New material from SHIRT., who spits over Drake’s “Tuscan Leather” instrumental.

From Loaded Lux’s You Gon Get This Work mixtape.

Trading the sunny skies of California for the gritty streets of New York, Audio Push is back with the highly anticipated visual for their Hit-Boy-produced track, “Tis The Season.” Featuring a classic Ol’ Dirty Bastard sample, “Tis The Season” has the classic boom-bap sound, laced with verses from three young and talented emcees, as Brooklyn’s [cont.]

Pap delivers a visual from this cut from Hoodie Season 2.

Ruck says: “I dont know? who gives a fuck. Just listen or dont. IDGAF.”

Produced by Hitboy. Co-Produced by Hagler & 40. We expect the “Wu-Tang Forever” remix New Years Eve.

Migos flow….. The first of Drake’s promised year-end treats, produced by Hit Boy. “Trophies” will follow…. then maybe “Wu-Tang Forever (Remix)”?

Each year we are flooded with mixtape releases from just about everyone. The medium has gone from the old school days of “blend tapes” to a platform spotlighting exclusives, without the rules or constraints of the music industry. This has allowed artists to preview new music, not worry about clearing samples, and jack other artists’ [cont.]

Kanye recently sat down with DJ Pharris in Chicago on Power 92, where he answered questions from fans who called into the show to speak to the famed rapper. He spoke about his music, his adidas deal, adjusting to fame, and more. Kanye also speaks about famous people coming out of Chicago, including Oprah, Obama, [cont.]

Fuse sits down at Madison Square Garden with Fabolous, who breaks down tracks from his mixtape The S.O.U.L. Tape 3.

Scarface sits in with The Combat Jack Show, and gets some shit off his chest regarding the current state of the rap game.

Uncle Snoop and Uncle Rush talk about the early days of this hip hop culture and Snoop tries a vegan sandwich on this week’s GGN.

New music from Young De, 1/3 of B-Real and Xzibit’s Serial Killers collective.

With the state of New York rap in flux, Roc Marciano has carved out a nice little niche for himself, with a unique brand of what we like to call “post-boom bap”. The sound of Roc Marciano, as well as like-minded individual, Ka, is that of raw, minimalist, sampled-based production, which is heavy on loops [cont.]

Rozay borrows YG’s latest single for his own personal remix.

Mason Betha returns.

The LOX sit in with Hot 97′s Ebro to speak on the state of New York hip-hop, and their just released EP, Trinity.

Here’s the first episode of Jean Grae’s new sitcom, Life With Jeannie.

Murs & Fashawn’s trade stories about their “Reina De Barrio” aka Ghetto Queen. This track is featured on their collaborative album, This Generation, out now. Produced by Beatnik and K-Salaam.

Our yearly Blog So Hard mix is here, Blog So Hard 3: B-Side Wins Again, collecting 2013′s 25 best underground cuts that didn’t have an album or official mixtape to call home, released primarily via the blog scene. The tracklist coincides with the release of our “25 Best Blog Bangers” of 2013 list. Enjoy. Tracklist: [cont.]