Rapper / producer and Chicago native Tree keeps his city on the map and celebrates success with the single “LIke Whoa,” presented by Scion AV. The collaborative project features Lennon of Project Mayhem and Taylor Outlaw. Born and raised in Chicago, MC Tree has embraced all the Windy City has to offer culturally. He has [cont.]

Donald Glover covers the PM Dawn classic. We use “classic” in the loosest sense of the word here. Trollin’, trollin’, trollin’….

In honor of the 20th anniversary of Nas’ debut classic, Illmatic, Columbia will be releasing a new reissue of the album, entitled Illmatic XX. The newly remastered collection will include two discs, including the original album, as well as a second disc of b-side tracks and remixes from the era, which are as follows: 1. [cont.]

Sheek Louch sits this one out. A special live Juan Ep from the Starter Clubhouse in NYC last week, where 2/3 of The Lox hang with Ciph and Rosenberg.

A$AP Ant borrows Que’s “OG Bobby Johnson” for his own freestyle verse.

From DJ OP’s upcoming I Refuse To Lose.

A-Trak & Lex Luger Present Low Pros EP 1, coming 2014.

Fresh off the heels of his full-length No Poison No Paradise album, Black Milk continues to pull music from his vault. “Cold Day” is the first single from his forthcoming EP, Glitches In The Break, which will be released digitally on March 4 and on 12″ vinyl on Record Store Day, April 19. Digital pre-order [cont.]

Bay Area’s IamSu! will deliver his debut album, Sincerely Yours, this April.

Gunplay’s Living Legend LP is coming soon.

From ClosedSessions: In the summer for 2012 we thought it would be cool to introduce Thelonious Martin to Tree. They met up at SoundScape, where Thelonious was regularly setting up shop and crafting music. The two kick it off immediately and “More Than You Know” was the result. Although we’ve released a lot of music [cont.]

Blu delivers a second volume of his compilation/mixtape series made up of older tracks and hard-to-find material. 33 tracks including collaborations with The Roots, Inspectah Deck, Bilal, Pac Div, Alchemist, Evidence, Kid Cudi, Talib Kweli, Freddie Gibbs, Asher Roth, J. Dilla, Phonte, Lupe Fiasco, and more. soul amazing (part two) by blu

33 1/3′s classic album series of books attempts to deconstruct each LP by talking to the parties involved in its creation. Following books based on DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing and Nas’ Illmatic, their next subjects will be J. Dilla’s Donuts, Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and Danger Mouse’s The Grey Album. Check out descriptions [cont.]

The second release off Peace Kehd dropping 2/18/14 on Groggy Pack Entertainment, LLC.

First offering from the just announced B.O.A.T.S. III recording sessions. No word if it will make the final cut. Workin on B.O.A.T.S III — Tity Boi (2 Chainz) (@2chainz) February 4, 2014

First single off of the upcoming album Pain & Glory. Produced by MVP.

In this Interview with Montreality, PUSHA T speaks about: – The type of student he was at school (0:15) – What he would teach students (0:36) – Jobs he had as a teenager growing up (1:17) – His 1st big paycheck (2:05) – The key to success (2:19) – Whether or not he enjoys reading [cont.]

R.A. The Rugged Man returns with “Still Get Through The Day,” the powerful new single off his latest album “Legends Never Die,” featuring a chorus from multi-platinum singer Eamon. A heartbreaking true story depicting the loss of R.A.’s handicapped siblings and the struggle within his family. Directed by Douglas Quill, beat by Ayatollah.

Four or five years ago Microphone Check co-host Ali Shaheed Muhammad told Danny Brown that he’s the hip-hop Richard Pryor. “And I got it, too: making things funny that don’t supposed to be funny,” says Brown. “It’s like putting the pill in the pudding.” Since then Brown has released three albums under his own name [cont.]