The Roots perform an exclusive track during the John Varvatos Fall/Winter 2011 Campaign shoot at Republic Airport in New York. Shoutout to Chenzo.

Here’s that long-awaited full-length version of that single from Common’s The Dreamer, The Believer LP, due this November. Above, Com speaks on his recent signing to Warner Bros records, explaining how Lyor Cohen reached out to him, in the above clip.

The first video off of Ski Beatz’ 24 Hour Karate School II, due August 9th. Directed by Jonah Schwartz.

Pete Rock addresses the NYPD drama outside of the Monumental release party at Tamany Hall this past week.

First official single from ‘Wolf’s Shady Records debut, Radioactive. LISTEN: Yelawolf – “Gangsta Of Love” (feat. CyHi Da Prynce)

One more from Salvation, which hits July 12th. LISTEN: Jon Connor – “FLI69″

From Kendrick’s Section80 LP, which dropped this weekend on Itunes. Lamar talks about the LP in clip #2. HHS review coming soon….

Better late than never video from Cappadonna’s debut LP, The Pillage. Directed by Doggie Diamonds.

J. Cole speaks with Soul Culture TV and at Bonnaroo, on the September 27th release of his long-awaited official Roc Nation debut LP, Cole World: The Sideline Story.

From Game’s R.E.D., we assume.

While we still haven’t seen a reuniting of the holy Little Brother trinity, each of the group’s members will release album’s by the end of 2011. Starting in July, Rapper Big Pooh will team with Stones Throw alum, Roc C, to form the Young Americans, and will release an as-of-yet untitled EP. Following that will [cont.]

Copywrite previews this new collabo with Canibus’ Lyrical Law LP, along with Planet Asia.

Quasimoto – Low Class Conspiracy (dir. Kristoffer Crook) from Kristoffer Crook on Vimeo. One last entry from Stones Throw’s video contest, which wrapped up this weekend. Directed by Kristoffer Crook.

While there was innanet speculation suggesting the release of Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne LP on July 4th, instead, we get some news, a street date, and a spot to pre-order from. The album to be released on August 2nd, with pre-orders taking place now via Island Def Jam’s webshop. The album is [cont.]

Here is the new mixtape from The Two. Fifteens. The Commute Vol. 1 is basically 18 songs of all new material combining songs, remixes, and edits into a cohesive mix-tape/album/project. This is in preperation for the album coming later this summer Effective When Used After The Two. Fifteens-The Commute Vol. 1 (Mixtape)

New track from Illus featuring Blackalicious emcee Gift of Gab, this is the second leak from the forthcoming Illus LP For Adam Illus For Adam Tracklisting: 1.Requiem For Adam featuring scratches by Public Enemy’s DJ Johnny Juice 2.Unstoppable featuring Freddie Foxxx aka Bumpy Knuckles and Paul Dateh with scratches by Public Enemy’s DJ Johnny Juice [cont.]

Album out July 26th on Duck Down Music. Pre-Order the Deluxe-Edition at iTunes today. The album contains three exclusive bonus tracks: Track Listing: 1) Welcome Back 2) Boiling Water 3) Bumpin 4) Can’t Make It In NY 5) Showin Up 6) Celebration 7) Wanna Get Dough 8) Get Involved 9) Sand to the Beach 10) [cont.]

Untitled from HipHopSite.Com on Vimeo. HipHopSite.Com’s DJ Pizzo caught up with Guilty Simpson at Savile Row in Las Vegas this past week, where he spoke about the prospect of sequel to the Random Axe project, as well as “OJ Simpson 2″ with Madlib, among other things.

Safe to say Ross shoots a video for every track he records at this point in his career.

Four years since their last release, Smif-n-Wessun return with a suitably titled fourteen-song offering of Bucktown brilliance. Boasting exclusive production and expert turntablism from the Chocolate Boy Wonder, Monumental makes its moniker proud every step of the way. The unlikely trio prepared an audible meal that should have the hungry going back for second and [cont.]