On this episode of Rhythm Roulette Mass Appeal linked up with Black Milk. Fresh off the release of his LP No Poison No Paradise and Glitches in the Break EP, Black Milk invited them down to his studio in Dallas, TX to participate in the blindfolded challenge.

The northern California rapper performed “Gas Pedal” on Late Night w/ David Letterman, from his album, Remember Me., which is in stores now.

Adidas announced today a long term partnership with musical super star Pharrell Williams. The first adidas Originals x Pharrell Williams products will debut in the Summer of 2014. This is also the first time adidas has partnered with a designer who owns their own textile company. adidas will collaborate with Williams’ Bionic Yarn coming from [cont.]

YG broke through in 2010 with a 50 Cent remixed hit single, “Toot It & Boot It”. The song is quite easily one of the most detrimental-to-society rap songs in existence, as YG rapped so famously: “I asked her name and then I said I wanna fuck / and I’m YG and you know I [cont.]

Canadian Raekwon affiliate JD Era delivers this continuous mix of old and new material, Bars Vol. 1.

Kid Cudi had strong words about the state of hip-hop when Arsenio had him on the show. Russell Simmons responded to those remarks and offered his personal perspective on the use of the N-word and what we truly need to focus our concerns on.

“I live rugged, do what I want, do what I want / ’till I kick the bucket,” echo Matter Ov Fact and EP of the NY hip-hop duo, The Doppelgangaz. Peace Kehd, their recently released album, has been a success with both fans and critics alike. In their video for “Live Rugged,” premiered by The [cont.]

FORBES dropped a bombshell today, revealing that RZA has a double Wu-Tang album will be called The Wu: Once Upon A Time In Shaolin, and he plans to sell one copy of it for a “multi-million dollar” price tag. The album will be encased in the one-of-a-kind encasement, as seen in the photo below. “We’re [cont.]

New music from KO The Legend and Method Man, produced by Balthazar Getty. Yes, that Balthazar Getty.

Rae and Ghost cover Fabolous’ “Thim Slick”.

Last night, Chance The Rapper dropped by the Toca Tuesdays studio to kick it with Al Lindstrom. While up there, he world premiered a brand new song. He didn’t give a title, but it’s definitely a dope listen. Tune in to Toca Tuesdays each and every Tuesday from 8p till 12a EST on Shade 45.

Diddy is making moves as Puff, once again, alongside Ross and French for the first single from his upcoming LP, Money Making Mitch. 10-to-1 the album starts off with the Paid In Full sample in the video clip below….

Listen closely, it’s a rip of “Eric B Is President”. Mustard on the beat, hoe.

Quite easily the best cut from Trae’s 2013 mixtape release, I Am King.

!llmind tells us of this Bob James influenced beat: “This was one of the 1st “BoomTrap” beats I’ve ever made (created almost 3 years ago). Since then, it’s gone through many transitions, different song ideas with a handful of different artists. The only other person who has this beat is my homie Just Blaze. You [cont.]

The DZA spits some bars over Cudder’s “In My Dreams 2015″. Watch out for Dream.ZONE.Achieve available April 1st.

Nardwuar interviews Vic Mensa at SXSW 2014 in Austin, Texas.

The new collaboration from dreambear and Talib Kweli for Talib Kweli’s single “State of Grace” featuring Abby Dobson off the new album Gravitas. Production Company: dreambear. Producers: Evan Brown / Lee Levin. Animator/Illustrator: Daniel Cordero.

Jason Derulo went full Janet Jackson with his album cover. The hit title track gets a new version with Sage The Gemini added.

New music from LA’s Problem, who we believe will be a shoe-in for this year’s XXL Freshmen list.