Words from Jonathan Kim: “DMV representatives, Diamond District, the group consisting of Oddisee, yU and Uptown XO, are preparing to release their March on Washington album on Oct. 14th via Mello Music Group. Today, enjoy the first music video from the album for the song “First Step.” Directed by Jay Brown, the video follows all [cont.]

Childish Gambino promised a new mixtape was coming, and here it is. He also promises a new project for iTunes called Kauai coming soon. 1. Dream_Southern Hospitality_Partna Dem 2. Fucks Given (prod. Nick Banga) 3. No Small Talk (feat. Kari Faux, prod. Black Party + Kari Faux) 4. Money Baby 5. Move That Dope_Nectel Chirp_Let [cont.]

From Nature Sounds: “Legendary Brownsville duo M.O.P. released their first album To The Death back in 1994, and have spent the past 20 years building a reputation as one of the most important groups in hip-hop history. They’ve been signed to iconic labels like Roc-A-Fella and G-Unit, released one of the biggest rap singles ever [cont.]

RZA announced today that the Wu-Tang Clan will release a special abridged edition of their new full-length album, A Better Tomorrow, on a limited-to-3000 bluetooth speaker, emblazoned with the nine-diagram phoenix logo, produced by Boombotix. This will include 8 tracks from the full-length LP, embedded in the speaker itself, with no way to extract the [cont.]

Nas joins Angie Martinez at her new home, Power 105.1, in anticipation for Time Is Illmatic, which hits theatres across the U.S. this month. Nas says new music will come “maybe tomorrow.”

Stalley’s OHIO due October 28th.

L-O-X’s “Rapper’s Delight” sampling track gets a video.

Joey: “1st leak. There will be a leak every week. These tracks will NOT be featured on Some Love Lost.”

Saigon revisits his first street album Warning Shots with this graffiti driven video. He also predicts a lot of what is going on now in Hip Hop. His new album Greatest Story Never Told 3: The Troubled Times Of Brian Carenard is in stores now.

Los Angeles’ Thurz has released “Right Now”, the third track off Designer EP, due out November 4th via Red Bull Sound Select. While “Perfect Words” (feat. Kelsey Bulkin) showcased Thurz’s smooth and laidback style and “21″ an upbeat party jam, “Right Now” features his passionate and hard hitting lyrics that give insight into the emcee’s [cont.]

Tree: “So yesterday I forgot to release a #treemix due to my working on my new project #TrapGenuis which is finished and due to drop very soon. So to make up I’m releasing this video for “soultrappin” from the @mctreeg ep via scion that I was on the fence about but after much debate decided [cont.]

Snoop Dogg collaborates with Madlib for “WestFest TV Millionaire.”

Steve Aoki performs “Rage the Night Away” feat. Waka Flocka Flame & Travis Barker on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Big Sean’s Mustard produced cut from his four song Roc Nation EP gets a lyric video.

King Remembered In Time makes his second Combat Jack Show appearance. On the eve of his 2nd Def Jam album ‘Cadillactica’, which drops November 11, 2014, K.R.I.T. talks about his growth as an artist, surviving his debut album “tanking”, touring with Macklemore, separating his professional and private life, being called out on Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” [cont.]

Munchies: “What do you get when you cross a lamb neck with a fan boat and blues guitar legend? You have the fifth episode of Fuck, That’s Delicious, which takes us to New Orleans. Action Bronson had some down time between touring and recording his upcoming album, so he decided to recharge by sampling some [cont.]

Prince delivered his new double album set this week with Art Official Age and PlectrumElectrum, celebrating with a performance at Yahoo / Live Nation concert in Minneapolis. Kendrick Lamar joins him on stage to perform “Whats’ My Name.” We’re hearing other rumblings that the two may release studio recorded music together…

Random Redman remix of DJ Quik’s “Pacific To Atlantic,” in anticipation for the Muddy Waters 2 mixtape.

Cam kicks off the October edition of 1st Of The Month Vol. 4, available on iTunes now.

New track from DJ Quik’s new album Midnight Life, due 10.14.14.