.C.C. compatriots have seemingly disappeared. Dru Ha, CEO of Duck Down recently addressed the status of Starang Wondah of O.G.C./ Fab Five fame. A portion of Dru’s statement appears [cont.]

MTV reports on an incident involving Olivia’s unauthorized use of his vocals on a track and “calling it a feature” for her Under The Radar mixtape. Drake released the following statement: “I support artist collaborations and sampling music that inspires you, but I don’t support taking unauthorized recordings and marketing them as features. I’ve never [cont.]

In a recent interview with HipHopDX, Scarface admitted that he wants to use Eminem for beats on his next LP, The Habit, but will not allow him to rap on the tracks. Read On: DX: Let me ask you about this, since I mentioned Jay’s top five, when you gave your top five dead or [cont.]

In a recent interview with Unkut, Roc Marciano revealed that we is about to do an entire LP with producer Madlib. Have you mapped out your next projects? Yeah, I’m still cookin’ up some shit. I was just in the studio with Q-Tip, he hit me with some shit – it was crazy. Just Blaze [cont.]

What you are looking at is a screenshot of UMVD’s retail database. For the last few weeks, The Roots’ How I Got Over was not listed anywhere on the website – which was a bad sign. But today, they list the album for a June 22nd release date – woooooooord. Looks like this is happening [cont.]

Drake looks like he’s going for that free throw shot, in 3D. Album in stores June 15th and will be available in regular and deluxe editions. Spotted at Nah Right.

Brand new album artwork for Rakaa’s long awaited debut solo album, Crown of Thorns, dropping on 7/20. Cover art is an original painting by Doze Green called “Lord Enlil”. Crown of Thorns features production by The Alchemist, !llmind, DJ Babu, Sid Roams & El-P. Guest apprearances by Aloe Blacc, Fashawn, KRS-One, Dilated Peoples & more. Rapid fire’s [cont.]

Houston rapper Trae Tha Truth (nee Frasier Thompson) will be holding a press conference at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at the Harris County Civil Courthouse to announce the filing of a lawsuit in the 189th District Court of Harris County Texas, 201 Caroline, 12th Floor, Houston, Texas, against Radio One, which owns [cont.]

As seen above, this years Hot 97 Summer Jam in NYC will feature: Drake, Trey Songz, Ludacris, Juelz Santana, Nicki Minaj, Gucci Mane, Fabolous, Reflection Eternal, DJ Khaled, and more. We predict guest shots from Diddy, 50, will.i.am, Lloyd Banks, Snoop Dogg, and Rick Ross.

Some interview footage from this weekend’s Lupe Fiasco appearance in Las Vegas @ Hot 97 FM. The first record from the All City Chess Club will be the “I’m Beamin’ Remix”, featuring Blu, Asher Roth, B.o.B., to name a few. However Lupe confirms that there will not be albums from either CRS or All City [cont.]

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, The Beastie Boys said they hope to release their next LP, Hot Sauce Committee in the fall. The album was originally set to be released in the fall of 2009, but was delayed due to Adam Yauch’s diagnosis with salivary gland cancer. The album includes a collaboration with [cont.]

RJD2 will return with Inversions Of The Colossus, which will include instrumental and alternate versions of tracks from his recent LP, The Colossus. Preorders are happening now at Itunes. TRACKLIST: 1. The Perfect Occasion 2. Games You Can Win (Instrumental) 3. Liquid Luck 4. The Glow (Instrumental) 5. In 3′s 6. The Shining Path (Instrumental) [cont.]

Here we go with the track list for Plies upcoming album Goon Affiliated. This will be Plies 4th album in 4 years and will be released May 25th. As of now, Plies second single “Medicine” is not listed on the album and could possibly be a bonus track. Track List: 1. Go Live 2. Rob [cont.]

9th Wonder protege’ Thee Tom Hardy is giving fans an opportunity to get to know him better. Questions can be asked and will be answered by visiting him here . His debut mixtape “Curse of thee Green Faceded” w/ Don Cannon available now.

Here are the tour dates for DJ Premier as he hits the road for the Gang Starr tribute. 2 May 2010, Ebisu Liquid Room, Tokyo, Japan (With Pete Rock) 6 May 2010, Cabaret Aléatiore, Marseille, France 7 May 2010, Kugl, St. Gallen, Switzerland 8 May 2010, Gare de Lion, Wil, Switzerland 10 May 2010, Molodoï, [cont.]

To commemorate the big Floyd “Money” Mayweather/”Sugar” Shane Mosley fight in Vegas on May 1, Jada will be dropping the  Champ Is Here 3 on the same day. The third installment in the Champ is Here series will be a joint “Gangsta Grillz Invasion” between Drama and Green Lantern.Jada appears to be taking the release [cont.]

Producer/emcee Oddisee begins his west coast tour April, 30 2010.  The tour will continue through the middle of May and also includes DJ Quartermaine, Trek Life and Oddisee’s  fellow Diamond District members: X.O. and yU. The tour info is as follows: 4/30 – Los Angeles, California – Oddisee @ Airliner 5/1 – Los Angeles, California – [cont.]

In a recent report by the New York Post, it was revealed that Justin Timberlake has been tapped to help finish out Jamie Foxx’s new LP. The two collaborated on the track “Winner”, along with T.I., however word is J Records execs were not happy with much of the other material, and asked Timberlake to [cont.]

Dr. Greenthumb and Tommy Chong’s first annual Spring Gathering goes down May 8, 2010 @ the NOS Events Center in San Bernadino, CA. The event,a music festival and medical marijuana expo, will feature B-Real, Meth& Red and freestyle legend Supernatural. In addition to performing, B-Real will also serve as host and keynote speaker for the [cont.]

Rakaa’s tweeted today about the status of his solo album release Crown Of Thorns. No further details in regards to an official release date. In the meantime check out his live performance of “C.T.D.” in Amsterdam and of course “Delilah” .