Elzhi shows off the video for his excellent cover of Nas’ “Halftime”. Directed by GerardVictor.Com. From Elmatic, hitting May 10th.

The Distant Relatives promo tour continues.

Another one from Elzhi’s Elmatic Nas tribute LP, which drops next week. Produced by Will Sessions. LISTEN: Elzhi – “Halftime” Elzhi – “Halftime”

Nas teams with J. Records soul singer CJ Hinton and producer Salaam Remi on this new joint. LISTEN: CJ Hinton – “So Fresh” (feat. Nas)

Flint, Michigan’s contribution to hip-hop spits something over Nasir’s “Made You Look”. Watch out for Salvation and Vinnie Chase Season 2, dropping soon. LISTEN: Jon Connor – “I C U Looking” Jon Connor – “I C U Looking”

To say that Elzhi’s “ELmatic” has been a labor of love would be an understatement. The idea was first broached years ago by DJ House Shoes and discussed and bandied about incessantly since. Though the concept was unrealized for what seemed like ages; years went by, life got in the way, recording and touring with [cont.]

The official line-up for Chicago’s 2011 Lollapalooza has been announced, happening Aug 5th-7th in Grant Park. Hip-Hop acts include Eminem, Cee-Lo Green, Nas & Damian Marley, Atmosphere, Jay Electronica, Ryan Leslie, Kid Cudi, and more. For the full line-up, checkout Lollapalooza.Com.

This one picks up where the “Land of Promise” video left off. From Distant Relatives, available now.

Get ‘em, Nasir.

Late addition from the Distant Relatives LP.

Khaled speaks with XXL about his upcoming We The Best Forever LP, name dropping Nas, Kanye West, and Drake as guest artists.

This sounds like a winner; surely it’s gotta be better than “It’s Mine”. Havoc tweeted the artwork out, look for the single on Itunes soon. Update: That didn’t take long. LISTEN: Mobb Deep – “Dog Sh*t” (feat. Nas; prod. Alchemist) Mobb Deep – “Dog Sh*t” (feat. Nas; prod. Alchemist)

The story behind this is that we were hosting MF Doom’s website at the time, and had a close relationship with Doom. Sometime in 2006, Doom had a series of projects dropping all at once, which included the King Geedorah album, some Special Herbs instrumental projects, and a live album, if memory serves correctly. Under [cont.]

DJ Vlad asks Preem to weigh in on Illmatic and It Was Written.

Nas appears on this early, unused version of Swizzy’s “Top Down” beat. LISTEN: Swizz Beatz – “Top Down (Remix)” (feat. Nas) Via: MM

In the first clip, Jon Connor spits for DJ Green Lantern. In the second, Nas co-signs Flint, Michigan’s contribution to hip-hop.

DISTANT RELATIVES “Patience” from nabil elderkin on Vimeo. Late addition from the Distant Relatives set, directed by Nabil.

In the first clip, Rae talks about his new collaboration with Nas, “Rich & Black” from Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang. In the second clip, he jokes with producers Sean C, LV, and D. Dot about beat selection.

Our favorite rapper’s financial woes continue, as the Detroit News reports that Nas owes over $6.46 million in taxes, according to public records. Nas was just hit with a new tax lien by the IRS, also owing $3860 in common charges on his Queens condo, and is also reported to not have paid the $420 [cont.]

Freddie Foxxx aka Bumpy Knuckles announced that in addition to his Kollexion LP with DJ Premier, due this year, he will also release a joint LP with KRS-One called Royalty Check…..Aesop Rock is back in the studio working on a new solo rap album, along with some other projects…. David Banner tweets that he just [cont.]