Statik Selektah is easily shaping up to be producer of the year, as he has not only shown an incredible work ethic, but also has picked all the right talent to bless his seemingly endless stash of beats. On recent projects, he’s reinvigorated emcees like Freddie Foxxx, while perfecting the emcee/producer relationship with longtime collaborators [cont.]

This event, happening November 26th at Subterranean in Chicago is special because, not only is it the birthday of legendary Chicago DJ Risky Bizness, but it also unites several of the city’s classic indie hip-hop acts under one roof for possibly the last time. Let’s face it, we’re all getting old. Anyway, appearing will be [cont.]

For El Da Sensei’s latest collaborative effort, he gets some help from his Artifacts partner in rhyme Tame-One and New Jeru’s first lady, Rah Digga for the !llmind Remix of “Everyday In The Street”. As featured on The Nu World Remix EP, which drops next Tuesday (11.15.11), this song signifies the first time that El, [cont.]

Mac Miller, who released his debut LP, Blue Slide Park on Tuesday (and is on track to enter the charts with 180,000 copies sold in it’s first week), breaks down the album with the folks at Billboard.

+FE Music proudly presents the “Shibuya Session EP”, a collaboration between Nicolay and the Raleigh-based exploratory jazz trio The Hot At Nights, led by 8-string guitar virtuoso (and The Foreign Exchange guitarist) Chris Boerner with Matt Douglas on sax/woodwinds and Nick Baglio on drums. The EP was recorded at Sound Pure Studios in Durham NC [cont.]

“Time Leak” features Talib Kweli on the verses and Sly Johnson’s soulful belting on the hooks. The music video pays homage to The Matrix, Alien, the work of David Cronenberg, and any other spacey cult classic you can name drop. The visuals show Union ‘controlling” a female body with their instrumentals, eventually bringing her to [cont.]

As debuted by Okay Player, The Next is Mojo The Cinematic (Dujeous) and Taylormade Sounds on guitars, releasing this song in support of the #OccupyWallStreet movement. Purchasing the single on Itunes will net 25% of the proceeds to the Alliance For Global Justice, in support of the movement. Download  

Previously unreleased video from Honda’s IV LP.

From CF’s Make Believers project, coming soon. Download  

T.I. adds his verse on Drake and Wayne’s late night hit. Download

Unexpected collaborative record from Betty’s November 15th LP, Betty Wright: The Movie. ?uestlove co-wrote and co-produced the album.

Directed by 3 Little Digs.

Lead single to Koncept’s Awaken LP, hitting Dec. 13 on Soul Spazm. Koncept “Watch The Sky Fall” feat. Royce da 5’9 (prod. by Marco Polo) by iamKoncept

*guilty as charged* Download  

Cee-Lo will re-release The Lady Killer with three additional tracks before the end of the year – this is one of those tracks.

Lil Kim takes shots at Birdman, Nicki Minaj, and Lil Wayne over her Uncle Murda’s instrumental, while visiting Kay Slay’s show on Shade 45. Download

In a recent interview w/ The Village Voice, Drake speaks on a missed opportunity to work with Phonte of Little Brother. “With me and Tay, I kinda dropped the ball on a feature he needed me to do, just being 100% honest. I really wanted to do a record with him, and we actually did [cont.]

Aftermath signee, Dr. Dre protege and unapologetic gangster rapper Slim the Mobster presents his new street album, War Music, hosted by DJ Whoo Kid and powered by Crooks & Castles. War Music features ten original tracks including the highly rated Whose House?, What Goes Up, the Dr. Dre assisted Back Against the Wall and more. [cont.]

From Ambition, which opened this week on the charts with 162,000+ copies sold.