Freeway commands our attention with the latest leak off Diamond In The Ruff, which was also featured in his CNN interview. Produced by Jake One and cover art by Frank The Butcher. Cop it on iTunes here, early.

[vodpod id=Video.12900727&w=540&h=350&fv=] If the trailer had you on the edge of your seat, Brian “B.Kyle” Atkins lets his camera roll and gives us in-depth look at Common, Nas and No I.D. creating their track. This is the stuff that dreams are made of.

We’ve been waiting a long, long time. Thanks, Life+Times. 1. No Church in The Wild (Feat. Frank Ocean) 2. Lift Off (Feat. Beyoncé) 3. Niggas in Paris 4. Otis (Feat. Otis Redding) 5. Gotta Have It 6. New Day 7. Prime Time 8. Who Gon Stop Me 9. Murder to Excellence 10. Welcome to The Jungle 11. Sweet Baby Jesus (Feat. Frank Ocean) 12. Love You So (Feat. Mr Hudson) Bonus? 13. Illest Motherfucker Alive 14. H*A*M 15. That’s My […]

Mr. Polo teams up with DJ Smallz to bring us his brand new mixtape which features 19 tracks. Step up yo’ vocab with the tracklist and download link after the cut.

[vodpod id=Video.12808783&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] In Ace Hood’s latest vlog, he travels to Beaverton, OR to take part in Nike’s The Opening. In the film, he performs a few of his latest tracks including “Go N Get It”. Blood, Sweat & Tears on August 9th. Sidebar: Ace Hood Celebrates Gucci’s Welcome Home Party

B.R. took his celebration to Thomas Jefferson Park in Spanish Harlem on Sunday to shoot the video for his new single. Too bad we missed all the fun. In the meantime, get Game Tested, Streets Approved July 26.

Pharrell sure loves a photo op. From the looks of it, K-Dot is getting down to the Neptune sound and was spotted in the lab with Skateboard P. Hopefully whatever they worked on, surfaces soon. Kendrick’s Section.80 is out now. kingz

Can’t even let your guard down for a second. Ty Kidd Previously: Rap Is In Control

Foxy has another reason to pull her skirt up after a NY judge dismissed charges on her violating an order of protection filed by her neighbor Arlene Raymond. According to various reports, Raymond decided not to take the stand and testify against the rapper. If found guilty, Fox faced up to a year in jail. Following the court appearance, Foxy said of the woman she struck with a Blackberry in 2007: “It’s rooted in jealousy, it’s a scarying thing like […]

Another doggone shame. DMX was initially set to be released from Yuma State Prison tomorrow, but according to TMZ, he will have to remain for at least another week due to a few infractions including: drug possession of an unspecified drug, failing or refusing a drug test, smoking and more. X has been at the Arizona pen since December on a probation violation.