We could all use more hotsauce and with the Beastie Boys next effort Hot Sauce Committee Part Two coming on May 3, here is track 11. Only a webrip for now, but dope nonetheless. prefix

J-Zone over at egotripland unleashes a 20-year-old never-seen before clip of The Genius, Prince Rakeem and Ason Unique on Public Access TV. Aside from promoting Gza’s Words From The Genius LP, ODB beatboxes while Gza spits a freestyle at about the 5:20 mark. eskay

[vodpod id=Video.5972823&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Simply Jess of Miami’s mighty 400 Club held her birthday bash this past Sunday. As always, the dress code was less than enforced. Good thing Cool & Dre and Drake didn’t adhere to the rule. Ha! if you missed out, get your rocks off and pretend you were there. 400 Life, fool!

X17 Online was able to bring us a first look at Bey’s upcoming video, “Girl”. Directed by Francis Lawerence, the clip was shot in the California desert and will be the first offering off her next album. According to Sister 2 Sister, she aslo flew-in 200 dancers from Africa. As far as the single itself, ONTD got the scoop: The theme of “Girl” is like a female empowerment/girl power type of song that is a definite club banger with Top 40/Worldly […]

We’re a week away from Spitta’s new project and DOTR got a grip of track 9. Do the knowledge: Covert Coup drops next Tuesday.

Tyga is back with the follow up to his last mixtape, Black Thoughts. Not to be confused with the guy from The Roots. Ha! Tracklist and download link after the cut.

[vodpod id=Video.5777027&w=540&h=350&fv=quality%3Dbest%26amp%3Ballowfullscreen%3Dtrue%26amp%3Bscale%3DshowAll%26amp%3B] One of hip-hop’s most influential and sampled musicians, Roy Ayers will be chronicled in the upcoming documentary, Roy Ayers Project. Here are the two trailers from ?uestlove and Bobbito Garcia. nr

Jay-Z and actress Gwyneth Paltrow traded interviews today on their respective websites. For Life And Times, Hov asks Gwyn about her musical taste. SC: Personally I was very surprised at your extensive knowledge of hip-hop songs. Particularly how you can sing ’90s hip-hip songs word for word. I can’t even do that! How does a girl from Spence discover hip-hop? GP: I first was exposed to hip-hop when I was about 16 (1988) by some boys who went to collegiate. […]

It’s been a week since Jimmy released his latest album, Capo and today we get a brand new remix to track 4. Jones grabs Waka and Lloyd for some assistance. uhtn

Two Tuesdays ago, Killer Mike got the chance to spit alongside Tony Touch on Shade 45. Pl3dge Allegiance To The Grind May 17th. al lindstrom