Mac Miller freestyles on Funkmaster Flex’s show on Hot 97.

Produced by Sunny Norway. From Phil’s R.O.S.E. (Result Of Society’s Evils) project due before summer.

J. Cole writes: As Promised. Another Thank You for your patience. Shout to Jeezy, 2 Chainz, Canei, Jake One, and Bas- Quarter Water Raised Me Volume 2 coming soon. Born Sinner coming June 25th. Game Changer. Dreamville. Much Love -Cole

J-Live follows up the release of his single “The Fun Razor”, with an official lyric video for the joint.

Australian Def Jam signee, Iggy’s been steadily trying to breakthrough and find her audience, with her last successful attempt being “Beat Down” with Steve Aoki and Angger Dimas. It looks like she’s got another potential hit on her hands with “Bounce”, a catchy, up-tempo lyric driven cut, as released via her Soundcloud last week.

Part 3 of Hard Knock TV’s interview starts with Scarface asking why white contemporary singers sell more albums than their black counterparts. Scarface proceeds to say that he heard an executive at a tv network that deals with music say that they are now going to target the network for a young white audience. Facemob [cont.]

M.O.P. takes the lead on New Zealand producer P-Money’s latest single off his upcoming album, Gratitude, out May 21st on Dawn Raid / Dirty Records / Duck Down Music. Gratitude features Talib Kweli, Aaradhna, Havoc (of Mobb Deep), Freddie Gibbs, M.O.P., Buckshot, Skyzoo, Fashawn, Roc Marciano, Pac Div, STS, Nicole Wray and more.

The Black Opera’s latest Video Demonstration “Queen Of Hearts” is here. TBO and director Andy Madeleine tell the visual story of a K U E E N in search of fulfillment in life. TBOGs Nokbai and Sensu provide a colorful backdrop to the video through their word play, and Mayer Hawthorne provides perfect pitch on [cont.]

The New York Times reports that the two remaining Beastie Boys, Mike D and Ad-Rock, are planning on penning a memoir of the group’s story, in collaboration with hip-hop scribe Sasha Jenkins, due 2015. The as-of-yet untitled project (No Sleep Til Brooklyn? Rhymin’ & Stealin’?) will not be a straight-forward autobiography, but will instead be [cont.]

According to Hot 97′s Peter Rosenberg, Kanye West’s as-of-yet-untitled LP, is finished, and has been previewed to select members of the industry at Def Jam last week. Rosenberg has elaborated, saying that the album is “dark, but really good”. Lisen to the whole clip of Rosenberg’s report, below.

Mac Miller recently sat down with Hot 97 to talk about people creating beef between white rappers and comparisons to Macklemore before squashing beef with Rosenberg.

Cole says “This right here is not a preview..” of his upcoming LP, Born Sinner, hitting June 25th.

DOOM teams with beatmaker Clams Casino for this track, which will appear on MF’s next solo project.

Update: Apologies to DJ Premier for mislabeling him as a producer on this track. The file sent to us was mislabeled, and that was unauthentic! LL Cool J teams with DJ Premier on this new track from Authentic, which drops this week.

B.O.B. teams with 2 Chainz for his latest single.

El-P and Killer Mike, frequent collaborators and two of the most celebrated names in rap in their own right, confirm rumors of a joint LP and tour today as Run The Jewels. El-P’s self-produced Cancer 4 Cure reanimated Brooklyn rap last year with his signature lyrical conviction and bruising production; he also handled all of [cont.]

A new Vegas emcee delivers this collaboration with Chris Brown and Tyga, to be released on his upcoming mixtape, hitting this May.

Kweli borrows Chris Brown’s “Fine China” instrumental, for his own rendition.

MMG signee celebrates his 21st birthday with the release of this new mixtape, which finds him next to Rick Ross, Gunplay, and Lunice. Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Powered by DatPiff.com

Well, this is certainly unexpected. ‘Clef comes back with a new mixtape release, featuring collaborations with Mobb Deep, T.I., Trae The Truth, Uncle Murda, Loaded Lux, Maino, and more. Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Powered by DatPiff.com