The West Coast trio of Durag Dynasty (Planet Asia, Tristate, and Killer Ben) recruits frequent Alchemist collaborator Prodigy for “Fish Meat”, off their debut album “360 Waves”. Album in stores now. Director/Editor Ryan Spencer

Talib Kweli appears on The Combat Jack Show in part one of their interview together.

Kells is back, boasting a feature from 2 Chainz – one of 90+ he’s done this year. Nineteen85 on the beat.

From The Golden Age Mixtape available on August 19th.

Magic City creator Mitch Glazer explains the creation of a role for rap icon Rick Ross, who plays an illegal gambling proprietor not to be double-crossed. Don’t miss Magic City Episode 6 “Sitting On Top Of The World” on Friday July 26th on STARZ.

Next out the A$AP camp is Ferg, who’s about to breakthrough with his lead single “Shabba”. The album is due August 20th. 1. Let It Go 2. Shabba (ft. A$AP Rocky) 3. Lord (ft. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) 4. Hood Pope 5. Fergivicious 6. 4:02 7. Dump Dump 8. Work (Remix) (ft. A$AP Rocky, French Montana, Trinidad [cont.]

He’s actually called “Daz Dilly” now. From the new album WitIt WitIt.

Vegas’ own Mally Mall teams with Wiz Khalifa Tyfa, and Fresh for his breakthrough solo single.

From The Outtahere Project, available now. The OuttaHere Project by Go Dreamer

Rick Ross just (thankfully) destroyed “selfies” in this track’s opening adlibs, and references the Trayvon Martin killing on “I Wonder Why”. Mastermind coming soon, Self Made Vol. 3 due 9/17.

Tech N9ne sits in with Sway In The Morning, and speaks on devil worshipping imagery in music.

Editor’s Note: Initially we rated this album 2 out of 5. The author’s intended rating was 2.5 out of 5. Our bad. Motown and Hip-Hop have a lot in common. Both are groundbreaking entities that have shifted the landscape of music and introduced us to brilliant artists that enriched our lives beyond their artistic offerings. [cont.]

The new Substance Abuse album “Background Music” featuring Tash, KRS-One, Sadat X, MC Eiht, Percee P, Myka Nyne, and Max Julien now available.

Run… Check, D… Check, A-Trak… Check, Microphone… Check. It’s official. We’re back with the masters of collisions, Run DMC, and the prince of clubs, A-Trak, as we Unite All Originals. Hold tight for something BIG coming up… #unitealloriginals

Exclusive in-depth interview with Tech N9ne. In part 4 Tech breaks down “Meant To Happen” which is one of the most personal tracks on his new album Something Else. The track is produced by Scoop Deville and in it Tech talks about how the dark things that have happened in his life took place so [cont.]

A. Brons delivers another loosie, produced by Harry Fraud, and featuring Big Body Bes.

Big Sean revealed the artwork to his official G.O.O.D. Music sophomore LP, Hall Of Fame, via Instagram today. Looks like another DONDA house production.

Uhhh………? Does he have an album about to come out or something…?

The original version, with Kendrick Lamar, appears on The Wack Album, available now.

Shaheem Reid joins DJ Khaled for a spin in the Maybach on this episode of The Round Up. The Miami-based DJ/producer/executive explains how he came up from being the kid on the block with cassette tapes to living the life of a hip hop mogul, and what it means to be “Suffering From Success.” Check [cont.]