Nobody really knows what went on behind the scenes between Havoc and Prodigy that culminated in a very public beef that took place a few years back on the Twitter stage. However with P’s incarceration and the group’s falling out, it’s been eight years since the group’s last album together, 2006’s Blood Money. With all [cont.]

Pardon our dust. We’ve been experiencing some server issues the last couple of nights, but those should be fixed later today. We’ll be back shortly. Thanks for your patience. Mobb Deep review coming in 5, 4, 3…

One year ago, I started a mixtape / podcast series called Hellafine Fridays. Today, a mix from that series, The Arrival Of Kendrick Lamar, broke 10,000 plays on Soundcloud. This is a small feat in comparison to Kanye numbers, but it is a small milestone that I hit for the first time today. In “celebration” [cont.]

New music from Yelawolf’s upcoming sophomore LP for Shady / Aftermath, Love Story.

Jay Elec continues to release new music, teaming with The New Royales for their latest single. Sounds familiar…

1/2 of The Cool Kids will drop his new album, Convertibles on April 8th. Today we get a full stream of the project, via Spotify.

From Sonnie Carson’s Most Likely To Succeed, which hits April 4th.

Dan the Automator talks about why The Honey Drippers and Melvin Bliss are two of his most important albums and why the physical connection to vinyl is important. Every episode of Crate Diggers takes you behind closed doors to see the private vinyl collections of the world’s top artists, producers and DJs.

Raekwon reminds us why he’s The Chef in the latest episode of The Questions. He gives us the magic recipe for a perfect flirtation, and tells us why he wants to get the Wu back together while on the music video set for “Violations” from Talib Kweli’s album Gravitas.

Jimi’s diggin’ cats… KRS-One delivers some new music for the true heads, produced by DJ Jean Maron. This is the first single from Jean’s album of the same name, which will also feature new music from Kool G Rap, Mobb Deep, Masta Ace, Tony Touch, ONYX, Lords Of The Underground, Brand Nubian, Edo G, and [cont.]

In part two of Eminem’s interview with Big Boy’s Neighborhood, Eminem speaks on the perks of being Eminem, and plays the raft-in-the-ocean game.

LA radio station KCRW was on the scene at the casting call for the upcoming N.W.A. biopic, Straight Outta Compton, directed by F. Gary Gray. Hundreds of actors showed up to audition, as you can see in the photos below. Check out the station’s audio report from the scene, as well.

The Wu-Tang Clan’s limited edition album, Once Upon A Time In Shaolin – of which only *1* copy will be produced and sold to the highest bidder – has gotten offers up to $5 million, RZA told Billboard. “Offers came in at $2 million, somebody offered $5 million yesterday. I’ve been getting a lot of [cont.]

Watch as ScHoolboy Q gives a tour of the TDE compound during SXSW 2013.

Drake follows up with another new cut, produced by PARTYNEXTDOOR and 40. That “Wu-Tang Forever” remix has got to be coming, right?

Produced by Will Power for Supahotbeats. Easy Money (Remix) (Feat. Bun B, RiFF RaFF, & Jackie Chain) by Wrekonize

Kardi spits over Rick Ross’ “Mafia Music III”. He tells us: “For all my people who still live a rough life-husslin to get by…for all my people who watch celebrities live their fancy lives while you’re still eating bully beef and rice for dinner…for de man dem in the neighbourhood who are THIS close to [cont.]

!llmind helps out ATL emcee Scotty on “Doin’ My Thang”. Cover art inspired by Do The Right Thing.

North America South America returns, with the new Tropkillaz remix of “Hide”, with Childish Gambino. As featured on the SONOS FaceOff commercial.

#BittersweetVictory May 20th. Produced by Alex Isaak.