Lupe drops this Black Friday treat featuring 12 new tracks. Tracklist 1.Introduction 2.Lupe Back 3.Friend Of The People ft. Dosage 4.Double Burger W/ Cheese 5.Joaquin Phoenix ft. Lil Ronnie 6.WWJD He’d Prolly LOL Like WTF!!! 7.Lightwork 8.Life, Death and Love From San Fransisco 9.SLR 10.SNDCLSH In Vegas 11.Supercold 12.The End Of The World! Lupe Fiasco [cont.]

Well, this is bound to confuse people. No, Blackstar did not get a new member, yes, they are reunited. Up on Itunes now. Download  

New material from Snoop, Daz, and Kurupt, directed by Dah Dah.

Directed by Martin Linss & Josh Milowe.

Wale stays on his grind. Directed by Jon J and Dre Films.

From Tinie’s Happy Birthday mixtape, due next week. SX on the track. Download  

The brand new single from Cee Lo Green as featured on the new PLATINUM EDITION of The Lady Killer.

Another video this time for the remix of one of my favorite tracks from last year.

J-Live “The Authentic”. Directed by Will Feagins Jr. From the album “S.P.T.A. Said Person of That Ability”. J-Live approaches “The Authentic” and much of the album, as if he were a three man group, rather than a solo emcee. Track produced by Marco Polo.

Apathy, Ryu and Celph Titled are back and will release a new LP in 2012. Here is the first single, produced by Ap. Download  

Luda unveils the video for his controversial track that (allegedly) takes shots at Big Sean and Drake. Directed by Artemus Jenkins, from the 1:21 Gigawatts mixtape.

Prodigy sits down with Peter Rosenberg and Cipher Sounds to discuss memories with Saigon, Jay-Z, and 2Pac.

T.I. speaks on his next LP, Trouble Man, and what to expect from the LP, which may or may not include collabos with Usher, Bruno Mars, Ke$ha (?), Cee-Lo, Miguel, Frank Ocean, and more.

211112313135 by YardieGoals No Lil’ Wayne appearance, but how about back-up by The Roots? Better deal.

Jedi Mind Tricks is a household name when it comes to indie hip-hop. The group has been a staple of the underground and at this point fans know exactly what to expect. Hard beats by Stoupe and violent rhymes by Vinny Paz and Jus Allah have made JMT a fan favorite, bringing the group an [cont.]

R.A. speaks with one of his film heroes, legendary director William Friedkin, via his website. Here’s a piece: R.A. the Rugged Man: Being that you made the scariest movie of all time, what movies scare you? William Friedkin: Psycho (1960) and Alien (1979). Diabolique (1955) the H.G. Clouzet film is absolutely terrifying, another would be [cont.]

So, The Roots got the unlucky gig of playing the song for Republican presidential hopeful / crazy-eyed killer, Michelle Bachmann’s, entrance on Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon the other night. They spoke through their music, playing a cover of Fishbone’s “Lyin’ Ass Bitch”. Touche’. “The performance was a tongue-in-cheek and spur of the moment decision. [cont.]

A new single off of the new album Loyalty Honor Respect which also features Focus, Royce Da 5’9, Joe Budden, Crooked I, Rapper Big Pooh, Chaundon, Chino XL, Strong Arm Steady, Termanology, Statik Selektah etc. Coming FEB 2012. Download  

Another No I.D. produced track from The Dreamer / The Believer, due December 20th.

The Papi Wardrobe King returns with a new slang editorial from DJ J-Ronin and DJ Snips All Elements mixtape. Download