Vanderslice writes: “Keeping up with the theme from vintage 80′s films, icons, and now video games, we present to you a piece of culture that greatly influenced Green Steez & myself. River City Ransom was gritty city street shit and who better to provide that soundtrack than the realest rapper alive.. the ONLY gangsta rapper [cont.]

Legendary crunk hip-hop producer, Mr. Collipark, teams with rising Twerk producer Meaux Green for “No Discrimination”, with emcee DPK on the mic.

A study that has been making the rounds on the internet over the last week or so shows that Aesop Rock has the largest vocabulary in hip-hop, at least when paired up against 84 other of the most well known artists in hip-hop history. Coder Matt Daniels created an algorithm to survey the first 35,000 [cont.]

Kev tells us: “I got on the phone with the XXL boss lady Vanessa Statten! With the release of the XXL Freshman Class there were alot of questions I had about some folks who I felt might have got snubbed (Rittz, G-Eazy,IAMSU!, Etc.), and some of the reasoning behind those snubs. Plus of course we [cont.]

Rapper and Soundset Festival insider, Atmosphere’s Slug stopped by Sway in the Morning to promote his new album Southsiders. The Minneapolis rapper performed a couple of his songs “Camera Thief” and “Kanye West.” He went on to explain his involvement with the Soundset Music Festival, which Sway in the Morning will be present at, why [cont.]

Animal Ambition due June 3rd.

New music from 2 Chainz’s Free Base EP, which dropped on Monday, for free download. Get More: 2 Chainz, Trap Back, Music, More Music Videos

From DJ Prince’s Test My Sound LP, hitting May 13th.

Official lyric video for The Roots “When The People Cheer” off …and then you shoot your cousin in stores May 19th on Def Jam.

From Rocko’s upcoming Real Spill mixtape, hosted by DJ Drama.

In preparation of the upcoming release of “Barrel Brothers”, Skyzoo & Torae treat fans to an exclusive album sampler. All 14 tracks are served via snippets to give the people a dose of what to expect come May 27th. The album, featuring production and guest features from DJ Premier, !llmind, Jahlil Beats, Black Milk, Sean [cont.]

From the album “Silk Pyramids” available everywhere May 27, 2014, Thrice Great/Chambermusik Records.

One of our favorite cuts of the moment gets an official video. From Big K.R.I.T.’s upcoming Def Jam sophomore LP, Cadillactica.

DITC tells us: “Thank you for supporting DITC for all these years! In honor of your support, we offer this brand new album, “DITC: The Remix Project” for absolutely FREE!!! You can download the entire album via the link below or pick and download the individual tracks!!! Please visit our shop to purchase limited edition [cont.]

New music video from Shirt’s RAP project.

New mixtape from Young Chris “Gunna Season”, presented by Jaccpot Ent. Guests include Meek Mill, Peedi Crakk, Freeway, Beanie Sigel, Yo Gotti and more. Download Mixtape

Another freestyle over Nicki Minaj’s “Chi-Raq”, courtesy of the A$AP Mob.

Hot Damage: “New rendition of the classic party break you can always count on. That’s why we call it “Old Faithful”….”

All new remix from Chase & Status’ excellent 2013 LP, Brand New Machine. You can read our review on that album over at our sister site, WeAllHitPlay.Com.

Gangsta Gibbs and producer The World’s Freshest, deliver the second single from their upcoming collaborative project, The Tonite Show, hitting May 13th.