drakechelsea by urbanmusicdirect Drake sits down with Chelsea Handler to speak on white wine, big titties, jewish rappers, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, and more. Meanwhile, his sophomore effort, Take Care, debuted on Billboard this week with 659,190 copies sold.

JMT serve up this remix by DJ Kwestion of the track from their recently released Violence Begets Violence LP. HHS album review coming soon… Download  

Freeway’s a walking fashion feature. Here, he shows off symbolic jewelry honoring album releases and his group State Property, as well as the shirt off his back from a clothing line he’s developing. But there’s something deeper too, with Freeway crediting his rap career to a school age love of violin and poetry. Born and [cont.]

DJ Premier speaks w/ Vlad TV about Canibus dissing him a few years back, and his reaction to it.

DJ Shadow talks to Karamloop about his latest project titled The Less You Know The Better, and where the name came from.

After releasing one of the most critically acclaimed hip-hop albums of 2010 (Nineteen Ninety Now), Celph Titled and Buckwild return, at the end of 2011, with Nineteen Ninety More; a companion piece to the album from last year. Anyone who spent any time on hip-hop websites and message boards, around the time of the release [cont.]

“Lou Ferigno’s Mad” off the Mixtape “Lost in Translation“. Pumping Iron footage + the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man + VHS porn + plastic Hulk = Awesome video.

In this interview with Montreality , Saukrates speaks about : – Life on the road while touring with REDMAN – The kind of student he was in school – Jobs he’s had as a teenager growing up – The key to success in his opinion – What he has in his pockets – What he [cont.]

Action Bronson & Statik Selektah present the first visual “Not Enough Words” off their album Well Done which hits the stores tomorrow ( 11/22/2011). Video is directed by Tom Gould and Alexander Richter.

Termanology and Ea$y Money have come together with The DJBooth to bring listeners their collaborative street release, the S.T.R.E.E.T. mixtape. Their first project together since the early 2000s, when the emcees (then high-school classmates) launched their careers as members of hip-hop crew St Da Squad, the tape features 14 original records from the one-time partners-in-rhyme. [cont.]

Eminem’s Shady Records imprint has been around for over a decade, but curiously has never signed another white guy. Considering that Em is arguably the nicest emcee in the game, for him to embrace a member of his own race would obviously draw comparisons, making it a lot to live up to for whomever that [cont.]

Hosted by Don Cannon and DJ Benzi. Guest shots from Big K.R.I.T., Rusko, Slim Thug, Bun B, Twsta, Bei Maejor, Machine Gun Kelly, Cyhi Da Prynce, Elzhi, RJD2, and more. 1.The Layover ft. Don Cannon 2.Wonderwall ft. Big K.R.I.T. (Drive to This) 3.Shut Up ft. Rusko (Drive to This) 4.Henny & Purple ft. Slim Thug [cont.]

While Afu-Ra preps his new album Body Of The Life Force Part 2, he throws out this three song free EP of tracks that won’t be included on the album. The new LP includes collabos with M.O.P., Sean Price, Sadat X, Vinnie Paz, Guilty Simpson, Nine, El Da Sensei, C-Rayz Walz, Hannibal Stax, and more. [cont.]

T-Pain also appears. Meanwhile, below Common speaks with DJ Drama about the upcoming “Sweet” remix w/ Kanye West, as well as future collaborations with Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole. The Dreamer/The Believer due December 20th. Download  

Bootleg Kev joins Tyga up at Hoy 97.5, to discuss Busta Rhymes recent signing with the Young Money Cash Money Billionaires.

T.I. recently revealed to Billboard the title of his next LP will be Trouble Man. “I’m embracing it,” T.I. tells me of the persona that is the title of his eighth studio album, “Trouble Man”. “A lot of times I’m taking myself out of my element” Tip continued to say of “Trouble Man”. “This is [cont.]

Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood of Radiohead team up with MF Doom for this track from Lex Records’ Complex compilation. The track is available for purchase over at Lex’s website. Download  

Video off L.A.D’s Living Notoriously Pt 2. Upcoming EP dropping December 6th with features from Lil Wayne, Tony Yayo and Willie The Kid.

Society has always been a big sap for a good, classic underdog tale. It is as though it is deeply encrypted into the human DNA sequence to root for the little man in hopes that he will take down the current reigning “machine” and emerge victorious. We leaped for lizards when our favorite little red-headed [cont.]

From the album Village Idiom, up on Bandcamp now. Come Home feat. Apathy and Stephanie Virgen by SKWiRL1