Produced by Matt Friedman.

In anticipation of the 8.08 release for his latest project Honest Cowboy, Stalley lets loose “A-Wax” produced by the Block Beataz.

Talib Kweli has been very prolific on the scene over the last year, with seemingly a never ending supply of well written verses flooding the blogs via remixes, guest spots, and b-side tracks. With his long-awaited LP, Prisoner Of Conscious finally hitting this year, for this episode of Hellafine Fridays, I hit up Talib about [cont.]

From Starker’s new mixtape release, U.S.A.

MMG’s Self Made Vol. 3 compilation will hit on September 17th. Here’s a look at the artwork for the project, as well as trailers for Meek Mill’s “Levels” and Stalley’s “Honest Cowboy”.

Raekwon expresses his disappointment that George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the killing of Trayvon Martin.

Legendary independent artist collective Hieroglyphics Imperium are teaming up with Oakland-based Linden Street Brewery to present the Second Annual Hiero Day block party on Monday, September 2, 2013 (Labor Day) from 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the Linden Street Brewery, located at the Port of Oakland. Hiero Day is a free all day music [cont.]

Snoop Dogg feeds Dog For Dog food to Chelsea Handler in the Chelsea Lately Green Room.

From Scotty’s F.A.I.T.H. mixtape.

T-Pain celebrates his residency at Las Vegas’ Club Haze, fashioning an official anthem for the night, name-checking local heroes Moose Diesel and DJ E-Rock (via SF).

2 Chainz sits in with The Breakfast Club, speaking on his guest features, his new LP B.O.A.T.S 2: Me Time, robbery rumors, and more.

Another one from Skyzoo’s second series of the Penny Freestyles, this time over Fabolous’ “Money Talks” beat.

“It’s rare for me to give people a listen or a glimpse into what I’m working on when it’s still in its experimental stages, but recently Upendo & I have been bouncing music and art illustration ideas back & forth and decided to post some of these rough drafts online. We call this piece “The [cont.]

Strange Music posse cut from Tech’s upcoming LP, Something Else, which hits July 30th.

From Crooked I’s upcoming LP< Apex Predator. The LP features guest spots from Tech N9ne, K-Young, and Tena Jones as well as production from Denaun Porter, Cardo, Street Runner,Tabu and more. Apex Predator drops on July 30th, 2013.

Another one from Hotel California.

DJ Shadow joins Alexander Fruchter and JR Bang in-studio for an interview about the current state of digging, his “greatest hits” release, live performance aspect of his art and more.

Bay area rapper Blanco is on a roll. Last month he released a collaborative mixtape Raw with Nipsey Hussle, a project that was produced entirely by Cookin Soul. The tape has earned strong reviews, and already Blanco is back on the move with a new project, Game Over, another collaborative effort with fellow Bay rapper [cont.]

Rapper and famed urban activist Immortal Technique explains how he feels about the marches in support of Trayvon Martin, revealing that he thinks they should continue, so they can make a change.

Second single from the upcoming collaborative EP between ONYX member Fredro Starr and producer The Audible Doctor.