Joe Budden released a brief Instagram update this weekend, with the caption “#ALQ Black Friday”. The translation is A Loose Quarter, that being his new mixtape, is being released on Black Friday, which lands on November 23rd, 2012.

Young Jeezy tells Big Boy exactly what happened backstage at the recent BET Awards shootout with Rick Ross and the standing beef with Gucci Mane.

We’re going to refrain from making any comments like “the guy’s name is Gunplay, what did you expect?”. MMG signee Gunplay turned himself in to Miami-Dade county police department this weekend, on a warrent for a May incident that involved him, uh, allegedly, robbing and assaulting an accountant. Footage was released by TMZ, not surprisingly, [cont.]

Game speaks on the concept on his new album, Jesus Piece. He also reveals that he has collaborated with Kanye on two tracks, which may or may not make the final tracklist.

Freezer introduces the first single from his next LP, Diamond In The Ruff, hitting November 27th on Babygrande. Produced by Incredible Stro.

Loaded Lux sits down with The Breakfast Club, to speak on the battle circuit, ghostwriting, potentially battle Busta Rhymes, and more. You gon’ get this work.

Styles P will drop The Worlds Most Hardest MC Project on November 13th via eOne. Here is a look at the cover art.

A new track from Mr. Martin’s upcoming 3 Chord Fold project. 9th Wonder’s take on a wessyde track is pretty dope.

UPDATE: Full track added. Speculation about that this track is about Kim Kardashian. Produced by Kanye West and The RZA, here is a one minute snippet of “White Dress”, from the hotly anticipated Man With The Iron Fists soundtrack.

From Dom Kennedy and OPM’s Young Nation mixtape-compilation.

“Lemmie get a shout out to my real bitches. Shout out, shout out, shout out, shout out.”

Pretty obvious they mangled Pharrell’s original instrumental for this “Hot Pockets Remix” of Snoop Dogg’s “Drop It Like It’s Hot” to avoid paying publishing fees. Normally, we’d cry “sellout!” at something like this, but it’s so damn tongue-in-cheek we can’t help but love it. We’re surprised Hot Pockets corporate let the “munchies” line slide, but [cont.]

Gary, Indiana’s Freddie Gibbs returns with Baby Face Killa, which doubles as both his new Gangsta Grillz mixtape, and an indie album debut, available on iTunes without the added flair from DJ Drama. After signing with Young Jeezy’s CTE imprint, one might expect Gibbs to release a tape full of trap anthems and freestyles over [cont.]

On September 18th, Media Shower was released through Man Bites Dog Records by rapper Double A.B. and producer Dub Sonata. The album features Roc Marciano, Evidence, Cannibal Ox, Sean Price, and Scram Jones, and received coverage from Complex and OkayPlayer. Following their previous singles, “Lord Knows What,” “Some Bullsh!t,” and the non-album single, “Outta Order,” [cont.]

In an interview with Angie Martinez yesterday, Joe Budden revealed that he and his girlfriend, Kaylin Garcia, have joined the cast of VH-1′s Love & Hip-Hop, to begin next season. “People hear Love & Hip Hop and they think ‘buffoonery’… I’m not gonna let VH1 depict in a way that I’m unsatisfied,” Budden told Angie. [cont.]

Looks like Jeezy’s dropped the “Young” again. Def Jam threw out this new single earlier, produced by Black Metaphor.

First single from eXquire’s upcoming six-song EP, Power & Passion, due November 6th. El Producto style.

Connor delivers a new video from his While You Were Sleepin’ mixtape. Directed by Andre Ward.

Roc Marse directs this clip from the Arch Druids’ album, Scorched Earth Policy. Look for Roc’s own album, Reloaded, due November 13th.

New joint from the ghost, Styles P off his new album The World’s Most Hardest MC, coming soon. The single is out now on iTunes.