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Fresh off his performance at the Hangout Festival in Alabama, Kendrick Lamar sat down with MTV to share his thoughts on Kanye West’s premiere of “New Slaves” (that was projected on 66 buildings across the world on Friday night) and his upcoming album Yeezus (check the artwork here). On the premiere: It sounded crazy. That whole marketing scheme is crazy. It’s very inspiring. After a while you get to a point in hip-hop where certain tactics get watered down. How much music can you release on the Internet to get it hot? How many singles can you put out? How many videos can you possibly do? On the album: That’s crazy, I want to hear that. That’s that creative Kanye genius stuff out the box … whatever way is his way of being creative and getting his message across through that album, that’s the culture. I can’t wait to hear it. PREVIOUS: Scoop DeVille Says Kendrick Lamar’s “The Recipe” Was Originally For Detox, Reveals Unreleased Damian Marley Version

Holding it down for female MC’s currently is LadyLeshurr. The Birmingham hailing fast rapping, singer and producer kept it fresh

Statik Selektah 'Extended Play' Album Sampler Courtesy Matt B. Preview Statik Selektah's 'Extended Play' album out June 18th!

Audio: DJ YRS Jerzy Ft. Chox-Mak - N.I.K.E (Doin It Freestyle) Courtesy DYJ. Song Description: DJ YRS Jerzy and Chox-Mak have yet again raised the bar for up and coming artists now taking on classics like LL Cool J's 1995 single "Doin It". This Track Is Called "N.I.K.E." which is basically telling everyone if you have a dream make sure you go out and "just do it" like the N.I.K.E. slogan.

“They shouldn’t have let me back in. They fucked up.” After his live show at NY’s Highline Ballroom last Tues, the Juice Man chopped it up backstage about the status of the Stay Trippy album, his rise as a solo artist, staying high but still functional and what it takes to survive in the music business. Ca$h rules! Peep playlist and whole show here.

YUNG NET SAVE PESO FOR MYSPACE the homie Vic Mensa stopped by LDRSkate earlier today and said what up

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Check footage of Chris Brown’s, “They Don’t Know,” video shoot, the track features unreleased Aaliyah vocal tracks.

Directed by: TheloVism Produced by: Sami Abdullahi Taylor Bennett has released his latest video for his track ‘SpeedRacer’, produced by Sami Abdullahi. His project The Taylor Bennett Show is coming soon. In the meantime, watch this clip, directed by TheloVism, above.

Video: Sweat Box - "That Ride" Courtesy Matt P. In case you're not familiar, Teddy Roxpin is a producer whose worked extensively with artists like Mac Miller (Get Up, Futuristic Funk, Sunlight, Three Blind Mice, and more), Hoodie Allen (Top Of The World, Lucky Man), Chris Webby (Bounce, What I Do, They Already Know) and many others including Phil Ade, Rockie Fresh, Logic, Tayyib Ali, Apathy, Demigodz, and Slaine. You can check the video out here.