Even in mid-September, MJB’s already in the holiday spirit with her cover of Donny Hathaway’s classic jingle. Off her upcoming holiday compilation, A Mary Christmas arriving October 15.

Off his upcoming mixtape, 19 & Boomin, producer Metro Boomin comes down with a new record from Guwop. Thank him later.

In ode to Christopher Walken’s character in the film King Of New York, Vado dumps off his latest recording. This may be a sign of a new project on the way. Download his recent, Slime Flu 4 here. x

Before his announcing his next album next month, Glasses Malone sets the tone and aligns himself with some of the greats on his new record. sd

Fresh out da pen, Ja Rule was back at Hot 97 with Angie Martinez. In the first part of his interview He spoke on his time in prison. After the jump, he discusses Murder Inc.’s glory days, backlash, falling to 50 Cent and future endeavors.

Nigel Sylvester bunny hopped to 395 Hudson St for a sit down with Angie Martinez. During their interview, they called up Pharrell and talked about their Brooklyn Machine Works partnership.

Featuring several performance clips, Danny Brown’s a hallucinogenic mess in his new video in support of Old. Dip to iTunes and preorder the album here.

Jill Scott is in town this week to promote her new film, Baggage Claim (September 27th). She kicked it with Cipha and Rosenberg for nearly an hour and discussed her career, The Roots, Peedi Crakk, Dave Chappelle’s Block Party, and a bunch of stuff in between.

Ca$h Out’s got more than 21 questions to ask on his cew collabo featuring Yo Gotti. Here’s one for ya: Ca$h Out’s new mixtape, Ya Feel Me? is coming soon. lm

While visiting Statik Selektah’s “ShowOff Radio” show a few weeks back, Emilio cracked the mic and displayed a few rhymes for the Shade 45 listeners at home. His No Shame…No Regrets is available here.