38 Special in studio working with Pete Rock, Dj Premier and Dj Green Lantern. We thought they might be working on that Pete Rock vs. DJ Premier LP…..

Skyzoo delivers this video from The Great Debater, which was named as one of HipHopSite.Com’s 10 Best Mixtapes of 2011. Directed by Christopher Wilkes & Dave Canon.

Trae brings out the big guns for this posse cut.

Busta appears on Lil Twist’s new single for YMCMB.

Better late than never video from Heltah Skeltah’s D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team) LP. Directed by Rik Cordero.

From KRS-One and Kenny Parker’s The BDP Album, on sale at Itunes now.

From Live Loyal Die Rich dropping January 24th.

Lupe Fiasco made an announcement on his official site that both Food & Liquor 2 and a collaborative LP with Pharrell are n the works. While this may or may not take form as the CRS (Child Rebel Soldiers) project remains to be seen, as Kanye West’s name was not mentioned in the announcement, despite [cont.]

From The Jake The Snake Conspiracy mixtape, hitting soon.

Asher Roth sits in with Bootleg Kev, speaking on his new mixtape Pabst & Jazz (HHS review coming soon), signing with Def Jam, his next LP Is This Too Orange, and much more.

Brother Ali weighs in on the Common / Drake beef by spitting over No I.D.’s “Sweet” instrumental.

Crooked I spits a few for the L.A. Leakers.

ThisIs50.com and Court Dunn present the next installment of the ThisIsHipHop video series featuring Common. Theme music produced by Reality. Special thanks to Mr. Mike Florio, Ayal Kleinman and Jonathan Master. “The Dreamer, The Believer” available now.

Billboard spoke with Ludacris about his new 2012 LP, Ludaversal, set for release in May. The first single is expected to hit in March. “Usher is one person that I’ve already worked with and in terms of other artists, you can say that there’s going to be a lot of surprises on here,” he told [cont.]

MTV suitable version of Tyga’s massive hit, “Rack City”, bitch.

Saigon serves up the first single from his forthcoming Warning Shots 3: One Foot In The Grave, hosted by Just Blaze.

Produced by Mark Ronson, “A La Modeliste” is the Jazz track for RE:GENERATION featuring Erykah Badu, Trombone Shorty, Mos Def, Zigaboo Modeliste, and Members of The Dap Kings. Presented by Hyundai Veloster, RE:GENERATION is a documentary film that follows DJ Premier, Pretty Lights, The Crystal Method, Mark Ronson, and Skrillex as they remix, recreate and [cont.]

Mac Miller releases this new cut tonight, not off his Blue Slide Park LP.

Agallah’s gone super-nova, taking his EP release and turning into a 30-track deluxe version. 1.Winners Circle Intro (produced by jesse james ) 2.Living In My Past 1.0 (produced by Agallah) 3.New York ryder music part 2 (produced by Agallah) 4.GOTTA GET IT (produced by Agallah) 5.Rhyme a Few Bars (produced by Agallah) 6.on my mind [cont.]