In the summer of 2001, I had broken up with my girlfriend, and amidst being a single guy rolling around Las Vegas looking for fun, I was introduced to Daft Punk’s Discovery, a nearly flawless album that would forever change my musical tastes and my understanding of house music. Like most, I was aware of [cont.]

Produced by Charlie Red.

In this installment of Jason Goldwatch’s “Time Pieces” short film series we travel to sunny Venice Beach California to spend a day with rapper/producer Evidence of Dilated Peoples. Rapidly becoming as well known for his Instagram photography as he is for his music, Ev takes us on a photo mission in his hometown while Goldwatch [cont.]

Connor borrows Wu-Tang Forever lead single instrumental for his latest freestyle.

Directed by Brian Petchers & Consequence. In honor of Black History Month, Consequence and his son Caiden channel surf through some the classic moments that Black Actors have contributed to Film and Television.

R.F.C.’s 183rd debuts his new 10-track instrumental project Game Room in which he samples classic video game themes from Street Fighter to Star Fox. Game Room also features the posse cut “Castlevania” from Smoke DZA, NYMLo, Al-Doe, Chase N. Cashe & DJ Will Gates. Game Room available for download now. 183rd – “Game Room”

Off Boom Bap & Blues , out now on itunes, produced entirely by Statik Selektah.

Here are the visuals for Kevin Gates (@Kevin_Gates) track, “Just Ride” featuring Curren$y (@CurrenSy_Spitta). The track is taken from his new mixtape The Luca Brasi Story which is available now.

Roots drummer and frontman, ?uestlove, will look back on his life thus far in an upcoming memoir, Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According To Questlove. The book will double as an autobiography, as well as a cultural study, billed as “musings about the state of hip hop, the state of music criticism, the state of [cont.]

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis team up with the You Can Play Project in an effort to erase homophobia in sports, music and entertainment. Filmed at Red Rocks Amphitheatre February 1, 2013.

Directed by Paul Demont. Available now on iTunes.

There is something to be said about the career of Joe Budden to this point. Though he has never really achieved huge commercial success, his introspective lyricism has been winning fans over for years. With his latest album No Love Lost, he seems to find himself at what appears to be a new peak for [cont.]

Big Daddy Kane’s new group, Las Supper (@LasSupper) releases their first single entitled “I Believe in Love Again”. It’s taken from their upcoming album, Back To The Future. The project is scheduled to be released on March 26th.

Soul Assassins/Hi Def Media producer G Rocka and fellow SA affiliate Medi have come together with The DJBooth to bring fans their new collaborative street release, the #NastyPercents mixtape. The project features 18 original records from the collaborators, including reader-approved singles “The Source” and “No Geek Sh!t.” G Rocka and Medi produce all beats throughout [cont.]

Bilal showcases his new album, Welcome To A Love Surreal, which is in stores this week.

King Kendrick meets the King of Late Night, performing “Poetic Justice”.

Eve delivers a follow-up single to “She Bad Bad”, with this track featuring Cobra Starship frontman Gabe Saporta.

Curren$y catches up with AllHipHop.com at The Archives in Florida, where he talks about his new mixtape “New Jet City” being an advertisement for his upcoming album. Curren$y also shares his thoughts on C-Murder losing his last appeal to avoid spending life in prison. Interview by Mikey T The Movie Star.

REKS & JTronius bring you the first release from Gargle Grenades Presents: Love & Hiphop. Produced by Tokyo, Japan beast bully KLKBEATS is a soulful ode to balancing love & life on tour.

Durag Dynasty (Planet Asia, Tristate, and Killer Ben) present their latest track featuring Evidence of Dilated Peoples. Durag Dynasty’s debut album 360 Waves is entirely produced by The Alchemist, and hits stores on March 26th, 2013.