In promotion for their new collaborative album, Wise Up Ghost, Questlove and Elvis Costello talk candidly.

Neighborhood Nipsey Hussle pays DJ Skee a visit to discuss his new Crenshaw mixtape and reveal the details behind its $100 price tag. Though giving every fan the option to download the project for free via DatPiff, Nipsey explains he wanted create a dialogue among his fans and Hip Hop enthusiasts as well as create [cont.]

In this episode, RJD2 talks about his darkest musical moment, why he’ll buy any record with “Philadelphia” songs on it, and why he thinks vinyl will die out with his generation. Crate Diggers profiles people with extraordinary vinyl record collections, with owners displaying and telling the stories behind their collections. Two HipHopSite.Com 45′s seen in [cont.]

The self proclaimed boss of the Rap game touches down on the West Coast and checks in with DJ Skee for an exclusive interview. Take a look as Rozay makes himself comfortable on Skee’s studio leather couch, puffs on a blunt and gets into details behind his upcoming Mastermind LP. The Miami native addresses the [cont.]

Schoolboy Q sits in with Sway In The Morning to speak on his verse on The BET Hip-Hop Awards cypher. Kendrick also calls in to weigh in on the topic.

Don’t go out like a sucker. Buy your show tickets from http://www.macklemore.com/shows.

Dope new series from Pharrell’s I Am Other YouTube channel. Rapper Mac Lethal fast raps the week in news from the i am OTHER news desk. This week he looks at the government shutdown, the latest on the SUV-biker rally altercation, and the Jimmy Kimmel / Kanye West Twitter beef that culminated in the epic [cont.]

Spitta debuts new music featuring the YMCMB generals.

Taken from the upcoming free album, Senior Dues (12/7) featuring Kurupt, Big Vision, Count Bass D, Phene, SmallEyez and more.

“Not on my watch.”

With the release of his The Marshall Mathers LP 2 at the top of the month, Eminem will return to Saturday Night Live in November, appearing on the show’s Nov. 2nd, three days before the album’s release. This will be Em’s sixth appearance on the program, and it will be hosted by Kerry Washington.

Yesterday, Kanye West announced that Pusha T and A Tribe Called Quest would be joining him for select dates on the Yeezus tour. But today, Q-Tip revealed via Twitter that these shows would be the group’s “final” performances. “In August, ATCQ did our last show FOR Cali. It’s only right we do our FINAL 2 [cont.]

Mayer Hawthorne decided to cover Lorde’s breakthrough smash, “Royals”, for Vevo’s Unexpected Covers series. Free download, too.

Famed rapper and urban activist Immortal Technique shares his thoughts on people’s fascination with the secret society, The Illuminati, but he says people should be more scared of corporations. He also speaks about how certain decisions made in the government are controlling our lives on a deeper level than we actually see. “Remove your clothes!” [cont.]

Bay-area producer/MC Centric drops off the first single off his album ‘Why Not?’, a boom-bap laced track ‘Ignorant’ featuring Free At Last Music label-mate Jeanius and the legendary Sadat X (Brand Nubian), produced by Trife (Free At Last). Each MC on ‘Ignorant’ tackles the word from a different perspective. Sadat’s verse blasts rappers for thinking [cont.]

Man Bites Dog Records is proud to present the new music video “Hanging On” from Detroit’s own Bronze Nazareth. The “Hanging On” video was directed by Justin “JMilz” Milhouse for fresh-cool-dope.com and filmed in the historic Whittier Hotel in Detriot. The Whittier has seen such acts as Mae West & Frank Sinatra in its day. [cont.]

Long Island rapper R.A. the Rugged Man shares his thoughts on Lord Jamar’s recent comments on white rappers being guests in hip-hop, revealing where he stands on the subject. Rugged Man also explains how white rappers must prove themselves in the industry, comparing the situation to Elvis and rock and roll.

Crooked I reintroduces his crew with their annual COB cypher.

This track comes from TRPL BLK’s new project, B.D.N.E.P.T. Bandcamp, if you want to hear the whole thing, or are just curious what that stands for. Big Dick Niggas Eat Pussy Too by TRPL BLK

Dom Kennedy tells Vibe that he was eating breakfast when his album, Get Home Safely, leaked early.