Watch Talib Kweli’s trip through South Africa on his self-directed music video “High Life,” off Prisoner of Conscious out May 7th.

From Los’ Becoming King project, hitting April 25th.

Big K.R.I.T.’s “Rich Dad Poor Dad” (off his Live From the Underground album) is a deeply personal record. In the song, K.R.I.T. shares some of the many jewels his father dropped on him as a kid and how that shaped him as a man. For the video to the song, K.R.I.T. went even deeper. He [cont.]

Legendary lyricist R.A. The Rugged Man links up with Tech N9ne and Krizz Kaliko of Strange Music for a historic collaboration off R.A.’s new album Legends Never Die. Track produced by C-Lance.

REKS returns to save the day with yet another leak from Revolution Cocktail this time courtesy of Miami producers Anthem and Vintage. “Mighty Mouse Trap Rap” is a hard hitting head banger sure to increase the buzz behind this highly anticipated but increasingly delayed project.

Mr. All Gold Everything stops by The Breakfast Club for a sit down with Angela Yee, Charlemagne The God, and DJ Envy.

Snoop talks about Snoop Dogg vs Snoop Lion, Rick Ross’ drama, having no Grammy’s after many nominations, and much more.

Twista builds buzz for his next LP, The Dark Horse, enlisting fellow Chi-Town player, R. Kelly.

Pharrell sits in at The Angie Martinez Show, and speaks on many of his new projects, including his most recent work with Daft Punk. He also says he is working with Beyoncé, No Doubt, Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Busta Rhymes, Jennifer Hudson and Miley Cyrus. As well as Jay-Z’s next album. Of that record, he [cont.]

What is largely considered The Roots best LP, 1999′s Things Fall Apart, has finally been certified platinum by the RIAA, selling over 1 million copies. ?uestlove took to Twitter to make the announcement, stating: “It took 14 years…..don’t let it be said that dreams don’t come true. #platinum,” and then Instagramming the pic below. Congrats [cont.]

With the fifth and final leak before Marco Polo drops his highly-anticipated free-LP, Newport Authority 2, Marco states “I did a remix for “Stand Up” off the brand new Adrian Younge presents The Delfonics project (who am I big fan of, y’all should cop anything he’s a part of.) Adrian sent me the album early [cont.]

There is a lingering affection among hip-hop heads for the grimy New York sound that was prominent in the 1990s. Today there’s something almost comforting about those rugged beats and rhymes, especially in contrast to today’s rinky dink production and de-emphasis on lyricism. Styles P, formerly of the Lox with Jadakiss and Sheek Louch, is [cont.]

It’s no coincidence that Major Lazer’s Free The Universe and Snoop Dogg’s Lion’s Major Lazer produced reggae record, Reincarnated, are being released within a week of one another. At the helm of both of these projects is Diplo, the forward thinking, genre-defying producer who moonlights as one of the country’s top paid DJ’s, while making [cont.]

Janelle Monae is back…. and with Erykah in tow? The single will be released on iTunes tonight at midnight (4/23).

Carl Madison and company remake the first track from Special Ed’s debut album, Youngest In Charge.

The Vapors is a 5 song EP celebrating 4/20. This collection enlists bangers from AmpLive, as well as newcomers to the Zion I sound MkSmth, Knowitall, and Neon Brown. On the mic are featured Fashawn, D.U.S.T., Nump and Povi Tamu. Zion I is currently working on an LP for Fall 2013, and will be touring [cont.]

Famed rapper and urban activist Immortal Technique explains where he stood in the 90′s when people were heavily comparing Biggie vs Tupac in the East Coast vs West Coast beef. Immortal Technique also talks about how battle rapping has evolved over the years, how social media has changed things, and why some battle rappers would [cont.]

Flavor Flav gives an interview in Grand Junction, (“where you can function”), CO, and speaks about Public Enemy’s Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction.

Joey Bada$$ has announced via Twitter that his debut album will drop this Fall, and will be entitled, B4.DA.$$. We’re not sure if that’s pronounced “Badass” or “Before Da Money”. He also stated that his Pro Era crew will deliver a mixtape dedicated to their deceased friend and crew member, Capital Steez, entitled King Capital, [cont.]

Mac Miller releases a few CDQ cuts from the recent Showtime mixtape from Treejay and DJ Clockwork. Guest shots from Boldy James, Freddie Gibbs, Ab-Soul, Smoke DZA, Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis, and more.