Marco Polo breaks down a few tracks from his upcoming album PA2: The Director’s Cut for FUSE’s The Mixdown. First he speaks on how “G.U.R.U.”, his tribute to the late Keith Elam, came together with Preemo and Talib Kweli. Then he previews a couple of album cuts: a posse cut called “Astonishing” which features Large Professor, Inspectah Deck, O.C., Tragedy Khadafi and DJ Revolution, and “West Coast Love” with MC Eiht and King Tee. He also speaks briefly on his vinyl collection and why those records are important to him. PA2 is due out next month.

Previously: Marco Polo – Newport Authority 2 (Mixtape) | Marco Polo ft. Tragedy Khadafi, Lil Fame, Adrian Younge & The Delfonics – Stand Up (Remix)

In this clip from the Parklife Festival in Manchester, England this past weekend, Hudson Mohawke, the other half of TNGHT and G.O.O.D. Music producer, plays what sounds like a new Kanye verse over TNGHT’s “R U Ready” during his DJ Set. There’s a good chance this could end up as a track on Yeezus, but I suppose we’ll have to wait until the 18th to know for sure.

Previously: Kanye Performs New Music @ The Governor’s Ball in NYC | Kanye West, Jay-Z & Nas (PIC)

‘Verse Unheard’ is a new series from Duck Down Visuals featuring artists spitting their favorite verse that has yet to be released. First up Joey Bada$$ performs a verse from ‘Swank’ off his upcoming project ‘Summer Knights’ out June 12th. Shot by Shane Gill and Guy Blelloch.

Previously: Joey Bada$$ – Word Is Bond (Prod. by Statik Selektah)

During his interview with Hot 97 this morning, Wale revealed that he’d be replacing Tiara Thomas with Rihanna on the official remix to his single “Bad”. During a visit to Sway in the Morning, he pulled out his phone and played a snippet.

Previously: Wale – The Gifted Series (Episode #3)

If you were on Rap Twitter last night or this morning there’s a good chance you have come across the three or four 7 second Vine clips of Kanye’s performance at the Met Gala last night. In the first clip, tweeted out by A-Trak at around 11:00 p.m., Kanye is seen screaming “I Am (A) God”, which of course has long been rumored to be the title of one of his much speculated upon new songs from the as yet untitled new album everybody expects to drop on June 18th.

Well it turns out that at some point this week, Hudson Mohawke, one half of the duo TNGHT, previewed a couple of new Kanye joints during a DJ set he was playing at an unidentified location. Here are two clips from that set that weigh in at a about a minute each. The sound on both is utter shit, but you can still get the gist of both tracks.

Spotted: FSD

Previously: Kanye West Has Something Planned for June 18th

While in Austin for SXSW this year, eXquire previewed a few tracks from his upcoming Kismet mixtape and he documented the performances for the benefit of the Internets. At around the 4:12 mark you can hear a preview of “Tomorrow’s Gone” which features Danny Brown, Flatbush Zombies and Nacho Picasso. The last two minutes or so of the clip serve as a video for the Alchemist produced “Fat Fool”, which features eXquire cruising around Austin in one of the city’s ubiquitous pedicabs. Kismet is “dropping shortly”.

Previously: Prince SAMO ft. Mr. MFN eXquire, Remy Banks & Goldie Glo – Flowers (Video) | Action Bronson & Mr. MFN eXquire Photoshoot for Mass Appeal

Don’t let Danny into his zone. Last night during his performance at The Bottom Lounge in Chicago, Daniel debuted a new song from the upcoming Old album called “Dip” for the crowd.

Spotted: FSD

Song title info via PiMB.

Previously: Danny Brown Debuts “Dope Song” at Coachella

R.A. previews a track called “Tom Thum”, named after the Australian beatbox maestro featured on the song, which appears on his new Legends Never Die LP.

Legends Never Die hits stores on April 30th.

Previously: R.A. The Rugged Man ft. Tech N9ne & Krizz Kaliko – Holla-Loo-Yuh

Danny debuts new music during his set at Coachella this past weekend.

“@coslive: Watch @xdannyxbrownx perform a new song called “Go” at Coachella bit.ly/12BHxLL” <<<< no that songs called “Dope Song”

— Danny Brown (@XDannyXBrownX) April 22, 2013

Spotted: COS

Previously: Paul White ft. Danny Brown – Street Lights (Video)

Here’s a sampler of the alternate Apollo Brown remix version of the new project from Ghost and Adrian Younge. This will be available as a free limited edition cassette to folks who purchase the LP at select independent music retailers. It will also be available to consumers purchasing the LP from Soul Temple’s Bandcamp page, and will be included with both of the “12 Delucas” deluxe packages from Get On Down.

Previously: Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge ft. Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa & Killa Sin – Murder Spree