New video from Toronto emcee T.R.A. produced by Amir Da Terrorist. Alex Jones would be proud.

Video choppin’ at it’s finest. High Water Music’s newest artist Willie Evans Jr shows us how he gets down with his MPC. Check out the Jacksonville emcee/producer’s latest offering Introducin’, it dropped today!

Talib Kweli Speaks “Prisoner of Conscious” LP, Idle Warship LP, Liberation 2, and The Blackstar Reunion Album from HipHopSite.Com on Vimeo. In part two of HipHopSite.Com’s interview with Talib Kweli, Kwel tells DJ Pizzo details about all of his upcoming projects, including the “Prisoner of Conscious” solo LP, his Idle Warship “Habits Of The Heart” [cont.]

Tragedy Khadafi’s “Thug Matrix 3″ will be released on 9-20-211 via 25 To Life Aura /Distrolord Digital. 1. Narcotic Lines (Prod By: araabMUZIK) 2. ILL-LUMINOUS FLOW (Prod By: Now & Laterz) 3. Black Prince (Prod By: Ayatollah) 4. Free Thinkers (Prod By: Shroom) 5. Each One, Teach One (Prod By: Audible Doctor) 6. Gorilla Warefare [cont.]

Directed by Raafi Rivero. Wu-Tang’s Legendary Weapons is available now.

Like minded individuals team for this match made in heaven. R.E.D. hits August 26th.

Wale gives us his take on P Square’s international hit single. LISTEN: Wale – “No One Be Like You (Freestyle)”

Beat by Cardiak. LISTEN: Tony Yayo – “Money To Burn” (feat. Curren$y + P-Reala)

The Black Hippy member plays his July 26th release for the “G Thang” pair.

From The DZA’s #RollingStoned (heh), due August 30th. LISTEN: Smoke DZA – “On The Corner” (feat. Bun B & Big K.R.I.T.)

Produced by Panik, directed by Davey Greenberg. Taken from Armour Of God, available now on Molemen Records.

Big Boi Soundclouded this remix for Amy’s “Tears Dry On Their Own”, which never was approved or released by the label.

Here is the original version of “Victory Laps”, following the Madvillain remix that dropped a week or so back. Get this on the official Doomstarks Serato picture disc, which is available for pre-order now. Details are as follows: This limited-edition PICTURE DISC vinyl features the brand new track “Victory Laps” from DOOM and Ghostface, plus [cont.]

Jay and Kanye have announced that the duo will be collectively known as “The Throne”. They’ve also confirmed the sequence and tracklist for the Watch The Throne LP, due August 1st 8th. “H.A.M.” is only a bonus track, sweet. Official Tracklist Sequence: 1. No Church In the Wild (feat. Frank Ocean) 2. Lift Off (feat. [cont.]

Just chasing my dreams… Playing the violin while Kendrick Lamar spits a few bars. As you can tell I was hype! I have every reason to be, this man will be a legend. – Johnathan Rivera.

Meek Mill goes for dolo, with guest rhymes from MMG head, Ricky Rozay. LISTEN: Meek Mill – “Work” (feat. Rick Ross)

Skillz tries on Jay and Kanye’s beat for size. LISTEN: Skillz – “Yeah So What (Otis Freestyle) Skillz – “Yeah So What (Otis Freestyle)”

01. Pill – Intro 02. Pill – Stayin Down 03. Pill – Scottie Pippen, Tim Duncan 04. Pill – Cashin’ 05. Pill – Gotta Have It (Feat. Gucci Mane, Gorilla Zoe & Starlito) 06. Pill – Pill Explains The Diagnosis 07. Pill – I’m On One Freestyle 08. Pill – Pacman (Remix) (Feat. Rick Ross, [cont.]

Big Paul Rosenberg, high profile rap manager to Eminem, celebrated his 40th birthday in New York over the weekend. Showing his age, he invited EPMD, Nas, Rakim, Craig G, Dana Dane, and others to perform. Jon Shecter proceeded to tell me all about it at Surrender on Friday with every jealously-inducing detail.

Did we start a trend late last week? After our 1996 Fatman Scoop / Jay-Z freestyle was uploaded, two more vintage Jigga sessions hit the net. The first features Jay going back and forth with an emcee named Red Handed, who obviously didn’t follow the same career path as Jay. The second is a short [cont.]