With just three weeks until the release of their new album JustPlayWitIt, MarQ Spekt & Blockhead drop the bass heavy single “Grilchy 808″ on us. JustPlayWitIt will be available July 29th on HiPNOTT Records. About the album: Hot off his 2011 collaboration album with Cunninlynguist producer Kno (“Machetevision”), Philly emcee MarQ Spekt teams up with [cont.]

The sixth album from legendary hip-hop group Souls of Mischief, There Is Only Now, is a unique cinematic 90s crime tale of love, loss, and revenge. A conceptual collaboration with producer Adrian Younge and the first release on his freshly launched Linear Labs Records label, There Is Only Now gets its inspiration from a near [cont.]

Troy Ave speaks with Bootleg Kev on possibly signing to Grand Hustle, meeting Nas, & being cocky.

From VladTV: “VladTV sat down with legendary Chicago MC Common and asked about the roots of his previous issues with Toronto rapper Drake. The two went back and forth in 2012, and while many speculated it was over a certain woman the two had in “common,” it was never confirmed. Common admitted during the sit [cont.]

Capital Steez – Rest In Peace – spits over MF Doom’s “?” instrumental from Operation Doomsday.

Produced by Blended Babies.

From YG Addie’s Perks And Lean mixtape dropping this month.

From the upcoming MagnifIAm project. Dilla produced “The Shining” for Lawless Element(Mag’s former group) in 2003. He later rapped on a Magnif-produced L.E. track titled “Love”. Look out for “MagnifIAm” later this year as well as a full-length album with Queens, NY producer, Ayatollah.

AraabMuzik sits in with Ebro and the Hot 97 Morning Show to speak on his upcoming projects, and gives a brief performance.

New music from Wale. In other news, he and MMG labelmate Meek Mill aren’t getting along for some reason, which exploded on social media today. We’re sure there’s a future Breakfast Club or Hot 97 interview to get to the bottom of all this. Read on below the track. Instagram: Wale responds: Few weeks ago. [cont.]

DJ Infamous continues to make big moves as the Atlanta DJ/producer drops his latest single “Somethin Right.” The record is something of celebration, with Mississippi’s Big K.R.I.T. and Memphis’ own Yo Gotti lacing the bass-heavy track with boastful rhymes about putting on for the South. K.R.I.T. is behind the boards on this one, and as [cont.]

B-More pioneer Tittsworth returns, teaming Q-Tip, Theophilus London, Alison Carney.

Video animated and Directed by Orign of Futprnts Workshop 2014. “Light Years” ft. Roc Marciano, A.G., O.C., & Godfather III the single from DJ Skizz’s debut producer album B.Q.E. (Brooklyn-Queens Experience). Available on Itunes now.

Illa Ghee releases his Social Graffiti album today via IMOR ENT/Diamond Media 360, with a little help from the in-house crew. Guest shots from Steel of Smif N Wessun, Sean Price, O.C., JuJu of the Beatnuts, Guilty Simpson, Large Professor, Ayatollah and more.

Another piece of the Nobody’s Smiling puzzle, hitting July 22nd. Produced by No I.D., along with the rest of the album…

Combat Jack: “90 minutes wasn’t enough time. On the eve of releasing his tenth album ‘Nobody’s Smiling’, Common revisits his days growing up in Chicago, being inspired by Michael Jordan, house music, Chicago mayor Harold Washington, Rev. Jeremiah Wright and how this album addresses the current plight of black on black crime in the windy [cont.]

Usher reunites with his “Lil Freak” collaborator Nicki Minaj for his latest single, which borrows heavily from S.O.S. Band’s “Just Be Good To Me”. Bonus, check out Disclosure’s remix of “Good Kisser” down below as well.

B.o.B. continues his onslaught of new music with another selection from his upcoming No Genre 2 mixtape, hitting July 9th.

Debut album “The M.O.N.E.Y. (Motive Of Nearly Everybody, Yo)” coming soon on Statik Selektah’s Showoff Records imprint.

A terminator themed PSA to up-and-coming artists. Outro courtesy of Public Enemy’s Chuck D. Produced by Marco Polo.