In honor of what would have Big L’s 40th birthday, Complex presents a newly discovered clip of Big L and Big Pun freestyling in 1998, along with some studio footage of Big L and Ron Browz in the studio in the second clip. Both clips are provided by Jewlz of Danger Zone Filmz, the mastermind [cont.]

Directed by Rec The Director & Lord Nez. From the Crushed Grapes. Look out for his upcoming Sip The Nectar LP coming later this year on Man Bites Dog Records.

50 Cent visits Good Morning America to speak on his wild pitch at The Mets game, his new album Animal Ambition, and more.

One more from 2013′s Underground Luxury. Get More: B.o.B, All I Want, Music, More Music Videos

Nobody’s Smiling coming soon. Full music for “Kingdom” will be directed by Hype Williams.

In his interview with NPR revealed today, Mannie Fresh debuted a new song from their upcoming collaborative LP, OMFGOD.

From NPR: “Mannie Fresh, the legendary New Orleans producer and DJ, was our guest for the first live episode of Microphone Check. We taped at NPR’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. at the end of May, and the conversation was predictably warm, sharp and funny. Mannie regaled the crowd with stories about Cash Money Records, the [cont.]

We don’t usually post trailers for songs or videos, unless it is a special event. Since we have ran the “Everything We Know About Common’s Upcoming Nobody’s Smiling LP” article today, we’ve gotten more news about the release, with an official trailer for the lead single, as seen below. The music video will be released [cont.]

From Sway’s Universe: In the first clip, Brother Ali and Prof stopped by Sway in the Morning’s station at the 2014 Soundset Festival. First, Sway decided to cross check the rappers’ knowledge of their home town of Minnesota. Then Ali spoke about cultural appropriation and accepting that as a white person that he is a [cont.]

1/3 of Dilated Peoples and 1/2 of Step Brothers, Evidence, sits in with Cypress Hill’s B-Real on The Smoke Box, in this 20 minute smoke session, in which “the Doctor blazes some very special trees”. You may get a contact high, just from watching.

From Str8OutDaDen: “Allow me to introduce Masta Ace, Wordsworth, Punchline & Stricklin, collectively known as eMC. The crew talked with us about their return to music and broke down a few records from their latest project, The Turning Point EP. In addition to all of that, eMC spoke on the importance of having a solid [cont.]

Huge ATL breakthrough banger gets a star-studded remix featuring Lil Jon, T-Pain, and French Montana.

50 Cent’s Animal Ambition will hit on June 3rd. But the tracks from it have all been released over the past few weeks via videos and other media. So here is the stream of the entire thing, courtesy of DJBooth.

Cons supplies a “Super 16″ to Robin’s ode to regret and winning back love. Additional production and Mixed by David Matin

New music from recent Alchemist collaborator and signee to Nas’ Mass Appeal Records imprint. Produced by M. Stacks.

From the two acts’ collaborative ¡MURSDAY! in stores 6.10.2014. They got your phone tapped, what you gon’ do?

Check out the new World’s Fair track “Uh Huh,” which features Prince SAMO and Cody B. Ware. Then catch them on their 15-date Cross Faded tour next month with Atlanta’s rowdiest rap collective, Two-9. 6/8 – Barbary – Philadelphia, PA 6/9 – Middle East Upstairs – Boston, MA 6/10 – Webster Hall Studio – New [cont.]

Spe$h teams with DJ Premier and Kool G. Rap on the first single from his upcoming project, The Art Of Production.

New music from Rocko’s new Poet EP, which also includes collaborations with Chase N Cashe, Fatboi, TM 88, Rodnae, Knucklehead, and Helluva.

Last week, Mayhem Lauren dropping by Shade 45 to kick it with Statik Selektah and the Showoff Radio crew.