Over the weekend, Bleek was booked at Studio 4 in Fort Lee, NJ. With DJ Camillo on the 1s and 2s, Bleek recited some of most notable joints before a packed house. If you missed out, check out an additional video here.

Having a breakout year, Odd Future’s Frank Ocean get his first cover story with FADER. Catch the fade and read an excerpt below. When he was nine, Frank Ocean’s godfather subscribed him to Robb Report, a magazine for the ultra-rich. Less interested in fiduciary smarts, it’s a catalog of conspicuous consumption, highlighting tropical vacations, invaluable antiques and, as Ocean came to know, really expensive cars. Though he comes from a middle class family, he obsessively read the magazine’s classified ads, […]

Produced by Madlib, Black Star reunite on this untitled track. It’s labeled as a snippet, so Kweli fans are going to have to wait for the full thing to hear his verse.

[vodpod id=Video.14778331&w=540&h=350&fv=] “Nah, nah, I’m fucked up.” Last Friday, Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Dame Dash visited Sway In the Morning On Shade 45. During his interview, he admitted to his financial setbacks and owing the IRS $2 million in back taxes. He insists that he isn’t broke. Instead, his money gets recycled into his other businesses. “They’re auditing me. When you’re a business man, you have a lot of businesses, a lot of times they think you’re laundering money or you’re […]

[vodpod id=Video.14775385&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Gucci and Waka continue dropping new videos and give us a brand new one for yet another track off their album. Don’t forget to pick up them Ferrari Boyz in stores today.

  Red-y or not, Chuck’s album is finally dropping August 23 and bares his true colors for its front display. UPDATE: Tracklist below says Nav. 1. Dr. Dre Intro 2. The City (Feat. Kendrick Lamar) 3. Drug Test (Feat. Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg & Sly) 4. Martians Vs Goblins (Feat. Tyler, The Creator & Lil Wayne) 5. Red Nation (Feat. Lil Wayne) 6. Dr. Dre 1 7. Good Girls Go Bad (Feat. Drake) 8. Ricky 9. The Good, The Bad, […]

Ether Boy is back with a new track, this time its featuring Maino. Not bad—well until Ron Browz starts singing of course. thisis50

[vodpod id=Video.14764141&w=540&h=350&fv=] Sorry, no nip slip here guys. Backstage at the Femme Fatale tour stop in New Jersey, Nicki Minaj explains to MTV in her British accent how she landed her role in the upcoming animated film, Ice Age: Continental Drift.

With Juelz providing the hook, here’s a new track from DJ Haze featuring Jomo and Fred The Godson. You know how this goes. It’s just a matter of time until Juelz lends a verse. hhnm

[vodpod id=Video.14760001&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] J-Doe’s track recently got an upgrade with David Banner and T-Pain. Until the final product arrives, here’s what went down on the set.