Common talks about the G.O.O.D. Music LP, Cruel Summer, and working with Kanye West.

Wiz Khalifa explains the O.N.I.F.C., Snoop Dogg’s name change, his father, and more.

The year’s most inexplicable collabo record – featuring Kanye West, Miguel, Jadakiss, Mos Def, DJ Khaled, Roscoe Dash and Busta Rhymes – with Fat Joe the only one rapping – gets a video. Here’s a behind the scenes look at the upcoming clip.

With 2 Chainz and Drake’s “No Lie” hitting the #1 spot on the Billboard R%B/Hip-Hop Singles chart this week, Drake has de-throned Jay-Z as the artist with the most #1 singles on the chart in history. He now holds 10 #1 singles, while Jay-Z has nine.

Available now on ITunes.

Shade 45 aired a Slaughterhouse special with Sway today, premiering the new album track “Goodbye”, which is the first track they recorded for Welcome To Our House, due August 28th. Check out the track and the Shade 45 special featuring Eminem below.

Produced by The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, from Kiss The Ring, due August 21st.

I think this guy smokes weed. Produced By Vanderslice.

Directed by The ICU. Original version taken from Control System, available now.

Self Jupiter (Freestyle Fellowship) and Kenny Segal are…the Kleenrz! “Mr. Sandman” takes a look inside a world of make-believe. A world built on white lies told to help us sleep at night…to keep fear from destroying our children’s innocence. They’ll have to grow up one day, that day will be today if Mr. Sandman has [cont.]

Queens-bred spitter Nutso splits bars with his Q-Boro mic vet Royal Flush and Brooknam’s Shabaam Sahdeeq (a/k/a S-Dub) on “Blowing Up,” the debut leak off his forthcoming EP, Behind These Bars. Produced by Mac (a/k/a Macapella) and featuring a well-timed scratch hook courtesy of Chinch 33, “Blowing Up” carries a rugged yet nostalgic soundscape over [cont.]

XV stays on the grind, with this new cut produced by The Awesome Sound.

One of the UK’s finest producers collaborates with one of the US’s finest rappers. To help whet the appetite for his highly anticipated second LP ‘Caviar Crackle’, one of the UK’s leading producers, Metabeats, and New York’s finest, Action Bronson, bring you the brand new single ‘Hookers’. If you want 100% authentic hip-hop we got [cont.]

It was only a matter of time before someone did this, we’re surprised it didn’t happen sooner.

Common freestyles off the top, while Sway throws random words and phrases at him.

Mannie Fresh and Lupe Fiasco sat down for an interview on the 2-Cent’s lecture series at Xavier University recently, and spoke openly about the many politics that exist behind the scenes when signing to a major label. Lupe also spoke out about his artistic musical style, and his upcoming albums, which he actually announced that [cont.]

Tyrone aka T-RexXx scores an exclusive interview with Drake backstage at OVO Fest and chats about the festival and his upcoming collaboration with the late Aaliyah.

From the upcoming Don Cannon / Mikkey Halsted mixtape, Castro, due August 13.

The creative process revealed for DJ Khaled’s Kiss The Ring track with DJ Premier, Nas, and Scarface.