N.O.R.E. pulls up a seat with Shaheem Reid for this week’s Round Up. He spoke on working with Pharrell, how the game saved his life and, of course, his recent release, Student of the Game.

MMG occupied Brooklyn’s Public Assembly on Wednesday. Rockie Fresh was on the bill for the Scion AV’s open mic event and brought out Stalley as his guest. EMETakeover has the footage.

The adventures of Ace Hood continues. For his latest video, we follow him during his recent travels. Trials & Tribulations drops July 16.

How many beverages does it to take to bounce with Miguel? While your girlfriend ponders that question, check out his new video with Kendrick Lamar. The original track can be found on Kaleidoscope Dream. pitchfork

XXL focuses their cameras towards the Queens rapper Action Bronson for his freshman freestyle. Bon appetit.

Inside the lab, J.Cole breaks down the production and recreates the instrumental for his single, “Power Trip“. If you haven’t yet, peep the video here. Born Sinner June 25. And should Hov rock to that track at the end? Newsies, they go hard.

Tomorrow will mark 3 years since the passing of Guru. And to keep his legacy going, Marco drops off his tribute featuring Premo and Talib Kweli. Marco Polo’s album PA2: The Director’s Cut coming in July.

Dizzy Wright puts his talents on display for a few minutes in today’s XXL Freshman freestyle clip. Below that, cheek out his latest video, “First Agreement” featuring Nikkiya and Manny Scott.

Revamps will never die as long as Jim Jones is around. So for his latest, Capo puts excursions onto the Tube for T. Rone’s remix.  Jomo loves his fans.

“TIME’s most influential was impressive’, specially since I wasn’t in the artist section…” Hov’s back with builders and titans. As one of seven covers, Gloria’s Warrior rubs elbows with the 99 most influential people on Earth. You can check out his feature written by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg here. Y’all gon’ read today.