After releasing his critically acclaimed, 1977 LP, Terius Nash drops off the lead single from his fourth album The Love, IV: Diary of a Madman. Sounds solid—solid as a roc. mr. north

Action Bronson is in a contemporary mood. So for his latest rap, he takes us back to the past over a few familiar instrumentals. Produced by Party Supplies. Blue Chips coming soon. sermon

Joe Budden and Young Chris’ party isn’t shutting down anytime soon. With that being said, here’s their new party soundtrack courtesy of Flex. Hands on ya knees, hands on ya knees. UPDATE: No tags.

Last night, Styles P and Just Blaze were in the cooker. Before the end result arrives this way, Styles warms us up with freebie over Jay Electronica and Just Blaze’s instrumental. Exhibit below. Sidebar: Is this the beat? We’ll see.

Paul Wall rolls his Wednesday music series in to the new year and comes double fisted with his latest installment. Come and get you some. Aww ready.

[vodpod id=Video.15911067&w=540&h=350&fv=] MTV watched the ball drop during their NYE In NYC 2012 at Times Square. Above J.Cole brings the “Work Out” to the stage while Mac Miller rolled through with his own “Party On Fifth Ave.”

It’s that time of the year again where Tony Touch and Al Lindstrom compile their favorite freestyle sessions from the Shade 45 weekly show. There’s rhymes from Kendrick Lamar, Big Sean, Black Thought and more. Download here. Previously: 2010

Once again, Rihanna has the Midas touch. This week, her latest album, Talk That Talk lands at #9 on the charts and surpassed the 500k mark according to the RIAA. Congrats Ri Ri!

Hoping to keep the OFWGKTA mania going in 2012, Odd Future’s Hodgy Beats and Left Brain release some new material.

While spending the holidays in Aspen, CO. Nick Cannon was hospitalized for kidney failure. His wife Mariah Carey discussed on her site what happened and Nick’s recuperation. This is us in the hospital – role reversal; Last year it was me attached to the machines (after having dembabies) and Nick was there with me through it, and now here we are. We’re trying to be as festive as possible under the circumstances but please keep Nick in your thoughts because this […]