Talib Kweli’s Prisoners of Conscious will now be released April 23 and he gets things in full motion with two new tracks featuring some familiar faces. Purchase on iTunes now. “Art Imitates Life” Ft. Black Thought x Rah Digga “One Two” Ft. Jae Millz x Oh No

Jhené Aiko lays out her sweet vocals while Common spits an inspiring verse for Cocaine 80s latest tune. Off their Flower of Life EP coming soon. fakeshoredrive

What a week. If you missed it, below is the recap of our annual lists.

Hey, it’s Elliott Wilson from Rap Radar. And for today’s installment of The Truth, he questions whether or not MCs belong on reality TV. These days it seems like VH1 houses more rappers than most record labels. Sidebar: Green Lantern Interview On L+T

This may be the closest thing to an OutKast reunion. Debuted on YN’s Keep It Thoro show, Antwan adds his raps alongside 3 Stacks for his remix of Frank Ocean’s “Pink Matter”. Stank us.

Everyone wants a piece of the gold. And today, Trae Tha Truth decides to get in on some of the action. Looks like that 17 verse remix is really happening?

Produced and co-written by Pharrell, Beyoncé, Kelly and Michelle reunite after 8 years on their first recording. The track will be on their upcoming compilation album, Love Songs on January 29. The trio will also perform the track live at Super Bowl XLVII. Peep the trailer for Bey’s HBO documentary after the jump.

Buckle up. Curren$y and his main squeeze put the pedal to the metal over the Cardiak-produced Rozay hit. Spitta’s new mixtape New Jet City coming soon.

Kendrick Lamar’s story was untold until the release of good kid, m.A.A.d city. Opening with a prayer, his tale unravels with a series of events. From getting double crossed by a local hood rat (“Sherane a.k.a. Master Splinters Daughter”) to nearly arrested (“The Art Of Peer Pressure”) Kendrick geniusly chronicles life growing up in California (“Compton”). Still the meat and potatoes of good kid, m.A.A.d city lies within the album’s sub-plots. There’s alcoholism (“Swimming Pools”), hustler ambition (“Money Trees”) and community (“good […]

From time to time, young rappers think it’s cool to use a fashion trend as the main focal point in their music. And this year, the 21-year-old NC upstart decided to hop on the bandwagon and dropped off his ode to his bodily ink and those hats with the straps. If the annoying loop and the dense hook aren’t bad enough, it’s the simple raps that top it all: “I’m international/Y’all niggas vaginal/I pass through, fresh to death/You’ve now entered […]