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Lost Liner Notes: "Armor of God" by Vakill
DX reintroduces its popular 2008 and 2009 series with Molemen's Vakill, who explains the concepts and back-stories on his hard-nosed new album, with some hilarious anecdotes and asides.
Rapper Big Pooh & Roc 'C' Form The Young Americans, Plan July EP
A Carolina-California collaboration is taking place, involving members of the Little Brother and Stones Throw families.
Rodney O Speaks About Mentoring Ying Yang Twins, Recalls Early Days Of Suge Knight
Exclusive: Working on their comeback album, Rodney O & Joe Cooley spent time in the last several years helping a similar group, as Rodney recalls a young Suge shaking down rappers in the early '90s.
Trailer Released For Vh1 Cooking Show Features Three 6 Mafia's Juicy J & DJ Paul
UPDATE #2: The trailer has been released for the upcoming celeb-reality series, which stars the two Memphis Rap pioneers.
Kendrick Lamar, DJ Evil Dee, J-Live Added To 2011 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival
UPDATE #4: Compton-meets-Brooklyn as TDE's Kendrick Lamar returns to the east, joining Q-Tip, M.O.P., Torae, Homeboy Sandman, J-Live and many more.
Mayer Hawthorne, Bilal Announced As Models For LRG's Fall 2011 Campaign
With the Bay Area as the backdrop, Stones Throw's high-profile Soul singer and Bilal are prominently featured in the Fall '11 line.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Announce Final Performance In Cleveland, Ohio
UPDATE: The group will perform one last time despite earlier reports that they would continue to reunite for performance purposes in the future.
Tracklist Revealed For Coughee Brothaz's "Fresh Brew," Features Slim Thug
UPDATE: Da Odd Squad is back with a new album that also features K-Rino.
Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental
Monumental comes at just the right time, and certainly presents an album that has more excitement and punch than any work since.
Chubb Rock & Wife To Appear On NBC's "The Marriage Ref"
"Ya Bad, Chubbs," says wife KeKe on the upcoming July 3 program.
DJ Jazzy Jeff Talks Mac Miller's Appeal, Draws Comparisons To His Work With The Fresh Prince
Exclusive: The DMC champ explains how Mac Miller's use of a Lord Finesse sample brought himself, DJ Premier and others to the table, and Miller's good-times raps remind him of his own legacy in Rap.
Tech N9ne Talks About Making A Potential Ladies Anthem With Lil Wayne & T-Pain In "F**k Food"
Exclusive: Talking a little bit about the history of "going down" raps, Tech N9ne says that in Strangeland, superstars don't make high-profile collaborations for the radio.
Wu-Tang Clan Affiliate Timbo King To Release Debut "From Babylon To Timbuk2"
After 18-plus years of paying dues, the longtime Wu compilation contributor steps forward with his solo debut featuring RZA and Killah Priest.
Strange Music & Tech N9ne Sign Former No Limit Records Star Young Bleed
The gold-certified onetime No Limit soldier gets down with the Missouri imprint after a two-album stint with C-Bo's West Coast Mafia Records.
KRS-One, Random Axe, Diamond District Contribute To Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival Free iTunes Playlist
Shad, Smif-n-Wessun, Pharoahe Monch, Black Milk and Talib Kweli drop in one a free promotional playlist, available now.
Lupe Fiasco's "The Show Goes On" Certified Double Platinum
UPDATE: Lu's single has hit the double milli mark.
Digable Planets Alum Ish To Release June LP With Band Shabazz Palaces
Sub Pop Records is putting out Shabazz Palaces second project, which finds the "Rebirth of Slick" co-creator continuing his genre experimentation.
N.O.R.E. Clarifies Status Of Capone-N-Noreaga, Talks Lil Wayne Collaboration
"Finito" is expected to make N.O.R.E.'s next solo project, as he and Pharrell formally reunite, and the emcee says that he and Capone are focusing on solo endeavors right now, but don't count them out.
Donnis & Kid Sister's Label Home, Fool's Gold, Opens Retail Store In Brooklyn
The label that helped introduce the world to Kid Cudi is going retail in BK.
Zion I Talks Remaking Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs' "Be A Father To Your Child"
Grouch and Zion I paid tribute to Edo's 20 year-old classic, with Roy Ayers on the vibes, with very good reason.
Jon Connor To Release iTunes Album "Salvation" On July 12
Flint, Michigan's latest emcee is stepping into the marketplace next month.
