Thurz collaborates with producers Chordz and DJ Dahi to create “L.N.S” off the 517 W Queen Tape.

A recent promotional video for Busta Rhymes new album, Year Of The Dragon, touts him as having the longest run of relevancy in the game, pre-dating even Nas’ Illmatic, in his early years with Leaders Of The New School. This may be true – (Dr. Dre hasn’t dropped in how long now?) – as Busta [cont.]

Jay Rock told Hop-Hop Wired that he will be going on tour in the fall with Ab-Soul and Kendrick Lamar. He also said that he’s currently working on his new album. Further, he touched upon his attempt to create a new sound for the project.

With A-Trak’s recent debate with Deadmau5 over the difference between a “DJ” and a “button-pusher”, Alain shows off the art of turntablism, not coincidentally juggling two digital copies of the Mau5′s “Ghosts N’ Stuff”. Hey wait-a-minute, how did he do it in one take and change his outfits so fast!?!? PRE-RECORDED SET! WHAT?!?!?!?! We got [cont.]

DOOM raps the track “Guv’Nor” from his new album Key To The Kuffs for a new mind-bending, split-screen video experiment directed by Ninian Doff as part of Rizlab project #4. Rizlab is a project created to allow pioneering artists to freely experiment to create interesting and innovative music experiences – the new and the unexpected, [cont.]

Man Bites Dog Records presents Diggaz With Attitude (Stu Bangas & Vanderslice’s) new music video “1st Degree Murder” feat Vinnie Paz (JMT) Roc Marciano (UN) Celph Tilted (AOTP). Song Produced by Stu Bangas. Collage of Images put together by R.M.L.

TriState (GCM / General Monks and Durag Dynasty) releases the 1st official video off his latest project 14Karat Canvas (The Gallery Art EP) Available for FREE download Here….

After seeing his new street LP become a trending topic on Twitter, Sir Michael Rocks releases the second video, “GED,” from his recently released Lap Of Lux project.

Exclusive in-depth interview with Joey Badass (Bada$$) and CJ FLY. Part 2 starts with The Progressive Era members talking to Nick Huff Barili about being influenced by MF Doom and J Dilla. Joey goes on to call Pro Era’s own Chuck Strangers one of the best producers he knows and says they are going to [cont.]

Here is a unreleased song by Rampage feat Busta Rhymes from Tha Red Oktoba album, that for awhile had become urban legend because it was never released. The album does exist and this is a glimpse of what it sounded like.

In this interview with Montreality, INSPECTAH DECK speaks about: – Going to high school with Method Man, Ghostface, Raekwon & U-God (0:37) – Jobs he’s had as a teenager growing up (2:20) – What he spent his 1st big paycheck on (3:00) – The key to success (4:02) – His passion for literature, favorite authors [cont.]

The Ghost returns with this all new street album, featuring collaborations with Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, French Montana, Pusha T, Curren$y, Bun B, Trae Tha Truth, Fred The Godson, Uncle Murda The Alchemist, Jahlil Beats, Lex Luger, and others. Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Powered by DatPiff.com

Busta Rhymes visited Hot 97 this morning to talk about the release of his new album, Year of The Dragon, and offered a unique perspective on Lil Wayne’s recent comments regarding his dislike of New York. Busta reminded us of Wayne’s imprisonment on Riker’s Island, after allegedly being innocent of the crime he was charged [cont.]

One more from Strange Clouds.

So, Lil Wayne’s new mixtape with DJ Drama, Dedication 4, was supposed to hit this week, but looks like we’ll have to wait a bit longer for it, as it’s been delayed until August 30th. This should give him enough time to do some damage control over his recent “I don’t like New York” comments.

Well, that didn’t take long. The backlash against Lil Wayne’s recent “Flat out, I don’t like New York” comments begins, with NYC rapper Donny Goines firing the first salvo.

Hip Hop enthusiast and recording artist Kid Named Breezy gears up with G.O.O.D Music’s Pusha T. to deliver visuals for “See About Us”, the final single off of Kid Named Breezy’s debut mixtape, Snapback With A Life Full. With the release of his next album ’93 on the horizon, Kid Named Breezy responded to the [cont.]

Ruste Juxx & The Arcitype V.I.C. album out 9/25 on AR Classic Records / Duck Down Music. Pre-Order the deluxe-edition album today at iTunes.

From The Boombox Diaries Vol. One, due August 28th on Itunes.