40 Water and $hort Dog bring their act to the showroom floor. Honestly, this looks more like a late night commercial than a music video.

When Guru speaks, people listen. And last Fall, he had everyone’s attention at the Pop Tech speaker series in Camden, Maine. He spoke on hip-hop’s origins, influence, and music sampling. On a related note, Guru’s holding a contest to have a song engineered by him. You can find all pertinent information here.

“I’m the king, you a pauper/ Slugs from the 40 cal caught ya/ Kidnap your mother, make me an offer.” AG Da Coroner is as unapologetic as ever with new material featuring Meyhem Lauren. The track’s produced by ATG and features scratches courtesy of Statik Seletkah. This will end up on Da Coroner’s forthcoming project,

Chief was taken into custody today following a probation violation. The charge stems from when the geniuses at Pitchfork sent him to a gun range

“I go hard in the streets nigga, you only go hard in tweets, nigga (you do!).” Ain’t that the truth. Memphis Bleek commandeers Big Sean’s mixtape favorite for his latest freestyle. The Movement 2 mixtape coming soon.

Wax gives himself an evaluation in support of his album Continue which was released today. Honestly, we all can benefit from putting forth a lil’ more effort. Cop the album

Cudi’s back on the cover of Complex for their February/March 2013 issue. The entire story is available to read here. but here are a few highlights below. Issue hits newsstands February 4th. On antidepressants I took a trip on antidepressant lane for a little bit. After the WZRD song “Dr. Pill” everyone thought I was talking about molly or ecstasy. But I’m talking about prescription meds. I had just gotten a shrink. I was having an emotional breakdown with this breakup. I kept trying […]

Sherane’s got a big ol’ fat ass. Last week, Kendrick Lamar debuted the video for “Backseat Freestyle”. The clip featured his real-life father and this talented young woman. This weekend, MTV caught up with K-Dot to discuss his viral hit. “It’s funny because it’s a weird thing when I go back to the neighborhood and the homeys know who I’m talking about. It be a big joke, and I’ve been hearing things that she’s more excited and surprised that I put her […]

After completing our annual Best Of Lists last week, Elliott and I called up DJ Drama’s Aphilliates Radio on Shade 45. We spoke on our selections and expectations in 2013. B.Dot YN

“Won’t sign to no major if no wager, less than a $3 million offer off the top.” Joey takes one small step for New York and one giant leap for planet Brooklyn on this new cut debuted and produced by DJ Premier. According to AO, the track will be officially released on Monday. UPDATE: Final version.