!llmind drops off 12 new beats for the listeners on !lluminati, for your mind, soul, and body.

Former rivals Joe Budden and Ransom link for another track, which won’t be included on Joe’s upcoming Some Love Lost project.

After his controversial sit-down with Boosie, Peter Bailey catches up with Ab-Soul on the leg of his Miami tour where the two discuss spirituality, how social media programs society & his take on God’s existence. 40 minutes.

Luda preps for his Burning Bridges EP due December with a new entry in his #Ludaverses series.

For #BlackOctober Jarren Benton is releasing a new track every Wednesday to lead up to his new EP dropping later this year.

New over at Cuepoint, Unkut’s Robbie Ettelson delves deep into the history of forgotten Run DMC / Whodini producer, Larry Smith. Gaining access to Larry’s last recorded interview, Smith has suffered a stroke and is currently in state hospital, unable to afford decent care. Read this story, it’s an imporant one. The Triumphs and Tragedies [cont.]

Chi-Town connect on this remix of Herb’s “Fight Or Flight,” featuring Common and Chance The Rapper.

Big K.R.I.T speaks on his new album, Cadillactica, as well as on Spike Lee, J.Cole and Kendrick. He busts a freestyle as well.

As you may have heard, Killer Mike and El-P offered a series of ridiculous pre-order packages for their Oct. 27th Run The Jewels album. Among these was an offer for $45,000, in which the duo would remix the album using nothing but “cat sounds.” The idea was a hit with fans, who started a Kickstarter [cont.]

From Mass Appeal Records: “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 — coming out soon. “Crunchin” is now available for download on iTunes! Since the signing announcement with Nas’ newly launched label Mass [cont.]

From Rolling Stone Films: “Def Jam was started 30 years ago in Rick Rubin’s NYU dorm room. Watch him go back to the place where it all began for the very first time.”

This shit knocks. Black Milk’s forthcoming album, If There’s A Hell Below, is out October 28.

From OutDaBoxTV: “Out Da Box TV is happy to bring you Part 2 of our in-depth interview with Souls Of Mischief and Adrian Younge. Fresh off the heels of their successful concept LP entitled “There Is Only Now”, the group continue the convo with details on the turning point of the story line, their ability [cont.]

This is the title track to Akrobatik’s 2014 album Built To Last and the first video from the album. Troop with Ak as he treks back to his hometown after being rebuilt to find out what happened to the world he once knew. Beats by Reason of 4AR and cuts by DJ Reel Drama. An [cont.]

One more from K.R.I.T.’s Cadillactica due Nov. 11th.

Another one from Tyga’s The Gold Album: The 18th Dynasty, produced by Kanye West and Mike Dean.

Another one from JS-1′s It Is What It Isn’t, available now.

New music from Children Of The Night / World’s Fair member Remy Banks. Directed by Jay Sprogell.

TDE in effect. Produced by SmokeyGotBeatz. MixedByAli.

The title of this song suggests that this song is an ode to dicks, but that’s not the case. #RapMasculinityFail