Leimert Park and Harlem connect as the first lady of Language Artz links up with Dave on this Nobody Famous-produced cut from their upcoming collaborative EP The Renaissance.

Brooklyn’s Caspa Narkz nabs some K.R.I.T. production for his latest release. Shouts to DJBooth on the premiere.

DOWNLOAD: Caspa Narkz – How Long (prod. Big K.R.I.T.)
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Ready for disappointment? Ye is the only feature that actually raps as the rest are just singing on the intro/outro. Yeah…

PURCHASE: Fat Joe – Pride & Joy f. Kanye West, Miguel, Jadakiss, Yasiin Bey (or Mos Def), DJ Khaled, Roscoe Dash & Busta Rhymes (prod. BINK!)

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DOWNLOAD: Reno Chinati – Money Machine f. Cassidy

Kanye’s short film, Cruel Summer premiered at the 2012 Cannes Festival today, and both Ibn Jasper & Theophilus London tweeted some BTS photos. Hov, Pusha, CuDi, Big Sean, Aziz Ansari, Sarah A (star of the film) and new boo Kim are all in attendance. Peep the photos down bottom.

Off I’m Up, dropping Friday at 10:17 a.m. EST.

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With Nasir covering Complex for the June / July issue, (by the way, digging the ode to Do the Right Thing), ‘Plex also sat down and shot a one-on-one video interview with the God. He breaks down how he got the nickname Nasty and gives some insight behind the new album name, Life Is Good. Check it out here.

Mr. Glover continues to roll out tracks form his upcoming project (that is said to be released soon). Radio rip for now…

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Over a year after dropping I Love It, Young Zee and Mr. Green return with the second single off their upcoming collaborative project, One Crazy Weekend (which will finally see the light of day on July 3rd).

Yeah, I can’t wait for this!

Daniel Isenberg recently sat down with the legendary Xtra P to pick his brain and pull stories from his mental vault on some of his most classic productions. On producing Nas’ Halftime:

That’s funny, because when I made that beat, Busta Rhymes wanted that beat, right after I made it. My house after a while became like a little hangout for dudes. Busta Rhymes, coming from Long Island, he would always pass through Queens and come to the crib. And that beat right there, he was writing to it and everything. But he was in between deals though—this was after the Leaders [of the New School] shit, and before his Elektra deal.

“But Nas was right there, ready to go with [MC] Serch and Ruffhouse. It was always a toss up, kind of like Jamaican reggae style, where I would play it for everybody, and whoever gets ill on it can get busy. And Nas was like, ‘Yeah, I can get busy on that.’ And he was like, ‘I’m gonna say this rhyme with that [and put it down].

“That was a nice session, because we had been in so [many of] Eric B.’s sessions and other people’s sessions, and this was finally his own session. So he had his weed ready, he had the crew coming through, his books [of rhymes], the fresh gear, sittin’ back and shit with a freshly rolled, and another one being rolled, like, ‘Yo, play the beat. Nah yo, play the other beat.’ [Laughs.] Now Nas was control. That was nice, man. That was really nice. [Laughs.]

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The homie Hevehitta is back with yet another mixtape, this time it’s an ode to all graff heads who reside on the wrong side of da tracks. Tracklist and download after the jump.

Inspired by the movie “Style Wars,” I (Hevehitta) have decided to drop a free mix called “The Writers Bench.” This 15-track mix focuses on the art of graffiti by the way of hip-hop music.

If you are not familiar with The Writers Bench, it was a meeting place located at 149th Street Grand Concourse where graffiti writers would talk graffiti, make plans, sign black books and settle disputes. The main activity was watching art on the passing trains (known as benching). The writers would admire and criticize the latest paintings.

To put my own personal touch on the mix. I have included recorded dialog from classic hip-hop films such as Style Wars, Wild Style and Beat Street.

Meyhem Lauren, KRS-One, Typical Cats, Atmosphere, Futura 2000 and the Artifacts are just some of the artists you will find on this mix.

Enjoy and be educated.