Despite the dreary weather, 550 fans occupied The Bowery Ballroom last night to catch rising star, Macklemore. Along with DJ, producer, and hypeman Ryan Lewis, the Seattle natives gave arguably one of the best live hip-hop performances I witnessed this year. Even without knowing their songs verbatim, the duo’s stage presence and stadium status anthems made for great night out. A tissue for your sorrows if you missed out, but here’s a recap courtesy of dark nyte‘s 60d.

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You are now watching the—push back. Initially set to drop next Tuesday, it’s no suprise the rise of the king has been delayed. Below, he explained on Twitter the reasoning and gave the new date. Classic, huh? Ready for y’all to hear The album now if could its so much bullshii involved with samples and other shi. I promise this album will be classic.this is my life!!! Ur gonna luv it. Careless World. New date Jan 24!!!….. Pre orders go up next few […]

It’s almost that time for the arrival of Ja’s Pain Is Love 2. And while the clock keeps on tickin’ ’til its release next month, here’s his latest, produced by 7 Aurelius.

A few weeks back, Cappadonna’s new album, The Pilgrimage quietly hit stores. And during his promo run, he stopped by DJ Tony Touch’s weekly show and threw a few darts over the Shade 45 airwaves. Bullseye! allindstrom

On the night of the release of their 13th album, The Roots performed at the Highline Ballroom. Above they brought out Big K.R.I.T for their “Make My” collabo. If you haven’t done so yet, get undun now. steve-Ography

Sans the auto-tune, T-Pain swung by Jimmy Kimmel’s late night gig to perform “5 O’ Clock”. After the jump, he closed out the evening with “Drowning Again”. rEVOLVEr in stores now.

It’s Dre Day! And yesterday, the Boss Hogg Outlaw released his My Theme Project EP, which you can get in full here. With this track here, he keeps it in the Lone Star State with Bun and Killa.

Bobby V is back at it and uh, drops, his latest cut featuring Meek Mill and 2 Chainz. Produced by Nard & B, this will be featuring on his Vitamin V on December 20th. Now ladies, give it up. x

Late last night, Trigga took to his Instagram and tallied what appears to be the cover for his new album. Chapter V coming soon.