Jay Electronica was one of the featured surprise guests at last nights installment of The Roots’ Jam session.  This is one collab I’ve been anxiously waiting to come to fruition and it did not disappoint.  He shredded the mic off the dome before obliging Questlove’s request to kick some of his rhymes.  Jay is definitely one of the best new emcees to come out in the past decade and stay tuned for highlights of his set from the New York stop on the Ecstatic Tour from this past weekend.

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There’s not much more to say about the Jay-Z benefit concert at MSG that hasnt already been said (other than the fact that I think it was slightly overrated).  Anyway, full video download links and streams after the jump.

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The best part about The Roots’ jam sessions at Highline Ballroom are that you never who’s going to show up or what’s going to happen next.  Earlier this year at 9th installment of the residency, Duckdown was out in full force as Buckshot, Sean Price, Steele and Rock surprised the crowd and tore down the stage with The Roots.  Here’s our exclusive recording of the performance.

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Asher Roth took some time out of his college parties and blunt cruises to take a trip across the pond to rock the stage at the Lowlands Festival last month.  His high energy set was a treat, hear it for yourself courtesy of this soundboard recording.

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Kid Cudi is getting ready to release his debut album, Man On The Moon, later this month and to commemorate the release, here’s a soundboard recording of his performance at the Hultsfred Festival in Sweden from earlier this summer.

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Wale and UCB performed at the BET Studios in NYC last month for a taping of BET’s Rising Stars, which aired last night.  This is his best TV performance yet and the interviews between songs are very insightful.  Here is the full 20 min video.

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