Talib Kweli Talks Upcoming Mixtape & “Prisoner Of Conscious”; Reveals Release Date & Features [Video]

Talib speaks about: Owning a bookstore and why he ended up selling it (0:18) How the store influenced his career (0:57) First time hearing Jay-Z’s line on “Moment Of Clarity” (1:40) Why he felt like dropping a mixtape, Attack The Block, before his album (2:42) How he chose the guest features on Attack The Block (3:51) The reason his mixtape with DJ Smallz never materialized (4:49) The direction of Prisoner Of Conscious (5:45) Reveals the features on POC, including Miguel, Melanie Fiona & more (6:21) How “Push Thru” with Kendrick Lamar & Curren$y happened (reveals video was shot) (7:15) Reveals POC will be released in October (8:58) His favorite album in the last year (9:33) If he went on tour and could only bring one CD to listen to the entire time, what would it be? (10:20) Previously: Talib Kweli Brings Out Jay Rock In Los Angeles [Video]

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Snoop Dogg Live @ Catalpa Music Festival 2012 [Video]

The Elite Money Empire (@EMETakeover) Presents to you: Snoop Dogg’s (@SnoopDogg) “Catalpa NYC Music Festival” Performance in New York City at Randall’s Island on 7-29-12. Snoop Dogg headlined the last show of the festival and delivered an entertaining show. He performed “Gin and Juice”, “Ain’t Nothing But A G Thang”, “Murder Was The Case”, “Tha Shiznit”, “Ain’t No Fun”, “G’z Up, Hoes Down” and more off his classic “Doggystyle” album. More footage after the jump.

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50 Cent’s new LP “Street King Immortal” Gets Release Date

50 Cent just released his single “New Day” featuring Alicia Keys and Dr. Dre on iTunes. “New Day”, produced by Dr. Dre, is the lead single from his fifth studio album, “Street King Immortal”, which will be released via Shady/Aftermath/Interscope on November 13th. Can’t wait! STREET KING IMMORTAL is going to be a classic — 50cent (@50cent) July 28, 2012 Previously: 50 Cent feat. Dr. Dre And Alicia Keys – New Day [Audio]

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Tony Yayo – Sex, Drugs & Hip-Hop [Mixtape]

Here’s Tony’s new mixtape “Sex, Drugs & Hip-Hop”. Download: Tony Yayo – Sex, Drugs & Hip-Hop Tracklist 01.Make It Snow ft. Bun B, Slim Thug and Deanaun Porter (D12) 02.All These Bitches 03.2 Girls ft. Gucci Mane 04.Pissy 05.100 Bottles 06.Tables ft. Cory Gunz / Danny Brown 07.Throwing Money ft. Ron Browz 08.Cemetary 09.Slow and Melodic 10.Break A Bitch ft. Too Short 11.So High

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AWAR – Elephant Gun [Audio]

AWAR unleashes a new leak, “Elephant Gun” (Produced by Jake One) from his forthcoming album, “The Laws Of Nature”. AWAR maneuvers through the rap jungle pluckin’ feathers and spittin’ a full clip, over Jake One’s signature banger. “The Laws Of Nature” available August 7th on CD and digitally. Pre-order on iTunes now. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/54588322″ width=”600″ height=”166″ params=”show_artwork=true” iframe=”true” /]

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