Ms. Christina leads the opening performance of New York City classics for NBA All-Star weekend, accompanied by Nasir Jones, who performs “New York State Of Mind.” Great segue, gotta say, Xtina killed. Bonus, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj bumpin’ uglies in the second clip.

Produced by League Of Starz.

From the Furious 7 soundtrack. Is that like The Magnificent Seven? Oh, no, not at all. Get More: Kid Ink, Ride Out feat. YG, Wale, Tyga, and Rich Homie Quan, Music, More Music Videos

OVO’s own Makonnen pays homage to Whitney Houston with this cover of “I Will Always Love You.”

New music from Chicago’s Chance The Rapper and his band, The Social Experiment.

Visual accompaniment from OVO affiliate P Reign’s Dear America, available now.

Marvelous Mag, Planet Asia and Smoovth team to pay homage to the late great J Dilla.

20 year-old Brooklynite Joey Bada$$ has been hailed as the torch-bearer for the return of the “golden era” sound, despite being born at the end of the era in 1995. Nevertheless, one can only imagine that songs from Black Moon, Mos Def, and Jeru The Damaja were playing in his neighborhood growing up, as he [cont.]

Being young can have both its advantages and disadvantages. On the one side, it gives the opportunity to live free, not to have a care in the world. On the other side, it can be daunting and confusing, not clearly defining oneself or their ambitions. Both seem to be the case for Swae Lee and [cont.]

Timbaland shows off new music with Nas. Coming soon? Post by Timbaland.

Big Sean borrows Drake’s “Used To” instrumental from If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.

Original version appears on 2014′s Testimony LP.

More new music for the NBA Allstar Weekend for free download. Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Powered by DatPiff.com

New music from Mr. Fatts’ Ill Street Blues project.

From Doomtree’s All Hands LP. Director/Editor Maria Juranic.

From the Girlhouse Original Motion Picture soundtrack. Directed by Tom Vujcic.

Rick Ross and company deliver their NYC All-Star ’15 mixtape for free download. Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Powered by DatPiff.com

Great piece at Cuepoint today from the man behind the viral @PharrellHat account on Twitter. He tells what happened and how the well timed username caught on. How @Pharrellhat Went Viral

IAMSU! preps his Eyes On Me mixtape project for Feb. 24th. HBK finally teams with Mustard on the beat.

!llmind is gearing up for his upcoming BoomTrap Volume 3 beat tape, coming March 2015.