(image source) Strong Arm Steady + Madlib = Stoney Jackson. It’s a West Coast thing. Download: Strong Arm Steady – Loose (ft. The Jacka) (produced by Madlib) via Nah Right Sphere: Related Content

Statik: Okay, so I had to push back my album 100 Proof (The Hangover) to February 2nd, so in the meantime I revamped the album and came up with this EP dropping digitally on December 1st. Take your time, Mr. Selektah. Download: Statik Selektah – Jaded (ft. Joe Scudda, Truck..

Great New York rappers are an endangered species nowadays. Von Pea and Homeboy Sandman are among my favorite local artists and Señor Kaos of Atlanta isn’t looking too shabby either. This and “Slick Money” have piqued my interest in his project Walk Softly & Carry A Big Brick, which drops..

You may know John Robinson from his MF Doom-produced album from January, Who Is This Man? But his new album with J Rawls is an entirely different beast. The 1960’s Jazz Revolution Again is strictly jazz-based hip-hop. On “Whoizzy,” Robinson’s rapid-fire flow fits perfectly over the fluttering trumpet, Download: Jay..

The picture says it all. This comes from Big Boi’s Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. Download: Big Boi – Fo Yo Sorrows (ft. George Clinton, Too $hort) (produced by Organized Noize) via Rap-Up.com Sphere: Related Content

Corey and DJ Premier is a good combination, and this falls in nicely with some of his recent work. I’m really looking forward to Born And Raised. DOWNLOAD: Cormega- Make It Clear (prod. DJ Premier) Sphere: Related Content

Wale’s success hasn’t exactly resulted in a DC takeover of hip-hop, but at least the DMV’s sound is getting some exposure. (DMV = DC, Maryland, Virginia) PHZ-Sicks (pronounced “physics”) is underexposed Virginia talent. He describes his mixtape Less Than Zero as “a movie in a mixtape that follows the up..