Casual unleashed this new-old Hiero track that didn’t make the group’s last LP. Opio, Pep Love, and Casual on the mic.

Here’s a little something extra from 2006 that you won’t find on Teflon Don, which drops tomorrow. Produced by Scram Jones. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] LISTEN: Rick Ross – “Scram Jones Freestyle” (MP3) Rick Ross – “Scram Jones Freestyle” (MP3)

Yup.That’s right kids. El Producto teams with teeny Justin Bieber.Okay not really.But check out the remix. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Justin Bieber – “Baby” (El-P Death Mix)(MP3)

Here’s a treat…. Prince Paul released this shelved album he did in 1995, though the magic of the innanet. Just imagine if these beats were used for the second Gravediggaz LP. Here is what he had to say: This was a project that I wanted to put together with Amityville MC legend Superstar . as [cont.]

T’was December 2007.The Frank Lucas biopic American Gangster starring Denzel Washington had recently been released and Jay-Z was tapped to provide the theme music.The movie ended up being a success,even with the questionable selection of Cuba Gooding Jr. to play Nicky Barnes.The album released by Jay Z,also named American Gangster worked as both a movie [cont.]

Quite a gem here, discovered by JimmyJon…. The Roots and Goodie Mob live on Atlanta, GA on 88.5 Rhythm & Vibes Radio Show at Georgia State University, with hosts Talib Shabaz and Randall Moore. Tracklist: 1. freestyle – Rahzel, Black Thought, Kamal, Goodie Mob 19:18 2. Goodie Mob interview 1 9:35 3. Goodie Mob interview [cont.]

This classic interview finds Nas speaking to Angie Martinez on Power 105, after the whole beef with Jay-Z took place. In perhaps one of his realest interviews ever, Nasir does not hold his tongue, exposing the politics of the game, and calling out Cam’Ron and N.O.R.E. for being “wack.”

Remember this? In 2003, HipHopSite.Com and Nature Sounds teamed up to produce this classic remix project in order to promote the Metal Fingers Special Herbs instrumental series. Only 1000 copies of the CD were pressed, given out free with purchase of the album. Not long before the House of Ideas came with a C&D order [cont.]

More from the endless vaults of Dr. Dre, which also contain mythical albums from Rakim, Eve, Last Emperor, Hittman, King Tee, and more. YourAudioFix leaked these Stat Quo Statlanta gems, left over from the Shady / Aftermath recording sessions. Both tracks feature rhymes from Em, with “Classic Shit” taking some shots at some 2003-era competitors. [cont.]

Do you listen to Poetical Prophets, Brick City Kids, Original Flavor, Ricky D, Kid Wizard Rakim, Simply II Positive, or Darkman X? You probably do, but just don’t know it yet. A blog called Onetwann digs into the archives and unearths a treasure trove of lost pre-major label demos from the likes of Jay-Z, Slick [cont.]

Unearthed freestyle session from Common & Guru on Tim Westwood’s show some years back, where the two trade rhymes over Dr. Dre’s “The Next Episode”. Big up to Vinyl4Life for the discovery. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] LISTEN: Guru + Common – “Tim Westwood Freestyle” (MP3) Guru + Common – “Tim Westwood Freestyle” [cont.]

In some of the posthumous statements about Guru from DJ Premier, we heard him talk about “the original members of Gang Starr”. As legend has it, Gang Starr began in Boston back in 1985 by Keithy E. The Guru and DJ 1, 2 B-Down (aka Mike Dee). Before Preem came along, they had producers such [cont.]

We had to dig this one up. This disastrous freestyle session isn’t quite a battle, but goes crazily awry when an over-excited Freaky Tah “goes in” live on Tim Westwood’s show. It begins with Spigg Nice doing his thing, only to be over powered by his pal Tah (R.I.P.). Heltah Skeltah try to salvage the [cont.]

Here is the final CDQ version of the Rick Ross and Jay-Z “Maybach Music 2,” with the lost Jay-Z verse. Props to the NMC on this one. Rick Ross + Jay-Z – “Maybach Music 2 (Lost Jay-Z Verse CDQ)” (MP3)

There are versions of this freestyle session floating around the innanet, but we noticed most of them are a paltry five minutes long. UNACCEPTABLE! We dug into the cassette archives and released the full, uncut, 18 minute session, as each Jeru, Cappadonna, and Ghostface take over the Tim Westwood show in 1996. 45 megs of [cont.]

Sound familiar? According to lore, Boi 1nda produced this track for Maino, but the beat was sold to Eminem instead, for his new single “I’m Not Afraid”, released yesterday. Check how Maino would have flipped it…. Maino – “Survival Of The Fittest (Hustle Hard)” (MP3) [Source: YHTN]

This is not to be confused with the collabo Ross spoke about earlier today….The Evil Empire have let this deaded version of “Maybach Music Pt. 2″ loose, featuring a gorgeous verse from Jay-Z, and plenty of tags. Is that a 50 Cent shot cleverly woven in there? ” “Six deuce every time, I never had [cont.]

New, old Slum Village stuff surfaces, courtesy of Culture King, produced by J. Dilla, over a beat you might recognize from Jay Dee Instrumentals V.3 (“Garage Band”). No word on if this will see official release anytime soon. Slum Village + J. Dilla – “Lock It Down” (MP3)

Here we have a unreleased version of the Goapele track featuring Mos Def. This was to be the original album version but due to some behind the scenes issues, was changed and the album version featured Clyde Carson instead. This track was on Goapele’s 2005 release, Change It All. Currently Goapele is working on her [cont.]

Unreleased remix of the 8ball and Devius track now featuring Raekwon. Check it out below. 8ball + Devius + Raekwon – “Ice Cream (Remix)” (MP3)