Roots crew member teams with producer Mr. Green for “Definition”. From the album, Unpredictable.

On this episode of Mass Appeal’s Rhythm Roulette, the legendary Erick Sermon digs in the crates and gets creative with samples.

NY’s FRE$H Releases his new single, “Bout That” featuring Troy Ave & Kiyanne. This is the first release off his upcoming album The Preacher’s Kid, set to release this spring.

Asher Paul gives us another preview of this month’s Retro Hash, hitting April 22nd. Rik Cordero in the director’s chair.

Fly luxury rap from The Chef.

E-40, from Northern California, is widely known for creating slang, flouting the rules and knowing everybody from everywhere. 40 spoke with Microphone Check hosts Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Frannie Kelley about Lil Jon, T-Pain, Tupac and Too Short. They started their conversation talking business and in particular, the model that 40 provided New Orleans’ own [cont.]

For a limited time Get On Down is offering the limited edition GZA/Genius Liquid Swords “Battle Scene” Wood Block prints. This 18″ x 18″ wood block is based on the album’s “Battle Scene” visuals which were included in Liquid Swords’ original album packaging. These wood blocks are screen printed by AntiDesigns, with a deluxe resin [cont.]

Aloe Blacc delivers a double-dose of new music for the Need For Speed movie soundtrack (it’s a movie now?), which is in stores now. “Fortunate Son” is not quite a CCR cover, but clearly influenced by it.

Thizzler caught up with Freddie Gibbs at his show with Madlib at 1015 Folsom the other night and not only did they catch a great performance, they chopped it up with Freddie about his new album Pinata, who he links up with when he comes to the Bay (the Mob of course), what Bay artists [cont.]

Aesop Rock will release a free instrumental project called The Blob, this Friday, April 11th. He tells us: “The Blob is 32 minutes of beats & sounds that have otherwise been orphaned by their hell-bound father. It is largely unmixed and occasionally offensive. James Lynch played bass on the one that sounds like an elf [cont.]

Directed by Wrekonize & Bernz. From the album, The War Within.

Iamsu! and the HBK Gang stop by the Power 106 and talk about their new music and Iamsu!’s upcoming album, Sincerely Yours.

Freddie Gibbs talks with B-Real TV about his new album with Madlib, Pinata, as well his favorite gangster movies and characters.

YG sits in with DJ Whoo-Kid’s Whoolywood Shuffle, to speak on the release of his new album, My Krazy Life. Whoo-Kid asks about whether or not the sex skit on the album really took place in the studio, where he stands in the Drake vs. Jay Z beef, the lack of unity in the LA [cont.]

From the street album, The (P)Reformation. Directed & Photographed by @schultzvisuals.

Fergavicious spits over Future’s “Move That Dope”, which originally featured Pharrell and Pusha T.

Pronounced “catastrophe”, with help from Game, French, and Dro.

One more from Nature’s Seasons Changed: Winter Edition.

From the album, Phantom and the Ghost, available now. Directed by Hardbody TV.

Snoop and Daz pay tribute to late father-figure Uncle June Bugg in this touching tribute video and song.