Minneapolis-bred rapper, producer, hardcore musician, punk philosopher and co-founder of the hip hop collective Doomtree, P.O.S. is gearing up to release his upcoming full length We Don’t Even Live Here on Rhymesayers October 23rd. The LP, which comes three years after his well received LP, Never Better, finds the rapper with one foot still firmly [cont.]

Meet Homeboy Sandman. His album, First of a Living Breed, hits 9.18.12 on Stones Throw. Directed by Rel.

Exclusive in-depth interview with Lupe Fiasco. Part 1 starts with Lupe talking to Nick Huff Barili about his new album Food and Liquor 2: Great American Rap Album Pt. 1. Lupe talks about the concept of the album, how he used the book “A People’s History of Poverty in America” as a reference point for [cont.]

Always known for tackling controversial topic matter, the group’s sophomore project, Masters Of The Dark Arts, (which recently was a top 100 debut on the Billboard Charts) finds them once again in torch-bearing mode, addressing subjects that most artists shy away from as ILL BILL illustrates “as conceptually and musically dark as this album appears [cont.]

From Twista’s September 4th mixtape, Reloaded, with Don Cannon.

Lil Wayne gives fans an update on Dedikation 4, which was supposed to drop yesterday, but says it has been delayed. Expected now to drop next week, Wayne teases the tape with this freestyle over 2 Chainz and Drake’s “No Lie”.

Break Hundreds & Hearts due Aug. 28th on Foooooooool’s Goooold. Tracklist: 1. Hello Kitty 2. Absolutely feat IAMSU & Jay Ant 3. Old Bitch Mad 4. Money Maker 5. Dog On The Floor 6. Erry Damn Day 7. Who I Am

It’s #TDEFamAppreciationWeek.

Khaled assembles the blog’s favorites for this J. Cole produced track from Kiss the Ring, due August 21st.

Ortiz lets fans hear a piece of Slaughterhouse’s welcome to: OUR HOUSE, namely one of the Eminem collaborations, “Throw That”.

“Good For Me” is the latest single and documentary from Closed Sessions Vol. 2 released by Chicago indie label Closed Sessions. The song features CyHi The Prynce, who recorded this record during his first ever trip to Chicago, shortly after signing to G.O.O.D. Music and breaking out on “So Appalled”. The album and documentary series, [cont.]

Nina B (born in the Bronx, Brooklyn resident) enlists Action Bronson and Skyzoo for “718″ off of her forthcoming LP Titles Are Played Out which will be released on August 21st, 2012.

Original version from MMG’s Self Made Vol 2.

That chance meeting of Kendrick Lamar and Lady Gaga a month or so back wasn’t just a photo op. The two have teamed up for a new song called “PARTYNAUSEOUS”, Lady Gaga revealed last night via her Twitter. The song will appear on Kendrick’s good kid, m.A.A.d city.

Not a Cedric Gervais cover.

DMX will make his triumphant return to the game on September 11th with The Undisputed. We’re going to go out on a limb and suggest that “Time To Get Paid” features a sample from “Juicy”, and that’s it. 1. Intro – Look Without Seein’ 2. I Don’t Dance featuring Machine Gun Kelly 3. Slippin Away [cont.]

This shit is loaded with uncleared samples. It’s it’s funky. This Time in stores Aug. 28th.

The internet broke in half yesterday when longtime hip-hop scribe Dream Hampton suggested that Nas had used both Jay Electronica and Stic.Man as ghostwriters for the his Untitled LP. She tweeted, “I think Jay writes what he believes. Nas “Nigger” album was largely written by Stic of dead prez and Jay Electronica.” Jay Electronica has [cont.]

Here’s another unreleased record by Rampage, this time featuring Masta Ace & Edo G. The album, Everyone Aint Loyal is coming soon.