Fourth volume of Major Lazer’s appetizer EP series, designed to hold us over until the release of Free The Universe, which hits next Tuesday. LAZER STRIKES BACK Vol. 4 1. Major Lazer – Jah No Partial feat. Flux Pavilion (Run DMT Remix) 2. Major Lazer feat. Chronixx – Where I Come From (Get Free Rhythm) [cont.]

Brand new single from J-Live, produced by the man himself. Available now for purchase on Bandcamp.

Next week, Illogic & Blockhead will release their first collaborative full-length album, Capture The Sun. The album, which includes features from Slug, Blueprint, Abstract Rude, and more, will be released on TK via Man Bites Dog Records, and today, Illogic & Blockhead are debuting a non-album exclusive remix of album track “Live From the Horizon.” [cont.]

“I would talk about my dick, but man that shit would be a long story!” boasts Lil Wayne on his tenth (!) studio album, I Am Not A Human Being 2, the sequel to the 2010 fluke LP released in place of Tha Carter IV, during Wayne’s stay at Riker’s Island. The original was a [cont.]

Hey. You. Yeah, you. It’s swimsuit season. What are you doing sitting there reading this? You should be doing cardio and listening to Hellafine Fridays episode 007, mixed by DJ Pizzo. In fact, so should I. PEACE! 1. Keep On – Bass Kleph + Hot Mouth 2. Root Down – Pizzo + Manik 3. Ohh [cont.]

Produced by Harry Fraud, off Hood Politics 7 dropping 4/5/13.

Trampy and Danny Brown are inspired by Diplo’s #ExpressYourself movement.

Action Bronson sat down with Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard to break down some of his obscure sports references during South by Southwest in San Antonio, Texas. Bam Bam tips us off to sports-heavy rhymes on two unreleased tracks, including one from Mac Miller’s forthcoming album.

Tyga lets loose another track from Walking With A Tiger Hotel California, dropping April 9th.

Another video from the upcoming 12 Reasons To Die album, this one showing the creation of the vinyl box set from GetOnDown.

Ross shoots a video for his freestyle over Kendrick Lamar’s track. Directed by Jon J.

Mazi O in the director’s chair.

Hot 97′s Peter Rosenberg celebrates the new New York with a mixtape release via Ecko Unlimited. Includes new music from Action Bronson, Joey Bada$$ & Pro Era, Flatbush Zombies, ASAP Rocky & ASAP Ferg, World’s Fair, Troy Ave, Dyme A Duzin, Smoke Dza, The Kid Daytona, and more. Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Powered by [cont.]

“Post dubstep” producer James Blake collaborates with RZA on this gloomy, downtempo track. He speaks about it in the audio clip at the bottom.

Styles P presents the music video for “Hater Love”, the first single off his new album “Float”, in stores 4/16 on High Times Records. “Float” is entirely produced by Scram Jones and features Sheek Louch, Jadakiss, Raekwon, N.O.R.E., and more.

Big Daddy Kane performs alongside Stones Throw funk outfit Connie Price and The Keystones in Japan… Check our man on the horn. This video surfaced almost a year ago, but didn’t catch our attention until it was Tweeted by Chuck D yesterday. There’s some additional footage of Kane and the Keystones from The Root Down [cont.]

In preparation for his album, 13, Havoc has revealed via Twitter that he will be putting out unreleased records that he did with other artists, which will not be included on the album. The first of these is this collabo with Slum Village, “Ca$h Flow”, which you can purchase on iTunes now.

As previously reported, Jay-Z was signed on as music supervisor for Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, and the just revealed tracklist shows an interesting mix of collaborators. The soundtrack will feature a new track by Jay called “100$ Bill”, a remake of Amy Winehouse’s “Back To Black” by Beyonce and Andre 3000, as well as [cont.]

Ill Bill has been putting it down on wax for almost two decades now, first making noise as a part of Non-Phixion, which was birthed officially in 1994. He survived the fall of the indie hip-hop movement by carving out his own niche for himself, and over the years has musically branched out from his [cont.]

Update: Tracklist added: 1. Gone 2. Favorite Rap Stars feat. Styles P & Raekwon 3. Life We Chose feat. Lloyd Banks 4. Colder Days feat. Masspike Miles 5. Get Busy 6. Eyes Open feat. Twista 7. Tell Me To My Face feat. Royce Da 59 8. This World feat. Masspike Miles 9. Already Tomorrow 10. [cont.]