With his new mixtape Meanwhile approaching, Tha Joker teams up with Dizzy Wright for the Big Fruit produced “Vegas Nights.” Meanwhile will release May 8, followed by Tha Joker’s EP, Robert Frost.

“Everywhere I go turn into Vegas, now it’s time for y’all to get wild,” spits the young Sin-City rapper. With a saturated display of bitties washing his ‘Lac, Dizzy Wright gives us reason to turn up for his video for “Everywhere I Go,” released by Funk Volume. The single is from his recently released State [cont.]

Combining Latin horns, showtime music, and samples of scratches from ’80s and ’90s rap are things that not even the most diverse artists risk doing, but indie hip-hop fusion duo Zion I make it work in tracks like “Get Yours” from their second of three free EP’s, entitled Libations, which was premiered by URB. Promoting [cont.]

Directed by Mr. Boomtown.

Oxymoron in-stores now.

From IamSu!’s Sincerely Yours, hitting May 13th.

In this second part of Adventure Time in South Africa we see Bronson critique some of Cape Town’s finest greenery, go quad biking with the Alchemist, scull beers with fans while wearing a Spingboks rugby jersey and perform to a 50,000 person crowd in Johannesburg.

Words from Reggie O$$É: “Pharoahe Monch has been a favorite MC of mine for a long time so it only makes sense that we deliver his best interview in existence. In support of his brilliant album ‘P.T.S.D.’ we had an in studio listening session as Monch gave us his most personal interview to date. Who [cont.]

Initiated in 1998 by Jedi Mind Tricks front-man Vinnie Paz as homage to the incredible rap crews of the 80’s and early 90’s, the Army of the Pharaohs has, from its outset, been an ever-evolving collective of celebrated emcees from the indie hip-hop scene. Founding members Vinnie Paz and Esoteric were featured on the crew’s [cont.]

From DJ Kay Slay’s upcoming mixtape, The Last Hip Hop Disciple.

Asher Roth’s RetroHash is in stores today, and you can stream the whole thing down below, via Soundcloud. Guests include Curren$y, Vic Mensa, Chuck Inglish and more.

New music from the upcoming A$AP Mob album, L.O.R.D.

From the forthcoming album, ¡MURSDAY! available 6.10.2014.

As far as unlikely collaborations go, Freeway’s team up with DJ Girl Talk is as surprising as they come. It began some months ago when an iPhone quality video surfaced of a the duo performing a bouncy new track called “Tolerated”, with a lively crew of on-stage hipsters bouncing in tow. Both artists’ reputations precede [cont.]

Ebro and Peter Rosenberg interview RZA on the Hot Morning Show. Looks like they are getting somewhere, at least with RZA….

Following up his highly acclaimed, marijuana-inspired Legrowlize It! instrumental album released in 2011, A-Plus (Hieroglyphics / Souls of Mischief / C7) is back with Legrowlize It! Vol. II, premiered by URB Magazine. With more audio Kush for your mind, body and soul presented by Arnette Eyewear, the album is another set of never before heard [cont.]

DJ Nu-Mark, Cut Chemist, Ben Blackwell, Z-Trip, Egon, Pete Rock, Just Blaze, Da Beatminerz, and more talk about some of their best finds for a special Record Store Day edition of Crate Diggers.

The Yancey Boys’ album Sunset Blvd is in stores now via Delicious Vinyl. The album, entirely produced by the late J. Dilla, also featured close collaborators Common, De La Soul’s Posdnuos, T3 of Slum Village, Guilty Simpson, Talib Kweli, J. Rocc and others. “Sunset Blvd” was built around previously unheard tracks from J. Dilla and [cont.]

Another one from Jon Connor’s Best In The World: Kanye mixtape.

From Coalmine Records upcoming Unearthed compilation, hitting May 13th.