This track is the theme song to a new reality/docu-series on Discovery about Oaktown medicinal marijuana dispensaries. Read on: Weed Wars follows Oakland’s Harborside Health Center, the nation’s largest medicinal cannabis dispensary serving over 94,000 patients. The series introduces the Harborside staff as well as the growers and “patient farmers” whose job it is to [cont.]

We’re coming up on the one-year anniversary of this song. No matter, still one of the best tracks of 2010, as featured on DJ Pizzo’s Bloggin’ Outta Control mixtape (plug one, plug too). Christos Karabelas in the director’s seat.

From Slim’s recent War Music mixtape release. Look out for the Crooks and Castles “50 Caliber USB”, on sale now at Karmaloop. Directed by Eif Rivera.

Official Music Video for “Compared To You” off Termanology & Ea$y Money are S.T.R.E.E.T., produced entirely by Lee Bannon. Directed by Felipe Jorge.

First offering from Ace Hood’s The Statement 2 mixtape, produced by The Renegades. Download

Directed by David F. Mewa, as RZA pays tribute to ODB.

Last night, Common held a private listening session SoSoDef Studio to let people hear The Dreamer The Believer which drops Dec 20 and is produced by No ID.

Has anyone seen Mike Jones? Quite an audacious sample there, Mr. Thug. Download  

Another one from the Mobb’s Black Cocaine EP, which hits Tuesday. Download

Mac Miller speaks with Sway on MTV’s RapFix about having the first indie record to hit #1 on Billboard in sixteen years, the last being Dogg Pound’s Dogg Food in 1995. 144,000+ copies were sold of Blue Slide Park in it’s first week. Congrats, Mac.

Interview yours truly just did with Stereogrid, about HipHopSite.Com. For this week’s Blogger Q+A we talk to DJ Pizzo of HipHopSite.  We discuss the history of HipHopSite, what catches his ear as a blogger/DJ & the advantages of being a genre specific blog. Stereogrid: Where, How & Why did you start HipHopSite? DJ Pizzo: I [cont.]

BUSTA RHYMES SIGNS TO CAH MONEY RECORDS from DERICK G on Vimeo. Birdman announces Busta Rhymes is the new member of the Young Money Cash Money Billionaires family. Now pick your jaw up off the floor.

Produced by The Snowgoons from the album “Zeitgeist: The Spirit Of The Age”.

House Shoes on the track. Quelle Chris’s album Shotgun & Sleek Rifle is in stores now. Download

From The Cure 2, coming soon. ALC on the track.

With the underground success of their first four videos (featuring Charlie Sheen, Kreayshawn, Lil Debbie, 2 Live Crew, and some porno stars), the Chain Swangaz (Dirt Nasty & Jack Splash) today officially release their latest offense called “The Birds And The Bees”. The video stars Dirt Nasty as an even more creepy/perverted Mr. Rogers (as [cont.]

It’s been a while since we heard from these cats: Today, Constant Deviants are happy to release their new project, Platinum: The Mixtape. Emcee M.I. and beatsmith DJ Cutt are generously offering up the 17-track collection for free through their SoundCloud, compliments of the Deviants’ label, Six2Six Records. The Platinum mixtape acts as a precursor [cont.]

The tag team division of hip-hop has seen quite a resurgence. With everyone from Kanye an Jay-Z to Jake One and Freeway, forming a solid cohesive sound for an album is coming back in style. Being less single driven and more focused on creating a cohesive sound, this has resulted in some great, if not [cont.]

Above, Busta Rhymes announces his new deal with Google Music, which officially launched today, revealing that his next LP will be released exclusively through the new digital music service. He also announces a contest for fans to upload their lip-syncs of this track to YouTube, and the winners will be put in the official music [cont.]

New music from the “Tony Montana” creative genius. Download