Decon announced today on their site the release of Gangrene’s newest effort, Vodka & Ayahuasca. Sauced on exotic inebriates, the West Coast producer/emcees The Alchemist and Oh No will release their second grimy Gangrene collaboration on January 24th. The new dose, Vodka & Ayahausca, is a follow-up to last year’s gritty debut Gutter Water. Both [cont.]

IMAKEMADBEATS makes some pretty amazing music. Here we get a behind-the-scenes tour of Dirty Socks Studios. I hope everyone knows that there is no one named “V” who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Also, the #Occupy movement isn’t honoring an Alan Moore comic by wearing “those masks”. The fact that you can buy [cont.]

From Omen’s new mixtape, Afraid of Heights. Download  

Legendary DJ Peanut Butter Wolf stopped by Converse Rubber Tracks for a quick “Oh, Hello” and to celebrate the 15th anniversary of his seminal LA-label Stones Throw Records. Wolf chats about his passion for some of his new artists, how turntablism has changed, and some of the music that inspires him today. The track is [cont.]

From producer Rel!g!on’s forthcoming LP, Rel!gulous. Download  

From Law’s new mixtape, The Outbreak. Produced by Symbolic One. Download  

Produced by J. Cardim. Download  

First of four videos from The Roots’ undunLP, due December 6th. A new video will be released every Tuesday until the LP drops.

Spax, a German emcee, collaborated with Guru on a track called “Traume” in 1999, while in support of Gang Starr’s Moment of Truth tour. The song has been given an updated remix treatment for this video, which shows newly uncovered footage of Gang Starr on stage and in the studio. R.I.P. Guru, Fuck Solar.

Termanology and Ea$y Money have teamed up to form S.T.R.E.E.T. Together the duo will drop a free LP on November 21st. Download  

From Population Control, in stores now. Directed by Todd Angkasuwan.

From Rap-A-Lot Records’ 25th Anniversary collection, Bun and Baby cover the Scarface classic. Download  

Directed by Motion Family, from K.R.I.T.’s forthcoming Def Jam debut, Live From The Underground.

I’ll be opening for Lil Jizzle tonight at Tryst in Las Vegas. Hit me for guest list, HHS readers.

We haven’t had the chance to watch it in full yet, but here goes Chairman Mao’s interview w/ MF Doom. Got an hour and a half to spare? We expect it to be better time spent than watching Sucker Punch.

The crossover LP has been the death knell for many-a-rapper career’s – i.e. Big Daddy Kane’s Taste of Chocolate, Mic Geronimo’s Vendetta, or Q-Tip’s Amplified (and we liked that last one). Fact of the matter is, when artists choose to go against the sound that their original fanbase was built upon, the core feels betrayed, [cont.]

Bobo Meets Rhettmatic release their official Cypress Junkies Mixtape & Mini EP premiered by FRSH SLCTS. The highly anticipated mixtape + EP contains four new original studio tracks with a features by Dilated Peoples’ Rakaa Iriscience and Fitz and The Tantrum’s, Noelle Scaggs and three live mix sets programmed by genre. The seminal percussionist and [cont.]

Marcberg Reloaded might possibly, actually, potentially, theoretically drop in December. Download