Under the direction of Mel Phraze, Maffew Ragazino gives another track off his latest mixtape the visual touch. Nice wardrobe. Rare Gems: The Collection out now. YN UPDATE: Let’s take ’em back. Ha!

Any word on MMXI? Well in the meantime, X to the Z drops off two new videos out the blue. Hey it is what it is, so take a trip to the moon after the jump.

The Cool Kids recently partnered up with Nike and Footlocker for the new ad campaign, Nike Fresh Air. Here is the animated promo featuring Amar’e Stoudemire, Chris Bosh, DeSean Jackson and Ken Griffey Jr. woooha

Wiz Khalifa has announced his Rolling Papers World Tour and he’s bringing Big Sean and Chevy Woods along for the trek. Tickets go on sale on, uh 4/20, but if you register over at Wiz’ fansite, you can get them tomorrow. Dates after the jump. hhnm

We could all use more hotsauce and with the Beastie Boys next effort Hot Sauce Committee Part Two coming on May 3, here is track 11. Only a webrip for now, but dope nonetheless. prefix

J-Zone over at egotripland unleashes a 20-year-old never-seen before clip of The Genius, Prince Rakeem and Ason Unique on Public Access TV. Aside from promoting Gza’s Words From The Genius LP, ODB beatboxes while Gza spits a freestyle at about the 5:20 mark. eskay

X17 Online was able to bring us a first look at Bey’s upcoming video, “Girl”. Directed by Francis Lawerence, the clip was shot in the California desert and will be the first offering off her next album. According to Sister 2 Sister, she aslo flew-in 200 dancers from Africa. As far as the single itself, ONTD got the scoop: The theme of “Girl” is like a female empowerment/girl power type of song that is a definite club banger with Top 40/Worldly […]

[vodpod id=Video.5777027&w=540&h=350&fv=quality%3Dbest%26amp%3Ballowfullscreen%3Dtrue%26amp%3Bscale%3DshowAll%26amp%3B] One of hip-hop’s most influential and sampled musicians, Roy Ayers will be chronicled in the upcoming documentary, Roy Ayers Project. Here are the two trailers from ?uestlove and Bobbito Garcia. nr

As we patiently wait for the arrival of “Look At Her (Killin’ Em Part 2)”, here is footage of Loso, Ne-Yo and R.Les in the studio working on the track. Niceee—so far.

De La Soul’s debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising has been inducted in the Library of Congress as the fourth Hip Hop inductee. Their 1989 release now joins Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Public Enemy and last year’s honoree, Tupac Shakur. The selection is one of the 25 recordings over 10 years old that are declared “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” heads up: xxl