Shot by True Stories Radio, Mac Miller has fun with his cover and gives his Khrysis-produced cut a mini-visual. Make the best of your day and download the mixtape here.

Ironically, Bilal’s Love For Sale never went on sale, but no need to grab a tissue for your sorrows. Michael Sterlin Eaton gives us his visuals behind the Common collabo.

[vodpod id=Video.5770164&w=540&h=350&fv=videoId%3D826439401001%26linkBaseURL%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.xxlmag.com%252F2011-freshman-class%252F%26playerID%3D735056479001%26playerKey%3DAQ%7E%7E%2CAAAAj36EHhk%7E%2C2pR1tWM5uVhnbSj–UUJCXbI03wJZIun%26domain%3Dembed%26dynamicStreaming%3Dtrue] It’s Lil Twist’s turn for XXL‘s 2011 Freshman of the day. Down below, the Young Money artist discusses his style and who he’s eyeing to work with. My whole swag is different. My whole style is different from everybody that was on that cover, and vice versa. Nobody on that cover is like me; they got they own style. My music is different, for different people. [In the future] I definitely, really wanna work with Wiz, which is my big […]

[vodpod id=Video.5769595&w=540&h=350&fv=] Loso took time out from his studio session with the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League to discuss his fab 3 with 3 Little Digs. On a related note, it looks like that upcoming remix is coming along niceeely. The S.O.U.L. Tape coming soon too. Sidebar: Fabolous’ 30 Fabulous Lines

Gucci Mane shows his grill for the cover of The Source’s annual Green Issue. The feature is written by moi and hits newsstands March 22nd. Below is an excerpt of La Flare on making the Forbes list last year. Source: You don’t make Forbes by being stupid. Do you feel like people doubt your intelligence? Gucci: Yeah. The critics and bloggers ridicule and scrutinize [but] it fuels my fire. I can’t say I want to enjoy all the spoils of […]

A week out of prison, Prodigy gave The Source his first post prison interview. P spoke on his release, appearing in the Unsigned Hype column, and love for Kanye West. What da drilly wit dat!

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”travis_106″] Yesterday afternoon, Travis Barker invaded 106 & Park. Following an interview, he performed “Jump Down” with The Cool Kids. The track appears on his solo debut album, Give The Drummer Some which is in stores today!

[vodpod id=Video.5769267&w=540&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D631877%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A631877] Apparently, record company people aren’t the only shady ones in the biz. A Tribe Called Quest conversed with Sway yesterday and read a disparaging message from the producers of their Beats Rhymes and Life documentary. Days after Q-Tip’s interview with YN on Shade 45 last year, he says he accidentally received an email stating the following: “First off let’s close the Billing Block and put it on the poster so they can’t get on that. Then we’ll fuck […]

[vodpod id=Video.5767921&w=540&h=350&fv=] New York City sure knows how to party. With that being said, Maino and company shows us how the Big Apple rocks a venue with their latest clip. Directed by Ron Adkins and Karl Lawrence. ifwt

We’re still waiting on that title for his debut album, but tonight we get an unreleased track from Jermaine’s stash. As always, he murders it nonetheless. After the jump, check out details behind the record.