It’s The M Recordings: “Although we may use the terms rapper and emcee interchangeably, don’t let Innocent? hear that nonsense coming out your mouth. A gully assassin who has spent his whole life rolling with the punches, his dedication to the game is evidence that skills are more important than flashy trends. If you’ve been [cont.]

New Dilla produced goodness from SV, from their new 5-song vinyl EP, Vintage.

Rae’s classic sample driven #TBT series continues in its third week with “Footsteps In The Dark”. He didn’t even have to use his Rae-K.

Following the success of the My 1st Chemistry Set, Mass Appeal’s very own, Boldy James, is releasing his first single “Crunchin” off of his upcoming mixtape Trapper’s Alley 2 — dropping mid September. “Crunchin” is now available for download on iTunes. Since the signing announcement with Nas’ newly launched label Mass Appeal Records, Boldy James [cont.]

The renowned producer attributes his creativity to another legend: “I was musically charged, man. I had some adrenaline going on then. I’m serious, ever since I — I think after I met James Brown as a kid. I was seven years old,” says Pete Rock. “I wasn’t the same since.” The man who made “T.R.O.Y.” [cont.]

DJ QBert returns with a bang by releasing 2 extraordinary albums on July 1, 2014 and breaking new ground with the World’s First interactive album packaging. Extraterrestria is DJ QBert’s much-anticipated follow up to his groundbreaking debut album and feature film, Wave Twisters. His follow up, Extraterrestria is a collection of “alien-like” music from space [cont.]

Pep Love, a member of the legendary Hieroglyphics crew, best known for his critically acclaimed 2001 album Acension, fronts a one-man-band on his latest single, “Evergreen”. With eloquent rhyming prose, Pep shows why he remains a staple of the Oakland collective. Heavy guitar stabs and precise rock drumming play the background, while the lyrically-proficient MC [cont.]

The legendary Killah Priest connects with Reflectionz and producer Mosaic on “Frequencies Of Nature” via EasyDoesIt Records. Frequencies of Nature by Killah Priest x Reflectionz x Mosaic

G.O.O.D. meets Slaughterhouse on this remix from Cyhi’s Black Hystori mixtape.

On July 12th Eminem’s Shady Films with Watchloud.com present a night of Total Slaughter live on PPV. Featuring Hollow Da Don vs Joe Budden, Loaded Lux vs Murda Mook, and the road to Total Slaughter Championship. “Total Slaughter will deliver three hours of intense competition and performance at the highest level of battle rap, including [cont.]

Combat Jack: “From Run-DMC to Kanye West, Soul Brother No. 1 been the go to guy to to make classic material. On top of that, how many countless producers he inspired, from legends like J Dilla and Kanye West to innovators like Madlib? #NeverForget the rap giants he helped birth, like NaS, and the Notorious [cont.]

Rah Digga returns with new music, “For my hardcore female spittin’ fan base…”

MMG’s wildcard is the latest to spit over Pharrell/Future/Pusha’s “Move That Dope”.

We can all forget about yesterday’s Jadakiss faux pax, now that The L.O.X. reunite for another cut.

Cam’ron delivers another video from his 1st Of The Month Vol. One project, available now. http://theredcity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/camron-pits.mp4

Super lyricism on display, courtesy of Statik Selektah’s upcoming LP, What Goes Around dropping August 19th on Showoff/Duck Down Music.

Shad Moss is Bow Wow’s real name. Still says Bow Wow on the artwork tho, so who knows.

Twista teases his long-awaited Dark Horse LP with a quick verse that shares its namesake. The album will see the light of day August 12th.

Back in the day, Puff used to get criticized for “jacking for beats”. Now he just commandeers other dudes’ whole songs. Here’s his Revolt-ing remake of Wiz Khalifa’s “We Dem Boyz”. Blacc Hollywood coming soon (that’s Wiz’s album, btw).

From Young Scooter’s July 4th release, 80′s Baby.