Sadat X speaks with Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds on the Juan Epstein show, recounting Brand Nubian legends, plus stories of 2Pac, Biggie, and Jay Z in the early years.

Benji B tells the story of hip-hop legend Q-Tip – founding member of A Tribe Called Quest. Hear from Q-Tip at length as well as Pharrell, Nas, The Pharcyde and more. Interestingly, he names each Digital Underground, The Beatnuts, and The Pharcyde as members of The Native Tongue family. He also reveals a 25th anniversary [cont.]

A new French Montana video, filmed in a strip club. He’s thinking outside the box on this one.

It’s been four years since we’ve heard an album from Sage Francis, with 2010′s Li(f)e for indie rock imprint Epitaph. The album fused Sage’s heavy poetics with live instrumentation, including collaborations with members of Death Cab For Cutie and French composer Yann Tierson, among other standout moments. Between that and being an album with a [cont.]

New music from Styles P, Sheek Louch, and Jadakiss. Bonus points if you can name the instrumental.

New music from Jimmy and Trey, courtesy of DJ Spinking.

NY rapper Black Dave delivers the second volume of his Stay Black mixtape series, with a little help from Cookin Soul, Statik Selektah, KE On The Track, among others.

Dreams Worth More Than Money coming soon. Get More: Meek Mill, I Dont Know feat. Paloma Ford, Music, More Music Videos

Chi-Town’s Lil Durk fills in the blanks on Drake’s “0 To 100″ instrumental, raising the bar to “300″, with some choice words for Tyga. There ain’t no 6 minute abs.

Lead single to Khaled’s upcoming LP, I’ve Changed A Lot gets a video. Get More: DJ Khaled, They Don’t Love You No More feat. Jay Z, Meek Mill, Music, More Music Videos

Reek’s powerful posse cut gets an accompanying visual piece, directed by Picture Perfect.

Nicki Minaj is in conversation with DJ Semtex on BBC Radio 1Xtra, discussing her current single ‘Pills N Potions’ and the forthcoming album, The Pink Print.

Wiz Khalifa joins Riff on this remix to “Versace Python”. Original version appears on Neon Icon, out this Tuesday on Diplo’s Mad Decent imprint.

Police are in search of a suspect who fired several shots at an SUV with Schoolboy Q riding inside, after his show at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver, CO on Thursday. Three men in the car were wounded, although Schoolboy Q remained unscathed. The injuries were not life threatening. After the shooting, the SUV [cont.]

Ice-T remakes his own track from his 1993 Home Invasion LP, now with Body Count, yet the new version uses the Rick Rubin instrumental from Jay-Z’s version. Full circle, bitches.

Produced by Ty Dolla & Shafiq Husayn. From the album Tetsuo & Youth, coming soon.

Ab-Soul, the most philosophical member of the by now vaunted Top Dawg Entertainment, met Microphone Check hosts Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Frannie Kelley in Los Angeles two weeks before the release of his latest album, called These Days … After only one listen to the album, the three of them had a conversation about Ab’s [cont.]

First single from DJ Scratch’s Nas remix album, Scratchmatic, available this July 4th.

Off the new Domingo album Same Game New Rules, available July 2014.

Produced by Sounwave. Additional vocals by Jhene Aiko. From the album, These Days… due June 24th.