[youtube]G-jFw3kbAzo[/youtube] Casual came to rock his shit. Hiero baby. Casual’s online at hieroglyphics.com & @Smashrockwell

[youtube]sifUB6c6oJ0[/youtube] Open Mike Eagle makes really, really good music (fine, fine, ‘in my opinion’) & even when he’s making me uncomfortable, be it about race, my hairstyle or the worth of bloggers, critics or underground hip-hop fans in general, I’m still enjoying the art. As well as the music making, he does funky-cool live things, [...]

M-1 and stic man go in on this joint from their latest mixtape, Revolutionary But Gangsta Grillz, with DJ Drama. Here’s the official pictorial.

Life of a Lover exclusive BLU verse from Theophilus London on Vimeo. This unreleased verse from Blu was supposed to be a part of Theophilus London’s mixtape, I Want You. Instead, we get to listen to it free-verse style. via 2DBZ

subCentric// Restoration Rocks from Centric TV on Vimeo. Some footage from subCentric of the 4th annual Restoration Rocks Music Festival that went down in Bed-Stuy on October 9. Invincible and Tamar-kali talk about the festival, what they’re doing and how everything came together. Also, peep the footage of Invincible’s live set.

[youtube]2UVpHlbZbo4[/youtube] Live footage of John Robinson & Sadat X at a rooftop jam in Brooklyn NYC, Labor Day 2010. More from John Robinson at thejohnrobinsonproject.com

[youtube]jY0TOpDBQbU[/youtube] Never one to shy away from the camera, Sahtyre is back with a video for “Drive” from his latest project. Download the song and the rest of the mini project produced by JBizness here. Find J Bizness on Bandcamp & Sahtyre on Facebook.

RAPSODY – HONDA ACCORD MUSIC from Pricefilms on Vimeo. 9th Wonder peddling more of his homies (jokes). Rapsody’s spitting about her un-luxurious taste in automobiles over a 9th-produced joint. Edit: This joint is from 9th Wonder’s upcoming compilation, 9th Wonder’s Opus. October 26.

Flying Lotus – Kill Your Co-Workers from Warp Records on Vimeo. Some madness from Fly Lo, this cut comes from his latest release, Pattern+Grid World. Less hip hop, more trippy, electronic mindfuckery. Still dope.

[youtube]Je8YIpeS6YA[/youtube] With Slum Village seemingly a thing of the past for the dude, eLZhi, he’s not sleeping. This freestyle (free verse?) over a Madlib-laced instrumental. Not likely we’ll see this on any full projects, but you never know.

“Intro”: With popular demand steadily growing, Nottz and Raw Koncept Media Group are excited to announce that they’ve pushed the album release date up from the 26th to this Tuesday, October 19th. To share the exciting news comes an equally exciting video, for the “Intro from You Need This Music, featuring otherworldly drummer Travis Barker. [...]

[youtube]iN5WHUKX9gQ[/youtube] The fifth video from Gotham Green & Quickie Mart’s Haze Diaries Vol. 3, “Malk & Green”. Cop Haze Diaries Vol. 3 via Amazon.

[youtube]axLXA7W795c[/youtube] Who’s That?!: Originally a Das Racist song called, “Who’s That? Brooown!” off the Sit Down, Man mixtape, Bambu managed to get his hands on the Sabzi produced track and throw a couple of verses over it. Look for Bambu’s mixtape with DJ Muggs, Los Angeles, Philippines, next month.

[youtube]9WpzVs52SFU[/youtube] Cymarshall Law and The Beatnikz with “Almost Home” from their collaborative album Freedom Express Line. Cop Freedom Express Line on iTunes.

“No Distance Just Grace” from SPEAK, find him on Twitter & uh, MySpace (?)

[youtube]eNw-dNmBV-g[/youtube] The first video from Otis Clapp’s debut solo album Welcome To Nowhere is for a track that is pretty well summed up by its title “Reflection”. Pick up Otis Clapp’s Welcome II Nowhere via Bandcamp & keep up with the Queens emcee via Twitter.

[youtube]rcLxxx5UXbQ[/youtube] From Nima Fadavi’s Behind The Beat (available for free download here) comes the official video for Ghambit’s “Putitinthair”. Find Ghambit & Nima Fadavi on Twitter & catch up on anything you might have missed from the producer via nimafadavibeats.com

Long Hot Summer REFLECTION ETERNAL – Dir. Joslyn Rose Lyons from Joslyn Rose Lyons on Vimeo. Talib and Hi-Tek drop the latest from their Revolutions Per Minute from earlier in 2010 (You should already know that by now). Don’t forget to support the cats. iTunes

[youtube]WUOcv8uXePU[/youtube] The first single from Eligh’s forthcoming album GreyCrow is a beautiful testament to & celebration of his aunt Rachel, who recently passed away. If the sentiments & stories shared throughout “Miss Busdriver” are anything to go on, any Eligh fan is a little indebted to his aunt Rachel too. Head over to iTunes to [...]

Believe it or not, my girlfriend actually opened my eyes to the homie Mars. The reason this is so significant is that my girlfriend worships musical acts such as Lady Gaga, Hanson, Britney Spears, etc. So it came as a surprise that she found a hip-hop/rap artist that she liked! This was months ago now, [...]

[youtube]_W5QWAGfZyU[/youtube] Off The Clock UNTAGGED by HawdWerk Featuring Curtiss King and Noa James the music video for “You So Craaaazy” from Hawdwerk’s mixtape Off The Clock. From Cov Original Music: Fresh off of the Freedom Express Line Tour with musical partner Jansport J and Sony/XOXO Records artist Cymarshall Law, Hawdwerk releases the debut video off [...]

[youtube]bAMon1JYIfg[/youtube] Shinobi Stalin is a talented guy. I am sometimes busy/distracted/forgetful/slow. Thus the visuals for his “SNM (Just Skate)” are up here, but days later than they should be. From Shiobi’s album Zombie Skool (available for just $5 via Bandcamp) “SNM (Just Skate)” is a ‘skate anthem featuring the talents of Mike Rosa, Christ Abbott [...]

[youtube]YGjf1NDApEM[/youtube] Following on from “LA To JFK” featuring El Prez, “Tell Me Something” featuring Freddie Gibbs and Jes Hudak & “Dirty Filthy Liar RMX” featuring Jes Hudak, the fourth video from Gotham Green & Quickie Mart’s Haze Diaries Vol. 3, “Game Change” features  scenes with Planet Asia in LA’s Fat Beats store, the day before [...]

[youtube]8Vg_Ea8nvus[/youtube] Coming out of Portland, Cloudy October describes his music as “innovative research based hip hop” (make of that what you will…). “Lowerface” is the first joint on his 6 track EP The Aviator is Dead, available for free download, or with some merch for some dollars, via Bandcamp.

[youtube]BmcipI82n1E[/youtube] The Mr. Joeker produced “Get Up” from an unnamed Skit Slam project due in early 2011.

[youtube]9W2J5C18EK4[/youtube] The official video for “Ultra-Magnetics” from BP & ODDS’ album The Medium, available now via iTunes.

[youtube]Yc7wvAOXkoY[/youtube] Following on from the May release of Audacity, which features production from Ohno, DJ Vadim, Kev Brown & more Epsilon Project are preparing an Audacity Package. The package, which is set to include originals, remixes, a digital version, a CD version, t shirt, bag and a poster, will be available exclusively at epsilonproject1.bandcamp.com. In [...]

[youtube]wzAu_51oKMg[/youtube] Pigeon John, DJ Abilities, Dark Time Sunshine – The Dragon Slayer Tour 2010. 10/01 San Diego CA @ The Loft – UCSD 10/02 Los Angeles CA @ Siren Studios 10/02 Visalia CA @ The Cellar Door 10/04 San Francisco CA @ Cafe Du Nord 10/06 Seattle WA @ Nectar Lounge 10/07 Portland OR @ [...]

[youtube]PR5at8AhQMs[/youtube] From SoulCultureMedia: Pharoahe Monch took to the London airwaves on Kiss 100′s Hip Hop Show on Sunday, hosted by Shortee Blitz and DJ MK, with a spontaneous live in-studio premiere performance of his new song titled ‘Clap’ – from Pharoahe’s forthcoming album W.A.R. (We Are Renegades), due for release in 2011.

[youtube]hRU4VgAJLwQ[/youtube] “We Rock Long Distance” tells the story of three Minnesota hip-hop artists with roots far beyond the state’s borders: M.anifest, Tou SaiK Lee, and Maria Isa. For more information, visit werocklongdistance.com The remix of M.anifest’s “Golly Gosh” is produced by Ghanaian producer, Dj Juls. The original is featured on M.anifest’s mixtape The Birds And [...]

Skyzoo & !llmind present the visuals for “Speakers On Blast”, the latest single from Live From The Tape Deck. Cop the bonus track version of Live From The Tape Deck on iTunes via Duck Down Music.

[youtube]-CqlJQjMkbI[/youtube] Australia’s Hilltop Hoods are back with another look at their new DVD Parade Of The Dead, this time offering live footage of “Chris Farley”. Pre-Orders of the Parade Of The Dead DVD (dropping October 22nd) are being taken at paradeofthedead.com.au.

In preparation for his upcoming album, Diamond In The Rough, Freeway has dropped the first single titled “Beautiful Music” which was produced by beat-maker extraordinaire Jake One.  Diamond In The Rough is the follow up to The Stimulus Package which will make this his second full-length release this year. Word is that the album will boast beats by [...]

[youtube]wg1H-ek1iSc[/youtube] I know I’ve said this already but really, zombies + hip-hop = goodness. More info on Hilltop Hoods’ Parade Of The Dead at paradeofthedead.com.au.

[youtube]La1OnsTW64c[/youtube] From Duck Down Music: For the final episode in the “Tales From the Tape” series, illmind interviews Skyzoo about his writing style, what his goals were when creating the ‘Live From The Tape Deck’ project, and the approach he took with this one as compared to his previous work. Live From The Tape Deck [...]

[youtube]avd9AHkj7Pc[/youtube] Today marks the release of Heaven Razah, the long-anticipated sophomore solo album from Wu-Tang Clan affiliate and former Sunz Of Man member Hell Razah, which means fans can breathe a sigh of relief. Initially slated for a spring release, the album was postponed indefinitely when Razah was admitted to the hospital last April with [...]

John Robinson took some time to talk to UK’s Holy Roller Productions. The interview goes on for a bit, but were you really planning to do something better for the next half hour? More from Holy Roller Productions via holyrollerproductions.com & John Robinson via thejohnrobinsonproject.com

[youtube]LDPUk0onH1U[/youtube] The lead single off Sapient’s 2010 Camobears release, Barrels for Feathers. You cop the album from iTunes today.

[youtube]hfJxmazNkqw[/youtube] If you were scoffing at, holding out on or (asleep since January &) unaware of the 10 albums presented by LMNO in 2010 it’s time to sort yourself out. All 10 albums, featuring production from LD, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Dert, Kev Brown, Theory Hazit, Mr. Brady, Astronote, DJ Babu, & KeyKool as well as [...]

[youtube]mr27yKm4Fzo[/youtube] Strong Arm Steady present the official video to “Make Me Feel”, the first release from their upcoming album Arms & Hammers. Check for Arms & Hammers on Blacksmith music February 2011 & keep up with Strong Arm Steady via strongarmsteadyTV.com

[youtube]x59tjG3JEak[/youtube] Rhymesayers, Grieves & Budo give you footage from various tour dates, from California to Sweden. The “To All My Friends” tour with Atmosphere, Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove, Grieves & Budo runs through until October 7th, head over to rhymesayers.com for details on the remaining dates.

[youtube]1t64VAoxRY8[/youtube] From Ubiquitous Media / Legendary Music: The GreyCrow is landing. On November 9, 2010; Eligh, the prolific beatsmith and emcee from the Living Legends crew will drop “GreyCrow”, his first solo album since 2003’s Poltergeist. GreyCrow is an attestation of Eligh’s will to live, love and learn. Five years ago, Eligh was wandering the [...]

[youtube]XROd4UWJ9LY[/youtube] The first single from J Natural’s upcoming album Love Is On Hiatus features vocals from LD & Ariano & a cameos from some of Project Blowed’s finest in the Eric Heights directed video. Look for Love Is On Hiatus early 2011 & keep up with J NaturaL via Twitter.

[youtube]Soy9fxcHYZs[/youtube] From Duck Down Music: In this episode, Skyzoo interviews !llmind about his input with the ‘Live From The Tape Deck’ album, the direction he chose to go with production wise, and the new sound he was aiming to get to the people. Skyzoo & !llmind ‘Live From The Tape Deck’ in stores October 5th. [...]

[youtube]5aYpQi-kkZc[/youtube] Sahtyre’s birthday has been & gone (happy belated mate) but fortunately the free tracks he offered up as a gift are still available. Download Sahtyre’s Friday Raps via the link above & check out the front page of his Bandcamp page for more goodness. If you’re looking to send your own belated greetings, Sahtyre [...]

[youtube]5xqFFYWGuSA[/youtube] Aussie hip-hop royalty the Hilltop Hoods performing ‘Still Standing’ from their forthcoming DVD Parade of the Dead. Parade Of The Dead pre-orders are being taken at paradeofthedead.com.au & rewarded with a free 4 track single, the DVD drops October 22nd.

Eternia speaks a little on the need for Canada’s hip hop style & influence to be recognized as distinct at the ‘Brooklyn Meet Toronto’ Showcase. Eternia & DJ Law, as well as Black Thought, Jay Electronica & J. Period, will take the main stage during Toronto’s Manifesto festival. Catch Eternia Sunday, September 26 at 7.30pm [...]

[youtube]0iQdCveEj4w[/youtube] From Toki Wright’s BlackMale EP comes the music video to the Benzilla produced “The Soul (Go There)”. The BlackMale EP is available for free download here & Toki’s 2009 debut album A Different Mirror is available from Fifth Element,  iTunes or Amazon

[youtube]rzzUVyc9pzQ[/youtube] The second episode from Skyzoo & !llmind’s four part video web series, “Tales From The Tape”, giving fans an inside look into the creation of their forthcoming collaborative album Live From The Tape Deck, in stores October 5th on Duck Down Music.

[youtube]13eq9HSUpzA[/youtube] From Rhymesayers: Slug sits down to enjoy breakfast with you in Glendive, MT to discuss the new Atmosphere EPs “To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy” and their To All My Friends Tour featuring Atmosphere, Blueprint, Grieves, Budo & DJ Rare Groove. Grab tickets for the tour here: http://bit.ly/bsB3f2 Pick up To [...]