Produced by DJ Mano, No I.D and Rob Kinelski. This may or may not appear on his next LP, Hall Of Fame.

Big Sean shares his thoughts on his “brother” Kid Cudi leaving G.O.O.D. Music, saying that he supports Cudi in whatever he decides to do. Big Sean also reveals new projects he’s working on with Cudi, and shares his thoughts on Cudi’s alleged drug problems.

Los Angeles-based songwriter/producer/beatmaker TOKiMONSTA has today (April 9) released her highly anticipated, new full-length album HALF SHADOWS on Ultra Music. Here is her collaboration with Kool Keith, “The Force”.

From Scream’s upcoming Long Live The Hustle release.

Soho workers and passersby enjoyed a lunchtime improvised set atop a parking structure today from two collaborate artists in order to kick-off 34 nights of music in New York City for the Red Bull Music Academy. Set amongst a giant painted backdrop of himself on the corner of Prince and Lafayette, ?uestlove, of The Roots [cont.]

Jay-Z has released this amazing recap video from last summer’s Made In America festival in Philadelphia, which he hosted and produced in 2012. This comes on the heels of the announcement that the festival will happen again on August 31st-September 1, 2013, once again in Philadelphia. So far, the line-up for this year has not [cont.]

Produced by Purpose. From the album, Pardon My Intrusion.

Backstage at Paid Dues we caught up with two leaders of the independent movement Immortal Technique and Tech N9ne. In this interview the two Techs talk about what it means to be independent, how technology has helped the movement and how we need to improve Black and Brown relations in LA.

Eddie B. & Harry Fraud are excited to release their brand new free EP, Horsepower. The project, which includes instrumental versions for each of the tracks, also includes features from Action Bronson, Meyhem Lauren, Apathy, Maffew Ragazino, Adrian Lau, and Shabaam Sahdeeq. Eddie B. & Harry Fraud are longtime childhood friends and collaborators, with the [cont.]

J-Zone writes: “I took some time off from music (4 years to be exact), but recently returned to it and started working on some stuff for fun. thebeeshine.com caught me in my element (aka my basement studio) making a beat, fishing through black and white TV soundclips, playing drums and continuing down the road to [cont.]

Freddie Gibbs & Fashawn collab for the first time over P-Money’s latest track, “Break It Down,” off his upcoming album, Gratitude, out May 21st on Dawn Raid Ent./Dirty Records/Duck Down Music.

n September of 2008, Focus & Fokis released an EP entitled 20/20 that left the listeners craving for more from the duo. Five years later they have decided to release a retail version of the project as an official album which will include new tracks as well. “Focus & I have been working on a [cont.]

1. Rittz “Walter White Boy Flow” (Produced By Lifted) 2. Vic Mensa “Orange Juice” (Produced By Cam) 3. Sean Rose “Filthy” (Produced by Hitmanbeatz) 4. Troy Ave f. Lito “Man In The Mirror” 5. Futuristic “Best In AZ (Interlude)” 6. Kris Kasanova f. Avatar Darko “Make It Happen” (Produced By Justin Rose) 7. Hannibal Leq [cont.]

A couple of weeks back we shared Paul White’s collaboration with Danny Brown for the song entitled “Street Lights” from Paul White’s forthcoming single dropping April 15th (UK) / April 16th (US). The 12″ Vinyl and digital single also features an amazing remix from Dabrye, named as “one of the most influential underground producers of [cont.]

After great success with their first compilation album, The Best of Both Offices, founded by Young Sav + Steve O, are preparing to release the second installment of the series April 16th. Spearheaded by Immanuel Smith of BOBO, the project will once again feature A-list and up-and-coming artists alike, starting with the first project single [cont.]

Today Theophilus London dropped his first new studio track in a minute. TL has been holed up in studios from Paris to Berlin to Brooklyn working on music for his still untitled new album, due this fall. The first taste of the vibe and direction Theophilus is taking for the album can be heard on [cont.]

While Cannibal Ox’s seminal debut, The Cold Vein, was released in 2001, Vast & Vordul are also currently in the studio recording their long-overdue sophomore LP, which will be released in 2013, as Vast states “we never broke up, but the timing is now right for a new Cannibal Ox LP. Iron Galaxy Records is [cont.]

El-P and Killer Mike team to form Run The Jewels, who will team for a full-length LP, tentatively slated for “Juneteenth” (June 18th?). Here is a snippet of their first Run The Jewels track, “Banana Clipper”.

In part 1, De la reminisces about the making of their track “Buddy” and shares that the amazing moments that were captured in videos like Buddy happened because they were not thinking about how much money they were going to make, instead they were enjoying the people around them, making music and having a good [cont.]

NPR gets dibs on the official album stream for Ghostface Killah’s potential classic LP with rising producer Adrian Younge, 12 Reasons To Die. Below that, check out snippets from Apollo Brown’s “Brown Tape” remix album, which comes exclusively with GetOnDown’s Deluca Edition’s of 12 Reasons To Die. Look for the album on sale next Tuesday.