Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolBoy Q, and Absoul talk to us about upcoming projects, how their music relates to their following, and Absoul pays a little hommage to Jay-Z himself by reciting a few of his bars.

Blu’s Jesus is on Itunes now, and his NoYork! LP is on the way. This comes from the latter. Produced by Shafiq Husayn (Sa-Ra), directed by AaronIsNotCool.

Cut Chemist presents TUNNEL VISION trailer from A Stable Sound on Vimeo. Cut Chemist previews this single “coming out sometime in the fall”, in promotion for his Tunnel Vision tour, along with Edan, Mr. Lif, Hymnal, Blackbird, Myka9, Deantoni Parks, and visuals by Tom Fitzgerald. Tickets are available now, dates are as follows. Check out [cont.]

Mill and Chris ain’t gonna hurt nobody with this new single from Dreamchasers, hitting Aug 11th. LISTEN: Meek Mill – “House Party” (feat. Young Chris)

Directed by Fabrizo Conte, produced by Ceasar and PStarr.

Jay-Z and Kanye’s “leak proof” collaborative album, Watch The Throne, is expected to sell over 500,000 copies within it’s first week of release, Billboard reports. The album, which was released exclusively on Itunes on Monday, will see a physical format release on Friday, August 12th, and is a sure shot for the #1 spot on [cont.]

This cut is 100% California – a stroll down the boardwalk with two of the Golden State’s finest rapping over a sunny soul joint by Babu. “Same Folks” is only available on the 5th Element pre-order of Evidence’s Cats & Dogs, dropping September 27th on Rhymesayers. Directed by Punit Dhesi.

Mos talks about getting the call to join the show.

This mixtape is the first installment of “The Live Trilogy”. The Live Identity is a collection of J-Live songs, old, new, rare, hot and classic. The tracks range from the first singles of the mid 90s to the new single for the upcoming album “S.P.T.A. Said Person Of that Ability”. S.P.T.A. hits the web and [cont.]

Talib spoke briefly with us last week about a Black Star reunion LP, now Mos has released a 2-minute snippet via Facebook/Soundcloud, produced by Madlib.

New video off of Oddisee’s Odd Seasons instrumental project. “Belgium’s ZBS Studio reached out to Mello Muisc Group about permission to do a video for Oddisee’s “The Blooming”. MMG of course was honored to have them interpret the song and apply their vision to the track. The resulting marriage of visual storytelling & instrumental perfection [cont.]

New video off of the duo’s solid Trials of the Blackhearted (FreEP), which features Game, Talib Kweli, Freddie Gibbs and Big K.R.I.T. “In Ancient Kemet they believed the heart was the organ that controlled thought, logic and knowledge. The weighing of the heart, against a feather, was used to determine if people were righteous or [cont.]

August 23rd for Game’s long-awaited LP. Some Dre beats, word. Not a bad guest list…. 1. Intro 2. The City (ft Kendrick Lamar) [Prod By Cool & Dre] 3. Interlude/Basic Bitch [Prod By Dirk Pate] 4. Drug Test/80 Cal (ft Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg & Sly) [Prod By DJ Khalil] 5. Martians Vs Goblin (ft [cont.]

Fellow Juice Crew member and Hip-Hop icon, Tragedy Khadafi is set to release a new mixtape on September 20th, 2011. Thug Matrix 3 features Killa Sha with production by: AraabMUZIK, Shroom, Audible Doctor, Now & Laterz, and Ayatollah. LISTEN: Tragedy Khadafi – “Narcotic Lines”

BlowHipHop.TV tells us: While the TDE camp was in NYC to celebrate the release of Jay Rock’s new album we chopped it up with Black Hippy member Ab-Soul to get the latest on his new project Long Term Mentality and how he felt the BH Top Dawg crew was progressing.

Itunes bonus tracks will be announced later. Hits September 27th. 1. Make It Big ft. Khrysis 2. Band Practice Pt. 2 ft. Phonte & Median 3. Enjoy ft. Warren G, Murs & Kendrick Lamar 4. Streets of Music ft. Tanya Morgan & Enigma of Actual Proof 5. Hearing The Melody ft. Skyzoo, Fashawn & King [cont.]

Apathy says: “When I started to make “Honkey Kong” I knew I wanted to make a hardcore, classic hip-hop album. I grew up listening to Gang Starr, Wu-Tang, EPMD… and so on. So when this album started coming together and I started working with dudes who I grew up studying and idolizing; like Preem, Muggs, [cont.]

Longtime Wu-Tang affiliate and former Royal Fam frontman delivers this gem off of From Babylon To Timbuk2, hitting August 30th on Nature Sounds.

One from Guetta’s Nothing But The Beat, due August 29th. Hip-house is back, son! LISTEN: David Guetta – “I Can Only Imagine” (feat. Chris Brown & Lil Wayne)

In the first installment of our sit down with one of the hottest rising actors in Hollywood and a member of People magazine’s “Most Beautiful People In The Word” list, Idris Elba talks about making it onto the intro for Jay-Z’s “American Gangster” album. Although Idris was already featured in the movie he wasn’t sure [cont.]