The music Gods plan to keep Chad Butler’s legacy alive with his new album, Still Pimpin‘ on July 12th and here is the posthumous LP’s first offering featuring Big K.R.I.T. nr

Nas Back? To the essence of the young MC from QB? Hey, I’m with it. More metaphors. Less messages.

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Now that Jay-Z is a New York Times Bestselling author, he explains in another vignette about the poetry found within rap music. roc4life

Who’s Rap Radar’s #1 fan? Ha! Ty Kidd Previously: Livin’ Lavish  

And new music week continues with Ludacris. This will live on Rap-A-Lot ‘s 25th anniversary compilation album. Not sure if this will cause any noise in the bedroom though. rd

DeAndre and Vybz Kartel both share the cover for FADER‘s Summer Music issue. In it, Vybz breaks down his new new look while SB discusses his role in the remake of Juice. Sidebar: Soulja Boy x Big Sean “Love Money” via kc

And so it starts. Los becomes one of the first to take a crack at Drake’s latest track. Surely, there will be room for more freestyles to come.

pic via worldredeye That’s Lil B in the red hoodie—more than likely, checking his Tweets. Anyway, B turned to his Twitter earlier today and revealed that he found a spot on Weezy’s upcoming mixtape, Sorry 4 The Wait. boxden

Woop woop, that’s the sound of the police and also our first look of Ace’s next video for his current single. Off his forthcoming album, Blood, Sweat & Tears. Be sure to go n get it on August 9.