Promise, from Toronto, Canada, is a new artist working with Duck Down Music. Promise’s sound has a true inspirational message. On his latest album, ‘Awakening,’ Promise blends conceptual songwriting and potent lyrical content with a focus on life, love & the consciousness of mankind. “Against The Odds” is produced by RealBlazeMusic. Directed by Andre Rehal.

Young Jeezy talks to KTV about the meaning of dedication, putting money back into the hands of ordinary Americans, his 8732 brand, and the growing number of deaths caused by Twitter beefs.

The renowned New York-based Native Tongues crew has something brewing for the new year! Evitan (“native” spelled backwards), the new hip-hop duo featuring Andres “Dres” Titus of Black Sheep and Jarobi White of A Tribe Called Quest, have officially debuted the first single, “P.T.I. (Occupy Wall St.)”. The track touches not only the specific happenings [cont.]

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Caan I Kick It ? from Gasface on Vimeo. Priceless. Al recounts his early origins as The Whooligaz, a Cypress Hill/Soul Assassins offshoot on Tommy Boy in the early 90′s, with actor Scott Caan, son of James. I still got the promo 12″ on orange vinyl.

Term spits over this instrumental from Watch The Throne. Directed by Rhyminal.

According to a rumor on AllHipHop, Drake apparently was quoted as saying “I might sing, but I’m no b*tch….If [Common] got something to say, say it to my face.” Update: We’ve obtained video of the said quote, which happens at during the last minute of Drake’s performance at the Cali Christmas show. As seen below, [cont.]

In this video, Elzhi takes his audience back in time to the Mid-90′s, and into Maurice Malone’s Hip-Hop Shop. The Shop was the heart of the Detroit hip hop scene where many collaborated, battled and shared music. It was there that a young Elzhi first grabbed the microphone to prove that he had the ability [cont.]

Cali underground rap legend Murs proudly presents the music video for “’67 Cutlass”, his newest from Love & Rockets Volume 1: The Transformation, his new album produced entirely by Ski Beatz, the man behind classic tracks for Jay-Z, Mos Def, Camp Lo and many more. Love & Rockets’ cover art was designed by Dave Barnett, [cont.]

A behind the scenes look at the Def Jam signee and man behind one of 2011′s best mixtapes, The Return of 4Eva.

Following “Roman In Moscow”, is Nicki’s first official single from Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, due February 14th. Hot damn, hoe, here we go again.

Hilarious. Gangrene – that’s Alchemist and Oh No – has a new LP, hitting January 24th on Decon. This is the first trailer, decribed by Decon as “a series of psychedelic experimental shorts by Jason Goldwatch utilizing found footage, deeply layered audio beds and Gangrene Original Music to create new works of art out of [cont.]

In this interview with Montreality , Killah Priest speaks about… – His upcoming album ‘The Psychic World of Walter Reed’: confirms January 30th release date & reveals featured artists, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon & RZA. – The type of student he was at school – Jobs he’s had as a teenager growing up – What he [cont.]

Another one from The Dreamer/The Believer, in stores today.

Common decodes “The Believer” from his new album The Dreamer/The Believer and revisits his classic verse from Black Star‘s “Respiration”.

A bit off topic, but this one had us on the floor a couple of times. Enjoy.

Dope – Talib was the first major emcee to shoot a video at Occupy Wall Street. From Talib’s upcoming Prisoner of Conscious LP. “Distractions” is produced by Oh No. The video was directed by Darryl Phillips, of ICU Media. Talib tells us: A little less a year ago, I got a beat from one of [cont.]

New video off of Timbo King’s debut album “From Babylon To Timbuk2“. Track produced by Lil Fame.

Song & video recorded in Sweden (Mahalo Studio) in less than 45min, from the duo’s 2012 LP, due next year. Directed by Deli Basis.

Common breaks down to more tracks from tomorrow’s The Dreamer/The Believer.