A teaser for the new Marshall.

Apparently, this Boi-1da-produced beat (same as Em’s “Not Afraid”) was in Maino’s hands first. He was thinking about using it as a single for his sophomore The Day After Tomorrow… You can speculate the rest.

Maino ft. August – Survival Of The Fittest (prod. Boi-1da) | Mediafire

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Props to LowKey/UHTN

Boi-1da talks about meeting Drake, trying to do at least two or three beats a day, how his beats reached Eminem (who picked two of them for Recovery) through his manager who also happens to be the VP at Interscope, which also helped get his beats to Dr. Dre. He said he met him last month in the studio, along with Game, Stat Quo, etc., and Dre loved his beats.

He also talks about a Jonas Brothers collaboration that the publisher they share is trying make happen. Their busy schedules (thankfully) hasn’t let that happen yet.

Previously: Eminem – Not Afraid (prod. Boi-1da) [CDQ] | Drake – Miss Me feat. Lil Wayne (prod. Boi-1da) [Unfinished/Tags]

Cole, Kweli and Hi-Tek discuss their track “Just Begun”.

Photographer/videographer extraordinaire 13thWitness linked with Belvedere Vodka to document a day in the life of Wale at Coachella 2010.

J. Cole talks to Jenny Boom Boom about his self-produced (co-produced by Elite) single “Who Dat,” off his title-still-under-wraps debut coming this Summer, working with Pharrell/No I.D./Salaam Remi/Jim Jonsin, his calm approach to Jae Millz’s comments, and about how he really started fucking with Freddie Gibbs music after the XXL photoshoot.

In part 2 after the jump, he talks about picking Jay’s brain when he plays him records. He also names Canibus, Nas, Royce Da 5’9″ as his lyrical influences and reminisces on printing their lyrics from O.H.H.L.A. to put on his walls as a teen.

Previously: J. Cole – Who Dat (Dirty)

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Download: Jeezy – Hood Politics | Mediafire

Off Trap Or Die II: By Any Means Necessary, which drops Tuesday.

Shouts to Decatur Dan, who shot the clip.

Previously: Don Cannon & Jeezy – Trap Or Die II (Artwork + Tracklist)

We posted the legendary P x Chef x Ice Cream Truck photo yesterday, here’s more pics from that video shoot for The R.E.D. Album‘s “street” single “It Must Be Me.”

Cameos from Raekwon & Nipsey Hussle.

Previously: Game ft. Justin Timberlake & Pharrell – Ain’t No Doubt About It [CDQ] | 400 Bars (Video) | Shake (Video) | The Red Room (Mixtape)

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Nickel Nine rips another instrumental for Bar Exam 3 (due May 31st.)

Royce Da 5’9″ – Airplanes Freestyle (Snippet) | Mediafire

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Previously: Royce Da 5′9″ Says Slaughterhouse/Shady Deal Is One Week Away

Today Blitz drops his new 5 song, live EP, StereoLive. The project consists of live versions of 5 cuts from his last project Stereotype. More info about the EP and some footage of the creation of the artwork at DD172 after the jump.

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