Friday April 19th marks the three-year anniversary of the passing of Guru and this track, “G.U.R.U.” f/ Talib Kweli & DJ Premier is dedicated to his memory and a celebration of his life, legacy and all of the vast accomplishments and great music he and DJ Premier gave us. “G.U.R.U.” also serves as the lead-single [cont.]

Last month, Dizzy Wright was named to XXL Magazine’s 2013 Freshmen Class, being announced as the “People’s Champ” fan-vote winner. Today, the celebration continues with the release of Dizzy’s “XXL Freshman Freestyle.” The acapella clip shows just what makes Dizzy so special as a rapper, as he mixes complex lyricism with a delicate balance of [cont.]

West Coast femcee Medusa teams with MC Lyte for this new collaboration from the album Whrs The DJ Booth.

Mack and Ryan deliver this video from 2012′s excellent The Heist LP. The video is directed by Ryan Lewis, along with Jason Koenig and Jon Jon Augustavo. Ryan writes: It seems like when a music video comes out, the title that receives all of the credit and travels with a film is that of the [cont.]

Produced by DJ Mustard.

The XXL Freshman links up with two of ATL’s favorites for this track from his upcoming project, Owl Pharoah (?).

A$AP crew joins in the fray of releasing records from the Flex tape. Who’s the mack?

Produced by Kirk Knight. Yet another one from Flex’s imminent Who You Mad At? Me Or Yourself? mixtape.

Black Milk collaborates with illustrator Upendo “Pen” Taylor (Nike, Leroy Jenkins, Gatorade) for the music-meets-visual instrumental/art series Fuzz, Freqs & Colors (FFC). Synth or Soul is the first volume in the FFC series. The process for each volume starts with Black and Pen trading beats and sketches and refining their works along the way. Throughout [cont.]

Another one from Flex’s Who You Mad At, Me Or Yourself mixtape, again produced by Statik Selekt.

From the MMG affiliate’s The Birthday Tape, dropping soon.

KRS-One Freestyles on the Dr. Greenthumb Show. What’s that dude in the yellow doing, tho?

From former No Limit soldier Fiend’s Little Ghetto Boy mixtape, available now. This is dope.

Yasiin Bey (the artist formerly known as Mos Def) surprises the crowd in at La Bataclan, Paris by bringing out Mr. West to join in the performance.

Produced by Brisk Oner.

Fif sits down with the iconic Larry King for an interview.

The Kid Daytona hit the midwest for some shows – Chicago, bloomington, and Ohio. While on the tour in December, he met DJ/Producer and tastemaker – Dj Ozone, and the two discussed working on some music. Daytona has always had deep roots and love in the Chicago area, and has always felt a bond with [cont.]

During the #AdmissionOfGuilt promo run Tor stops by Toca Tuesdays & delivers some “Bars of obliteration”.

Prodigy (Mobb Deep) and Sean P live cypher from Boiler Room Rap Life NYC.

In this episode, Dilated Peoples and World Famous Beat Junkies member DJ Babu talks about his love of country western music and hitting up flea markets in Brazil with Cut Chemist and J. Rocc. Crate Diggers profiles people with extraordinary vinyl record collections, with owners displaying and telling the stories behind their collections.