It is with great shame that I post this leaked Drake track from the unofficial mixtape Heartbreak Drake 3 (The First Semester). *shudders* He’s a watered down, pretty boy version of Lil Wayne who will jump on a track with anyone who’s had a big record in the last year..

Why does it sound like Snoop didn’t write his verses? And why do I feel like Snoop doesn’t know what malice means? Still, daps to the Uncle Snoop on putting the younger West Coast cats on a track. Terrace Martin can do no wrong by me. Download: Snoop Dogg –..

TheRealFocus (aka Focus, the former Aftermath producer) has been leaking ‘Homage’ tracks since January. So far, he’s covered DJ Premier, J Dilla, Pete Rock and now Dr. Dre. According to the above artwork, all of these producer-tributes are from an album called Pay Homage, coming next year. Focus’ attempt to..

This is one of the most confusing anti-drug PSAs I’ve ever heard. An obviously inebriated ODB implores listeners not to do drugs. khal at rock the dub and a few others took umbrage at the obvious contradiction of ODB telling people not to do drugs, but I can rock with..

Right, so Madlib is going to release one album every month for twelve months in a new series called Madlib Medicine Show. The first entry in the series is Before the Verdict, which will feature Guilty Simpson on 17 tracks of remixes and original material and will serve as a..

(image) It’s good to see New York’s senior class sticking together. Pete Rock flips a cover version of “Eleanor Rigby” and Sheek spits some street shit. This is hardly the first time someone has rapped over “Eleanor Rigby.” Talib Kweli rapped over a boring loop of the original on “Lonely..

PUTS’ new album Carried Away is one of my favorites of the year. No one has quite duplicated their brand of warm, feel-good rap without ditching sample-based production. Download: People Under The Stairs – Step Off Also check out the video for “Trippin’ At The Disco” (which I liked a..