The times they are a-changin’. With Kendrick Lamar’s album dropping on Monday, Pharrell turned to his Twitter account and compared Kendrick’s music to Mr. Tambourine

Produced by 40 and Drake, A$AP flexes his rolodex for the first single off his debut album,

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Hit Boy’s production takes a back seat on the latest leak from Kendrick’s debut. “Freestyles” are usually reserved for mixtapes and this probably should’ve been too. good kid, m.A.A.D city drops on the 22nd. Pre-order here.

While out in Arizona, K-Dot spoke with Bootleg Kev. He says “Compton” was the first recording he did with Dr. Dre, explains why we have yet to see a video for “The Recipe”, his BET Hip-Hop Awards cypher and more.

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.

Aside from the cyphers, BET kept the Hip-Hop Awards stage occupied throughout the night. One of the highlights was the emotional tribute to Chris Lighty from Missy, Q-Tip, Fat Joe and 50 Cent.

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.

Kendrick’s collabo with Lady Gaga wasn’t listed on the tracklist. After K-Dot briefly touched on the reasoning, Gaga explained on her site it was due to creative differences with management, but she hopes to release it eventually. I apologize to the fans that this situation with Partynauseous is confusing. To it clear it up I must explain this. When I collaborate with an artist i work solely with them, not with their camps or management. Its purely organic and creative. I love Kendrick dearly […]

Just weeks after hosting alongside Rocsi, Kendrick returned to 106 with new host Bow Wow to discuss his current Music Matters tour as well as good kid, m.A.A.d city. Album in stores October 22.