Critics? Fuck ’em. Playboy Tre keeps his head to the sky and comes through with a track that everyone should care about. Hurry up, The Last Call is coming soon. b rich

9th Wonder and David Banner finally announced November 9th as the release for their joint album, Death Of A Pop Star. The project’s next single will feature Ludacris on a song entitled, “Be With You.” Will you be there? xxl

Mannie and Mystikal were spotted on Frenchmen St. in New Orleans yesterday and invited the rapper into his car to play some beats. Last month, the rapper mentioned Fresh as one of the beat makers on his next album. Sounds like something to look forward too. yk2 via baller’s eve

One for the treble, two for the bass. Pharoahe Monch sits down for True Hip-Hop Stories with D-Nice and discusses the making of the classic, “Oh No”. Afterward, he speaks on the state of the game.

Last night, Lupe posted a snippet of his new song, “Go To Sleep”. Under the track’s info, it’s billed under: Food & Liquor II (TGARA). Goodbye Lasers? Take a listen to the excerpt below.

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”gyptian”] Every year, one dance hall or reggae artist sneaks through the cracks. This year’s “it guy” is Gyptian, and in an interview with NBC Miami, he speaks on working with Nicki Minaj on the remix to “Hold Yuh”. Better hold on to the moment, my yut.

[vodpod id=Video.4197673&w=425&h=350&fv=] The folks over at Hood Affairs On Demand compiled random footage of Gooch’s great adventures for a visual to the title track off his Mr. Zone 6 mixtape. Pretty hood.

“These muthafuckas mad they 5 mic me” Two in one day? Nice. This time, Mr. 5 Mics tries his hand at Ross’ instrumental and adds some trillness to it. Hallelujah, this goes hard. Pause.

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Extra, extra read all about it. Here’s Bun B’s 5 mic review from the Fall edition of The Source. Issue hits newsstands nationwide August 17th.