LISTEN: LLoyd Banks – “Shock The World”

From StonesThrow.Com : Here is a video for Dilla’s “U-Love” off Donuts, sent to us just a couple months too late for our video contest. This was created by Alan Gonzalez at HB Creative SF. J Dilla’s album Donuts double LP was re-released today with the “smile” cover, along with a poster of the album [cont.]

Interesting…

“Pizza And A Movie” is a theatrically inspired instrumental project that pays homage to some of KON Sci’s favorite movies by fusing his BoomBap/TrueSchool based production with choice quotations from the selected films. As KON Sci explains, “regardless of what was happening with my family, ups and downs, I always knew that when pizza and [cont.]

While Dilated Peoples have been on a bit of a hiatus over the last few years, Evidence ventures forth with his second solo LP, Cats & Dogs, the follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut, The Weatherman. While a skilled producer in his own right, having handled most of the production duties for the Dilated catalog, [cont.]

Yes! LISTEN: Crooked I – “Just The Tip (Freestyle)” Crooked I – “Just The Tip (Freestyle)”

Hitting November 1st. 1. Sound Check 2. Wake Up 3. Loosie 4. Zap 5. Jordan VIII 6. Dada 7. WTF 8. LOL 9. Dark Sunshine 10. Black And Brown

There’s a T.I. remix incoming as well…. LISTEN: Busta Rhymes – “N****s In Paris (Freestyle)” Busta Rhymes – “N****s In Paris (Freestyle)”

Ambition drops November 1st on Maybach Music Group. LISTEN: Wale – “Lotus Flower Bomb” (feat. Miguel)

Hitting November 25th, aka Black Friday. “The cover art for the Black Cocaine EP was an idea I came up with then passed over to the [Sony] RED art department. They brought my thoughts to life,” Prodigy told MTV News. “Havoc and I laughed the other day about how hustlers are gonna try to make [cont.]

Another one off the AC3 Hip-Hop Vol. One compilation, hitting on October 4th.

From Jay’s Follow Me Home, available now.

LISTEN: Curren$y – “Light Snacks”

In part one, Cee Lo opens up about his influences and musical debut with guest appearance by Busta Rhymes and Goodie Mob. In part two, Cee Lo explains the genesis of “F*** You”, his vision of style and what it takes to stand out from the crowd.

¡MAYDAY! returns with a new music video filmed on location during the “All 6′s & 7′s” tour. This track has ¡MAYDAY! front men Bernz and Wrekonize spittin’ over El-P’s ‘Time Won’t Tell’ track.

Only 34 seconds? Pffff. He could have done better. ;)

While shooting his cover story for Complex’s October/November 2011 issue, Kid Cudi took a few minutes out to speak on camera about where his head is at. Does Mr. Solo Dolo really not give a f–k about anyone but himself? What’s the science behind The Wizard, that rock album he’s been promising? Watch the video [cont.]

Check out this exclusive video from the set of J. Cole’s rim-rocking cover shoot. The rapper (who used to ball well enough to get called back as a walk-on at St. John’s University) challenged his old friend D. Scott to a little game of one-on-one that soon turned into a grudge match. It’s Montclair vs. [cont.]

Z-Trip writes: I was always a big Nirvana fan. When I first started playing “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in my sets the audience went crazy. I did get a lot of shit from other DJs at the time….now everyone plays it. Ha! When I was asked to remix Nirvana’s “Lounge Act,” I couldn’t have been [cont.]

Ghostface speaks on how all the Clan albums are like his children and the power of the Wu. Masta Killa speaks on the competition between members to get on a track and how he landed his first Wu verse on “Mystery of Chessboxin.” Raekwon and Ghostface speak on the classic introduction found on “Only Built [cont.]