SpaceGhostPurrp "Mysterious Phonk" Full Album Stream
UPDATE #2: SpaceGhostPurrp unleashes the stream for his June 12th release.
Kid Cudi A No-Show At Fifth Annual Roots Picnic, Explains Absence
The Roots play on as surprise guests Freeway, Skillz and Jakk Frost take the stage in an unexplained absence from Kid Cudi in day two of the 2012 Roots Picnic.
De La Soul & The Roots Perform With Surprise Guest Yasiin Bey At Roots Picnic
Okayplayers and Spitkickers brought the house down last night in Philadelphia, as the man formerly known as Mos Def joined De La Soul and The Roots for a full set of Brooklyn and Long Island jams.
Elzhi Announces American, Canadian & European Tour Dates
The respected lyricist will tour the United States, Canada and Europe this summer.
Illus' "Family First" LP Co-Produced By Public Enemy Affiliate DJ Johnny Juice
A hit-maker joins Illus on the boards for his self-released May 29 LP featuring Blueprint, J-Live, Apathy and Ill Bill.
Rosco P. Coldchain To Release "Almost Famous," Produced By Fatin "10" Horton
The onetime Neptunes/Clipse affiliate, now incarcerated, gets a retail release after two shelved albums and several botched labels.
Camp Lo & Ski Beatz Reunite For "Fort Apache" Free EP
The "Luchini" trio drops a freEP today, paying homage to The Bronx.
C-Bo Turns Himself In For Outstanding Warrant, To Serve One-Year Sentence
HipHopDX has learned that Sacramento legend C-Bo will be incarcerated for a year.
Apollo Brown Explains Using Broken Studio Equipment To Keep Signature Sound
Fresh off of "Trophies" with O.C., Apollo Brown says he uses four blown speakers and a broken keyboard to make his critically-acclaimed works.
Young Zee & Mr. Green To Release "One Crazy Weekend" Album
The Outsidaz co-founder and the longtime crew affiliate link for an album of their own this summer.
Open Mike Eagle Prepares "4NML HSPTL" Featuring Danny Brown, Has-Lo
The Project Blowed affiliate has his third solo album coming, in as many years.
Big Shug To Release History Of Gang Starr Booklet With New Album, "I.M. 4-EVA"
One of the Gang Starr originators tells his story as well as the group's in a 36-page color booklet included in his July album, which features DJ Premier, Fat Joe and M.O.P.
Action Bronson Releases "Dr. Lecter" On Limited Edition Vinyl 2LP
One of 2011's standout releases gets the vinyl treatment.
Joe Budden "Mood Muzik" Box Set Trailer
UPDATE; The acclaimed mixtape series dating back to 2005 will get the treatment many believe it deserves, for 100 consumers.
SpaceGhostPurrp Announces Tour Dates
The Florida sensation will make three New York stops before going to Europe for May and June.
Hangar 18's dj paWL Producing "Adult Rappers" Documentary Via Kickstarter
Slug, Blueprint, Homeboy Sandman, J-Zone and others have appeared in the pre-production of a film hoping to gain additional funding.
Brown Bag AllStars' J57 Readies Two EPs, Action Bronson, Nitty Scott MC Featured
The New York producer/emcee has two May digital EPs dropping featuring Rasheed Chappell, Homeboy Sandman, Silent Knight, Maffew Ragazino and others.
Large Professor "Professor @ Large" Tracklist & Artwork
UPDATE: Large Professor released the artwork and announcement video for his LP next month.
Anticon's Doseone Readies "G Is For Deep" For May 29
The veteran emcee/poet is back with a new 10-track LP this month.
Rakim Remembers Adam Yauch, Credits Beastie Boys With Making Hip Hop Global
One iconic 1980s emcee remembers another, stating the impact the Beastie Boys had on showing the New York attitude to the world.
Phonte & 9th Wonder Announce Several Southern Dates With Median & Rapsody
Texas and Florida will get to see some Rap royalty on the road this month.