HYPETRAK TV recently caught up with Wale as the young gifted spitter broke down some of the inner-workings behind his third studio album The Gifted, due June 25th.

From the album, West Coast Gangsta Sh*t.

A$AP Rocky speak on his upcoming free instrumental LP, Beauty and the Beast: Slowed Down Sessions (Chapter 1), due later this Summer.

Produced by The Futuristiks, from the upcoming release, Get Home Safely.

New material from the Jet Life camp.

Raekwon speaks on working w/ Jay-Z, Action Bronson, and virtual ODB.

After bringing Drake out for a surprise performance during Dollar and a Dream show at the Irving Plaza in New York, J. Cole and Drake headed straight to the Best Buy in Union Square to purchase Born Sinner.

Mac Miller produced LP under his Larry Fisherman alias, from Vince Staples. Guest shots from Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q, Joey Fatts, Dash and more. Vince Staples & Larry Fisherman – “Stolen Youth”

In this clip, Danny Brown speaks to Tim Westwood about grime music, syrup, Fool’s Gold, ASAP Mob, and more. A-Trak also joins in.

Off of Unconscious State, hitting July 2nd.

Gangsta Gibbs has released his next LP, ESGN, earlier than expected, available now on iTunes. Check the full album stream below, courtesy of DJ Booth.

Statik Selektah recreates the beat for “Bird’s Eye View” step by step. Watch as he arranges the instrumental, adding scratches and original organ notes. He then explains how it was originally for an unreleased Nas remix, but ended up getting Raekwon, Joey Bada$$ and Black Thought on the track.

“Requests come in and are considered carefully by Silvio Pietroluongo, our director of charts, and, if complications or implications rise to a certain level, by me, as Billboard’s editorial director. We strive to always fall on the side of moving the music business forward,” wrote Billboard editor Bill Werde, in regards to Jay-Z’s unconventional method [cont.]

Jimmy Fallon and The Roots have some fun, based on viewer requests.

Action Bronson sits in with the Combat Jack Show, in the third part of their interview.

Joey Bada$$ and Trinidad James sit in with OkayPlayer, for some cat sitting.

Yeah hoe! Off the upcoming LP, Stay Trippy.

Over the past year, we’ve seen a series of strange episodes from Kanye West, which have included performing dressed in a mask and straight-jacket, and embarking on long, screaming rants during said performances. This, coupled with his very public pregnancy with girlfriend, Kim Kardashian, has almost escalated him to Michael Jackson levels of interest to [cont.]

Big K.R.I.T. offers the third part of his “KING” freestyle series, this time borrowing Nas’ “Stay” instrumental.

From Excuse My French, available now.