A collaboration between Walnut, CA rapper David May and Fresno, CA rapper Fashawn. While trading bars back and forth, the song tells a story of two men who each have a chip on their shoulder and want to take the world for it all.

Wiz drops off some new music via his Tumblr, with help from TyD$.

Tetsuo & Youth due January 20th.

Tonight, BBC Radio 1′s Zane Lowe premiered a new Joey Bada$$ song featuring Canadian artist Kiesza as his “Hottest Record in the World.” This Kiesza collaboration shows Joey stepping into new territory on the upbeat ASTR & Chuck Strangers produced “Teach Me.” The track is now available as a instant gratification download when the album [cont.]

DMX will return to the game on January 13th with the release of Redemption Of The Beast via Seven Arts Entertainment. Peep the cover art and tracklist below. 1. Spit That Shit 2. Built Like A Bitch 3. On and On 4. Get Up and Try Again 5. Solid Ft. Rampage 6. I’m Gonna Win [cont.]

K.R.I.T. joins The Roots and Raphael Saadiq up at The Tonight Show for this performance of “Soul Food” from his Cadillactica LP. We didn’t forget about reviewing this album, keep your eyes peeled.

Jonathan Kim writes: “After releasing two successful records with his Ugly Heroes brethren, touring 12+ countries in Europe, and honing his craft to a precision point, Detroit writer & emcee Red Pill has signed a multi-album solo artist deal with Mello Music Group for 2015 & 2016. Mello Music Group producer, Apollo Brown, describes Red [cont.]

Another from 2014′s House Slippers, available now.

New at Cuepoint today, Talib Kweli speaks on the plight of the independent artist in his article “Why I Left The Major Label System.” In the article, he announces his next album, Radio Silence, and also reveals he has an album with 9th Wonder in the works, with both projects due 2015. He also outlines [cont.]

It seems like ever since we lost Guru, DJ Premier has pulled back on the amount of beats he’s producing for folks. It’s hard to imagine there was a time when Preem would produce entire LP’s for people – not just Gang Starr, but also affiliated acts like Jeru The Damaja and Group Home. Of [cont.]

From Rhymesayers: “Cat Food” and “Bug Zapper” were initially released in December on an extremely limited 7-inch vinyl record, available only to fans who purchased the Aesop Rock x Kid Robot collaborative vinyl toy, “Whiskers: The Undead” through Fifth Element. These songs will not be available on any other album.

Dipset re-unite as Cam’Ron, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, and Freekey Zekey channel Edo G & The Bulldogs on “Have My Money.” Premiered by Flex.

Produced by Dr. G.

The press release reads as follows: Producer Easy Mo Bee will celebrate 25 years as one of the most innovative forces in hip hop with the release of a new album, “…And You Don’t Stop!”, available at iTunes on January 10 via Chuck D’s SLAMJamz Record Label. Chuck D, along with SLAMJamz President and COO [cont.]

We dig the PRhyme album (review coming shortly), but did feel it was a little bit too short. No matter, DJ Premier has revealed in an interview with the New York Observer that an expanded deluxe edition of the album is coming, with three to five new songs on it, including a collaboration with MF [cont.]

John Legend and Common Sense perform their cut from the Selma soundtrack on Good Morning America.

M.O.P. returns with “Welcome 2 Brooklyn”, the latest track off their late 2014 project Street Certified.

From Future’s 2014 Monster mixtape.

Master P and Lil Wayne team up on “Power” from the Money Mafia Album We All We Got. Wonder how Birdman feels about this? Amazing Photoshop work here.

Busta Rhymes affiliate OT Genasis shoots a big budget version of his cocaine anthem, “CoCo.” Less glaciers of ice, more gigantic female body parts this time around.