The Grand Hustle signee debuts his new video, with heavy UGK influence. We’re looking forward to the eventual album.

Irony: Street rapper (Budden) borrows singing R&B rapper’s street track (Drake’s “5 AM In Toronto”), and sings over it.

Produced by THC / Co- Produced by Gwen Bunn. #OXYMORON coming soon.

Directed by Jon Casey and produced by Forest Casey.

Hip-Hop is far from “dead.” Whether it’s underground, indie or even mainstream, Hip Hop continues to evolve while reviving its original essence. The Revival is a web series that features just that, Hip Hop’s revival. The MC Media Group, in collaboration w/ Daybreak Media, premiere Episode 01 with the legendary, Pete Rock.

R.A. The Rugged Man may have a thriving independent career in 2013, but back in the 90s his outlandish behavior left him blackballed by the industry, with rumors flying about his out-of-control conduct. In a new interview with Backspin TV, R.A. confirms that one of those rumors is actually true. “In Long Island there were [cont.]

Off his upcoming REPPIN effort, Harlem spitter Nakim releases his Danny Brown assisted track, “Mixtape”. REPPIN is slated to drop this summer.

S-Double is back. Produced by DJ Skizz.

All relatively recent missteps aside, LL Cool J is one of the most celebrated names in hip-hop, with almost three decades in the game and a dozen albums under his belt. He’s on the short list when it comes to longevity and successfully parleying rap prowess and personality into a multi-platform career. Authentic, his thirteenth [cont.]

Despite only having two albums to his credit, R.A. The Rugged Man is a legend in every sense of the word. Hardly over-exposed, Rugged Man’s past antics have included getting dropped from his label in the 90′s (as Crustified Dibbs) due to “violent & disgusting behavior”, submitting a song to Jive called “Every Record Label [cont.]

With his hotly anticipated second album Born Sinner set for a week one sales battle with Kanye West and Mac Miller, we grabbed J. Cole to talk about putting his sophomore effort together, from sampling himself to finding the inspiration to produce every track and more.

Meta P is a Rhode Island Native who is known for everything from dark “horrorcore” to deep and touching subjects such as “Dragonfly,” which examined and explored the recent death of his twin sister; which was verified on his most recent LP Edison Ink. In June 2012, Meta was named “Best Rap Act of 2012″ [cont.]

Vince Staples will release his anticipated Stolen Youth effort next week, an album entirely produced by Mac Miller — who produces under alias Larry Fisherman. Before the album drops for free download, Staples and Miller continue to tease with their Ab-Soul assisted track, “Killin Y’all,”. The artwork for the track is drawn by illustrator Phillip [cont.]

Papoose is both a victim and a victor of the American dream and the endless pursuit of happiness. He was signed to Jive Records back in 2006, but entered what he and Kay Slay referred to as “A&R hell”, leading to endless delays of his debut album, The Nacirema Dream (that’s “America” spelled backwards, for [cont.]

Directed by Will Millions. Student Of The Game available now.

Today, MTVu premiered the new music video for “The Aquarium” by one-of-a-kind duo The Uncluded (Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson). “The Aquarium” is the second single from The Uncluded’s debut album Hokey Fright, recently released via Rhymesayers. Hokey Frightis is the duo’s first collaboration album; all 16 tracks were written, performed, and recorded entirely by [cont.]

It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from Dizzee Rascal, 2009 to be exact, when he dropped his last LP, Tongue ‘N Cheek. The grimecee will drop his new album, The Fifth, on July 1st in the UK, which will include collaborations with Will.i.am, Tinie Tempah, Calvin Harris, Jessie J, Robbie Williams, Bun B, Trae [cont.]

Here is Kanye’s performance of “I Am A God” at Governor’s Ball, NYC, off his new album, Yeezus, which drops next Tuesday. In the following clip, he goes off on another one of his trademark rants, about the marketing and promotion of Yeezus. “With this album we ain’t drop no single to radio. We ain’t [cont.]

From the album, O.N.I.F.C., available now. Directed By Frank Paladino.

The Gifted hits June 25th. Prod. by Travi$ Scott.