Gucci! Umm, yea. Exclusives, unreleased shit, yadi yadi. A typical Empire mixtape, with a horrible rapper… I will never ever ever understand why people like this shit. Ever.

DOWNLOAD: The Empire & Gucci Mane – Guccimania (Mixtape)

Slum Villa put up their highly anticipated single on their MySpace today. Originally heard on Marsha’s Yours Truly mixtape. This is the final version; produced by Focus. Shouts to CashmereThinker on the rip. UPDATE: That didn’t take long at all, CDQ added.

DOWNLOAD: Slum Village – Cloud 9 f. Marsha Ambrosius [CDQ] | Mediafire

Although I don’t think I’ll ever enjoy another Lyfe album more than I did with his debut (which is why it’s the main pic above) I still fuck with his music. Adding Loso to the mix always helps too. This is the record Fab was talking about finishing up last month.

DOWNLOAD: Lyfe Jennings – Work f. Fabolous | Mediafire

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Trailer for J. Cole’s upcoming mixtape, The Warm Up. Those also looking to get more inside the head of the NC emcee, hit up Complex for a dope indepth interview. And incase ya’ll forgot, the dopehouse has been supporting since day one zero.

NahRight and John Public have teamed up to produce an original video series that gives the average hip-hop fan, artist and/or consumer the platform to talk back about their culture. We’re turning the camera away from the household names and onto the people on the corner who have their own valid opinions and thoughts on hip-hop music, the industry and what’s going on in the street.

Subjects include Asher Roth, Kid Cudi, Ludacris & T.I.

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Rough day, so no witty quips at the moment. The official video drops tomorrow. Props to Mario.

I’m not too familiar with Chip’s music, and to be honest the few things I’ve heard I wasn’t entirely impressed. This one off his upcoming The Cleveland Show mixtape isn’t quite so bad. Props to FB.

DOWNLOAD: Chip Tha Ripper – No, I Said I LIKED You (prod. 88-Keys) | Mediafire

Here’s the third leak off Shawn’s I.W.G.2: I Told You So, a dopeRoots/Tapemasters presentation, coming Cinco De Mayo.

DOWNLOAD: Shawn Chrystopher – Who I Be (prod. Shawn Chrystopher) | Mediafire

Anybody who doesn’t think that Queen Latifah isn’t one of the GOATs – and that means in general, not “female GOAT,” “female rapper GOAT” or any of those dumbass categories – should promptly wrap their car around a telephone pole. Her new album, Persona, drops later on this year.

DOWNLOAD: Queen Latifah – Chains | Mediafire

If you don’t know about SoulStice, I advise you check out North by Northwest and Dead Letter Perfect now. And while you’re at it, check out his Wade Waters material (with Haysoos) too. Not only does dude put out great music, he also received a Masters in Electrical Computer Engineering; and currently works for the Department of Defense. Yea, take that rappers. Anyways… this record is the first leak off his upcoming album, Beyond Borders, dropping this June w/ features from GLC, Oddisee, Kev Brown, Supastition, Wordsmith and Zap Mama. Now, words from SoulStice…

The project is a collaboration between myself and Belgian beatmaker, SBe, who provides all of the instrumental music for the album.  As far as the vocals, the songs are collaborations between myself and many of my favorite artists from around the world.  We’ve got artists from the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Africa, and Canada.  The first time I ever traveled abroad was a trip I took Russia in 2000.  The fact that the globalization of hip hop had reached all the way there really made an impression on me.  Since then I’ve grown as an artist and have toured around the world, seeing firsthand how hip hop, as a US cultural export, has grown and become something new and different in these various places.  Yet, the underlying theme is the same everywhere: hip hop continues to be the mouthpiece for people who exist outside of the mainstream to make their voices heard throughout society and around the world.

DOWNLOAD: SoulStice – Unfold f. Oddisee (prod. SBe) | Mediafire

Here are some extra bonus tracks that were left on the cutting room floor of Print’s (2)dope Comic Books: Unlimited album.

DOWNLOAD: Print – Smallville | Mediafire
DOWNLOAD: Print – Super Bad f. P.CASSO | Mediafire

Some new Neako for the masses. Above he gets down with Green Lantern OnDaSpot. And below I’ve included a new joint that’s not featured on his latest mixtape, The Rubix Cube: Green Edition. Shouts to OnSMASH.

DOWNLOAD: NeakO – Celebration (prod. Neako)