Vocalist group Stage: Soul Music pays tribute to Biggie Smalls on this DJ Premier produced cut, “March 9th”, in observance of this weekend’s 17th anniversary of his death.

#WeekOfKRIT continues with the self-produced “Egyptian Cotton”. Cadillactica coming soon.

From the Snowgoons produced LP, WakeDaFucUp, due March 18th.

Future’s new LP is slated for an as-of-yet-unrevealed 2014 release date. Here is the cover art, which looks as if it was produced by Kanye West’s DONDA firm. Looks that way…

Now that #Oxymoron and Cilvia Demo are on store shelves, TDE preps SZA’s debut, Z, for April 8th, 2014. Produced by DJ DAHI. Intro track, “U R”, produced by Mac Miller. Directed by SZA and APlusFilmz.

This shelved 2011 documentary on Tip somehow makes its way out of the vault, thanks to the power of the innanet.

Another visual from Ross’ Mastermind LP. Every day he’s hustlin’. Rick Ross – War Ready (Feat. Jeezy & Tracy T) BMF by BlakMusicFirst

French Montana and Chinx cover Sage The Gemini and IamSu’s “Gas Pedal”. Slow down.

The DJ Mustard produced hit gets a video.

Rick Ross appears on Arsenio, to perform “Nobody” and “Sanctified”, the latter which includes a surprise appearance from Kanye West and Big Sean. He also explains his famous “Ungh!” adlib.

Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg invite Marley Marl to give a hip-hop history lesson in just less than an hour. Must listen.

Slightly off-topic, Timbaland released a snippet of this cut he produced for Mike, as a part of his Timbaland Thursdays initiative. This track is a part of an L.A. Reid sanctioned Michael Jackson album, which was supposed to be released by the end of 2013. Tim speaks on it in the video clip below, which [cont.]

The Bay Area’s 100s is bringing West Coast rap back to the future. His new release, IVRY, is a glimpse into a melodic new chapter for the Berkeley artist, taking classic mack vibes to chic new heights. From the smoothed out “Ten Freaky Hoes” and the Rick James-worthy “Different Type Of Love” to the ice [cont.]

From Young Money’s Rise Of An Empire compilation, which hits stores March 11th.

Ghostface appears on this new cut from female emcee, Black Frost’s new mixtape Da Beauty & Da Beast: Volume 4.

In a recent interview with Adra-Matic.Com, Alchemist spoke briefly about why he doesn’t usually produce for Eminem, despite being his DJ. He also reveals the artists he’d like to do full albums with, which includes MF Doom, Rakim, and JAY Z, among others. Read on: Adramatic.com: I’d like to know more about my two favorites [cont.]

If Ice Cube held the honor in the 90′s, Rick Ross is this generation’s version of “the rapper you love to hate”, for many reasons. Although he purports to be a big drug dealing gangster, his past actually reveals that he was at one time a corrections officer. He’s made some truly ignorant tracks in [cont.]

Rick Ross sits in with The Breakfast Club to speak on his new album Mastermind, his new house, the Wing Stop franchise, Wale vs. Complex, uniting with Young Jeezy, beef with 50 Cent and more.

Hold up and analyze, as this is probably pretty confusing for most, as Mobb Deep’s new album is called The Infamous Mobb Deep, which is not to be confused with their 1995 sophomore LP, The Infamous…. This 2-disc set does however include a second disc called The 1994 Infamous Sessions, which will include 14 lost [cont.]

Nice to see Pharrell still does raw drug-rap with Pusha T, inspite of his crossover success.