Joe Budden brought has act to the El Ray Theater last night in Los Angeles. During his set, he brought out Tank for the first live performance of his single “She Don’t Put It Down”. Ab-Soul was also in the house for the first recital of “Cut From A Different Cloth”. westcoastrydaz

As part of 2DopeBoyz and Soul Assassins’ freestyle series, TDE’s Ab-Soul gets introspective on this WorldWarDrew-produced beat.

Over a dark beat, Ab-Soul steps up to the mic and gives Black Entertainment Television their freestyle for the week. The DJ looks as if he isn’t too impressed. Us? We expected better.

Joey BadA$$ heads out West and taps TDE’s Ab-Soul for the B-Side of his single, “Waves”. Cop ’em both on iTunes here. xclusivezone

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Fresh out the Vegas lab, K-Dot treats his fans with the third installment of “The Heart” series with features from his TDE compadres. Sounds like three times is a charm. Tae Beast on the beat.

Guess not everyone is eatin. As TDE continues to travel across the states for the BET Music Matters tour, we get more behind the scenes look at their recent stops in their second vlog.

Trae Tha Truth, Chipmunk, Iggy Azaela, B.o.B., & T.I.  As always, the highlight of last night’s Hip-Hop Awards were the cyphers. Personally, there weren’t any “oh shit!” moments this year, but I took the liberty of bolding the best spitter of each group. Here are the rips courtesy of yardie. Let the great debates begin.

Colin Munroe has just released his latest collection of tunes, Unsung Hero, which you can download in full here. Below he links back wth K-Dot as well as Ab-Soul for its sixth track. hhnm

Picking up where Jay Rock left off, Ab-Soul continues #TDEFamAppreciationWeek by taking us to planet X for his contribution. Produced by JMSN.