If you haven’t been following the actual news lately, the state of Arizona just passed a World War II era anti-immigration law that allows police to stop people of Hispanic origin at any time and for any reason, and demand to see their “papers”. This is what Ann Coulter would refer to as “the description [cont.]

DJ Shadow speaks with UK deejay Zane Lowe, and talks about working on his next album. “My methodology on this current project, I’d say, is almost the same as Endtroducing and the earlier stuff,” said Shadow in the interview. “I’ve tried to get rid of all the extraneous gear and just surround myself with a [cont.]

Violent J of Insane Clown Posse recently released a statement to give us insight into his mindless ramblings thoughts on the comical deep ICP video for the track “Miracles”.The statement can be found in the “Hatchet Harold”, the only leading news provider for all things Psychopathic Records.Violent J’s statement is as follows: I don’t know [cont.]

Supastition released the following statement via his MySpace blog this weekend, regarding his retirement from the rap game. He will still create, but is not interested in the business of music. For those who have been asking for updates on myself and my album. Kam Moye is longer an artist on MYX Music Label. As [cont.]

Sunz of Man’s 60 Second Assassin preps his new solo release, slated for a June 22nd. The entire LP is produced by Bronze Nazareth, with one track produced by RZA. Guests are heavy, as Killah Priest, La the Darkman, Timbo King, Masta Killah, 12′ O’Clock, Prodigul Sunn, Hell Razah, Planet Asia, C-Rayz Walz, Shabazz The [cont.]

On PublicEnemy.Com, Chuck D spoke openly about The Guru, as well as the awkward situation surrounding DJ Premier and the “10 Crack Commandments” lawsuit. Truly one of the good dudes man. As far as hard worked skill and what GOD gave him he really was in a zone by himself. He and PRIMO ventured beyond [cont.]

Common will release the officially sanctioned Go! Common Classics greatest hits collection via Geffen Recods on May 25th. This is the rapper’s second hits collection, following This Is Me Then, which covered the Relativity era extensively. The new collection will cover the last decade, and will include one new track, “Next Time (Just Write Version)” [cont.]

Above is the official cover art for the Game and DJ Skee’s The Red Room mixtape which is supposed to drop later today. Below is the track list and “400 Bars (Skeemix).” Didn’t make a separate post for “400 Bars (Skeemix)” because it is tagged with Skee drops. Still no “500 Bars” but Skee did [cont.]

As his release dates approach, Game has decided to use twitter and not random beefs to promote his releases.”THE R.E.D. ROOM” mixtape will be hosted by DJ Skee and hits the streets on Monday 4/26. Keep your eyes out for “The R.E.D. Album”, dropping on June 15.

That’s right kids…2011 will be the year of the Gun. Val Kilmer and Mr. Oscar himself, 50 Cent, plan on bringing you the next ‘hood classic.  You crazy for this one, Iceman.

DJ Premier hosted a very positive evening on Sirius Hip-Hop Nation, paying tribute to the late Guru. In addition to doing an incredible tribute mix (as seen above), he also spoke on visiting Guru in the hospital, played an unreleased track “93 Interlude”, and spoke to Guru’s nephew, Justin Nicholas Elam Ruff (who hauntingly sounds [cont.]

Boston.Com published the following words from Professor Harry J. Elam Jr., chairman of the drama department at Stanford University and author of The Past as Present In The Drama of August Wilson. He is also Guru’s brother…. “Positivity, that’s how I’m livin..” So goes the lyric from my brother’s early hip-hop song, “Positivity.’ My brother [cont.]

Big shock here. The legitimacy of the cancer foundation referenced in Solar’s…I mean Guru’s farewell letter has been called into question. An article on BirthplaceMag.com is warning those looking to donate to the foundation. The article states: In the letter, the writer specifically mentions the “Each One Counts Foundation”. According to national public records, there [cont.]

According to a report by Billboard, the legendary Roots crew are putting the finishing touches on How I Got Over. It has been revealed that they will be working with John Legend on the LP (whom they are also backing on his next LP), as well as My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James (not to [cont.]

In a recent interview with Vibe, DJ Toomp, producer behind Kanye West’s “Good Life”, “Can’t Tell Me Nothing”, and T.I.’s “What U Know”, spoke on upcoming projects he’s working on, namely new LP’s from Jay and ‘Ye. The ATL producer said that he and Kanye have completed four tracks from the upcoming Good Ass Job [cont.]

Blacksmith Entertainment releases this officially sanctioned Kweli mixtape in anticipation for Reflection Eternal’s Revolutions Per Minute, hitting stores May 18th. Talib Kweli + DJ Chaps – “Early Mourning Signs” (Mixtape)

The L.A. Times reported today that a brief cameo appearance by the late DJ AM will remain in the final cut of Iron Man 2, opening in theaters on May 7th. The scene features a buzzed Tony Stark approaching AM on the turntables, saying “Adam, I need a phat beat…”, to which he responds by [cont.]

Rumors of this circulated while Jim Jones was promoting his new mixtape, but nothing was ever completely confirmed. Below is the information reading Jim Jones teaching a 6 week music class. Class is in session and this time, hip hop superstar Jim Jones is the teacher. Tuesday, April 27, 2010 kicks off a 6 week [cont.]

Producer Jim Jonsin has filed a lawsuit for $500,000 against Lil Wayne and Young Money Entertainment in Manhattan Federal Court over royalties from the 2009 Grammy Award winning song “Lollipop.” Jim Jonsin the producer for the track, says that Lil Wayne promised semi-annual accounting statements for the sales of the track in ringtones and singles. [cont.]

Yeah, the above math problem checks out, as each Pete Rock, RJD2, and Maseo of De La Soul will collaborate on indie rock outfit Yo La Tengo’s Here to Fall Remixes, which drops on June 8th on Matador Records. The trio will remix the track “Popular Songs”. We hear Pete’s rhyming on this one – [cont.]