By now,  Common should have a Master’s degree for all the colleges he’s visited. Anyway, before speaking to the student body at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania yesterday, Lonnie showed off his ability to make words rhymes spontaneously. irockcollege

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Ryan Leslie continues to share new material live and this time, he exhaled his flow on his Mr.Hudson-duet, “Breathe” at San Francisco’s Ruby Skye on Sunday. Les Is More is coming soon. navjosh

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Gibbs and GLC go head-to-head on the first drop from Closed Sessions: ATX. The project was recorded at last year’s SXSW and is due out on March 15th. hhnm via complex.

During Joe Budden’s appearance on ESPN Radio last week, he mentioned this collaboration was in tow. Produced by Will Power, K.P. and Eminem, this marks the first recording from Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf since signing to Shady Records this past January. On a related note, Yelawolf will be headlining the Highline Ballroom in NYC next Tuesday. Tickets can be purchased here. UPDATE: Lyrics to go.

In five days, the Mobb will be back on their bullshit with Prodigy getting released from New York’s Mid-State Correctional Facility. Until then, here’s a new recording from Hollywood Hav.

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CyHi Da Prynce headlined FADER Magazine and Vitamin Water’s “Uncapped Live” two nights ago in Atlanta. During CyHi’s performance of “Sideways”, he received a helping hand from Ashanti “The Mad Violinist” Floyd.

The Yellow Man-in-charge joined The Rosenthals and Jensen this past weekend for the latest installment of their Hype Men Podcast. YN discusses the new issue of RESPECT., XXL’s Freshmen 10, Lupe Fiasco and everything in between. Refined Hype