“tAz Arnold and his TI$A label gives you an exclu$ive behind the scenes video from the photo shoot ‘L.A. rAdne$$ the Look Book’ feAt. Big SeAn.. WE RUN THIS ART $HIT! Directed by Calmatic.” - ti$a

The crew over at DD172 released the first official images of Curren$y’s upcoming Pilot Talk album. It’s been reported that this project will be released under the Rocafella imprint which is stil owned by Def Jam/Universal.

Kanye West feat. Dwele “Power” (co-produced by Symbolyc One)

Mr. West drops off the first single off Good Ass Job. It’s about to be a hot summer, folks.

Major Lazer hooks up with La Roux for a new electro-reggae mash up. Download the mixtape here.

It looks like Young Diggy Simmons has really been working on his pen game, there’s no denying this kid’s flow. Check Diggy out at LifeofTheJetSetter.

Check out the musical stylings of the French duo known as Poom. “Rollercoaster ” is their latest visual and pays tribute to “Salut les copains”, a french 60’s popular magazine about music. (Directed by Côme de Bouchony) More about Poom.

This past Sunday marked the 10 year anniversary of the death of the late Christopher Rios aka Big Pun. In his memory Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg put together an amazing retrospective mix of Pun’s music. (RIP Christopher Lee Carlos Rios (November 10, 1971 – February 7, 2000)

(Full Track Listing After the Jump)

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Here’s a lil appetizer to Til The Casket Drops (12/8)

Download: DJ Critical Hype & EscapeMTL present The Art of Clipse

(via EscapeMTL)

Play Cloths gives it’s co-sign to the BlakRoc project which is being led by Dame Dash and features rock group The Black Keys laying the musical backdrop for emcees Mos Def, Raekwon, Billy Danze, and many more. Check the BlakRoc project on Itunes today.

Wu-Tang Lego: Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ from davo on Vimeo.

This video has been out for a bit, but sometimes we all just need a moment of clarity. It’s Friday, so just take a few mins to relax and watch the greatest Hip Hop x Lego mashup of all time.