Polo Grounds Music/RCA Records has signed another standout member from the A$AP Mob collective – A$AP Worldwide artist A$AP Ferg. With his energetic single “Work,” Ferg is currently taking mixshow radio airwaves by storm, including New York City’s Hot 97.1 and Power 105.1 stations, and is further solidifying the depth of talent being honed by [cont.]

Pillowfight is Dan The Automator and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Emily Wells along with a little help from Kid Koala and Lateef The Truthspeaker. Today, they are proud to share “Used To Think”, the second single from their forthcoming self-titled LP. The LP is due digitally and on CD on 1/22/13 and Vinyl is due on 2/26/13 via [cont.]

Aupheus (UK, Strange Famous Records) provides his signature “doom-bap” touch on this mix of hip-hop songs released from ’85 to ’88. Some of these tracks are classics, others are more obscure, but all were all chosen by Aupheus due to their sparse production style which allowed him to layer additional soundscapes and give them a [cont.]

From Oh No’s forthcoming Disrupted Ads, directed by Hayden Baptiste.

French Montana drops by Angie and talks about 50 Cent Beef, Bad Boy, marriage & more.

The Pimp gives us another preview of his upcoming Pvssy Rich mixtape, hitting next week.

From The Marathon Continues. Directed by DanTheMan.

Pusha gives us the latest leak from his long-awaited Wrath Of Caine mixtape, to be released imminently.

Mayalino and Pusha T collaborate once again on “Street Religion”.

Boston baked posse cut from the Clockwork Music camp.

Here’s a look at the launch party for Raekwon’s The Lost Jewelry EP, which has been pushed to a new date of January 16th.

Rittz grabs Tech N9ne for his “Bloody Murdah” remix.

Papoose enlists Jamaican superstar Mavado for his lead single. Nacirema Dream is dropping March 5th, 2013. Video was directed by Gabriella Loutfi and produced by Fenix Studios Films.

Prodigy sits down with the Usual Suspects Radio crew to discuss his love for Mobb Deep and drops an impromptu freestyle.

From Slum Village and Mick Boogie’s Dirty Slums 2 mixtape, coming January 29th.

Last week, Dag Savage dropped the mp3 for “Twilight,” a song from their forthcoming EP dropping January 15th. Today, enjoy the official music video for “Twilight” directed by Exile Manfredi and Tony Browning.

Nas stopped by the Angie Martinez show to talk about his NYE show, his upcoming album and the status of his relationship with Kelis.

With so many great albums on the indie circuit, it was hard to narrow it down to just 10 releases. But in retrospect, these were the releases that got repeated plays from us in the world of indie hip-hop in 2012. Note: Free albums were not included on this list, but will be included on [cont.]

2 Pistols grabs French Montana and Kweli for this new version of his previously released track, “All I Know”.

R-Les inserts some new visuals for his verse to the original video for Fab’s “Life Is So Exciting”.