Blitz The Ambassador is getting ready to hit the world with Stereotype, his much anticipated new album thats been over 2 years in the making.  It will be officially released on August 4th and is currently available to purchase/download here.  I was lucky enough to get the advance about a month ago and I am proud to say this is hands down one of the best albums of the year.  If you are in NYC or the surrounding areas, 92Y Tribecca is the place to be Saturday night as Blitz will celebrate the release of Stereotype backed by the amazing Embassy Ensemble band.  Here we have some awesome footage of Blitz and the band rehearsing for the show at Soundclash Studios.  Check back early next week where we’ll have some exclusive audio treats from the show.

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Raekwon was the latest featured artist at Peter Rosenberg’s Noisemakers and we have the complete audio of the interview as well as a performance by Raekwon backed by The Cypher thanks to GrandGood.  The Chef discussed a variety of topics including how the Wu-Tang Clan formed, the making of “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx”, the turmoil within the Clan, the infamous Biggie skit and other much much more.  Raekwon was also generous enough to play a snippet off the highly anticipated new album “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II”.  The song, House of Flying Daggers, sounds dope and its produced by J-Dilla.

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Here is the Audio & Video streams and downloads of Kanye West’s show from the Chicago Theatre earlier this year that recently aired on Fuse.

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Asher Roth brought his college, frat boy antics to the heart of Times Square a couple of weeks ago for a stop on The Great Hangover Tour.  His set was really entertaining, with tons of hilarious props including a huge fake joints, a tiny fisher price go kart, lion costumes and more.  But all sillyness aside, he does put on a good show, backed by DJ Wreckineyez and a drummer.  Check out our exclusive recordings below of “La Di Da”, “Sour Patch Kids”, “Be By Myself” and “I Love College” with a surprise appearance from Jim Jones.

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Earlier today, Questlove dropped this little “sandwich” via his twitter account.  Straight from rehearsals at 30 Rock, here’s The Roots jammin out to a cover of Jimmy Smith’s “Root Down”, which you may recognize as the original sample of the Beastie Boys song of the same name.  Audio stream and download after the jump.

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Everyone’s favorite summer hip-hop super tour finally landed in New York as Jones Beach was home to Rock The Bells this weekend.  The highlight of the day was clearly Damian Marley and Nas, performing together, in support of their highly anticipated upcoming album, Distant Relatives.  The duo premiered a handful of new songs from the project, which all sound amazing so far, but the most impressive was “Africa Must Wake Up”, which fittingly features Somalian-born rapper, K’Naan.  I’ve had Damian’s catchy and beautiful hook stuck in my head ever since the show, and you most likely will as well after the jump.  Rastafarianism! (c) Ras Trent.

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