NEWS

• MOP speak on sideprojects and if their G0Unit debut will ever come out.
• AboutRap reviews the new KRS-One & Marley Marl album Hip Hop Lives.
• Kanye West, who by the way is not the new DJ Premier, will be releasing his third album Graduation this september.
• Who? Mike Jones! His album was just pushed back.
• Eve speaks on the state of female rappers.
• Eminem's protege Cashis is interviewed on AllHipHop.
• Beastie Boy MCA is set to produce the new Bad Brains album.
• Twista & Bone Thugs set to do an album together

• Not 1, not 2, but 3 new Lupe Fiasco tracks for download.
• Common returns with The Game produced by DJ Premier.
• Kool G Rap shooting for a comeback with They Paid With Bullets.
• Wu affiliate Trife da God brings along Termanology on Milk Crate (download.) (Via NahRight)
• I can't wait for the new album, Desire, Pharoahe Monch gives us a taste with What It Is.
• Listen to "We All Want The Same Thing" by Kevin Michael feat. Lupe Fiasco here and the acoustic version here.

• Watch the video for East Flatbush Projectbs classic 1996 bTried by 12b3 here and read about their new upcoming album.
• A great throwback from RealTalk NY: Keith Murray - The Most Beautifullest Thing
• Rakim speaks on his new album and hip hop.
• N.O.R.E. is back! Watch a video for Cocaine Cowboys here and download Throw Em Under The Bus ft Jadakiss & Kurupt
• Redman did a video for Get'em and I agree with Eskay who says: This happens to be the one song I canbt really fuck with from the album.
• Nahright also has the new Prodigy video.

SHOWS

5/18 Talib Kweli @ Highline Ballroom, 11pm, tix

5/19 Rakim @ Southpaw, 9pm, $18 tix

5/20 KRS-One & Marley Marl w/ Joell Ortiz and Skillz @ The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza, 8pm, tix

5/22 Beanie Sigel w/ live band @ Knitting Factory @ 8:30, (tix)

5/25 Lifesavas @ Southpaw

5/25 & 5/26 Sage Francis with Band plus Buck 65 / Alias / Buddy Wakefield @ Bowery Ballroom, tix

5/26 Mos Def @ Highline Ballroomm tix

5/31 T-Pain @ SOBs, 8pm, $25, tix

6/05 Method Man with special guest GZA / Mike Relm @ Webster Hall, only $15! tix

6/3 Hot 97 Summer Jam @ Giant Stadium, Tickets will be going on sale April 27th at 9AM. Presale April 23rd, 9AM with password ACCESS

6/8 Common @ Central Park Summer Stage w/ Joss Stone & Ryan Shaw

6/9 DJ Drama plus Willie The Kid / The Rub DJs @ The Highline Ballroom, tix

6/15 DMX @ B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill, 11.30pm, tix

06/15 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Tribute To Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five @ Paradise Theater, Bronx (tix)

6/23 3rd Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival ft Ghostface, Consequence, Skillz and more. (info).

07/28 & 29 - Rock the Bells w/ Wu Tang and many others @ Randall's Island

07/29 - "Wild Style 25th Anniversary Reunion" Central Park SummerStage ft Busy Bee, Cold Crush Brothers, DJ Grand Wizzard Theodore & Grand Master Caz

08/03 Lyricist Lounge With KRS-One, Ladybug Mecca, and more @ Prospect Park Bandshell. (info)

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