The Foreign Exchange - His & Her (Album Trailers)

After a few years away, The Foreign Exchange (Phonte and Nicolay) get ready to release their anticipated new album "Love In Flying Colors". Director Kenneth Price has put together a trailer for the album in which you see the growth of a fan and hear the progression of their music from the first album "Connected" up to now.

Watch "Her" below. "Love In Flying Colors" is due to be released at the tail end of September.

*Update* A second trailer was released today showing a male's point of view. Watch it below.

Nardwuar vs. Hudson Mohawke (Video)

Nardwuar strikes again in Vancouver in this interview with Hudson Mohawke. He asks him about his work with Kanye West and playing outtakes from "Yeezus", his dad rapping back in 1987 and a little MF Doom mishap.

Mr. Mohawke seems a little tipsy in this interview.

Goodie Mob - Special Education feat. Janelle Monáe (Video)

The Goodie Mob release the second video from their upcoming album, "Age Against The Machine". With a little help from Janelle Monáe on chorus duties, "Special Education" sees the Mob go back to school and we see younger versions of them.

Check the video below and be on the look out for their album coming at the end of August.

Vado - Slime Flu 4 (Mixtape)

Vado returns with the next installment of his Slime Flu series. "Slime Flu 4" has appearances from Jadakiss, Raekwon, N.O.R.E., Pusha T and more.

Tracklist and download link beneath.

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The Kid Daytona - Friendz (Video)

Another new video and freestyle from The Kid Daytona, who will always have a place on this blog. This time using the beat from a personal favourite KRS-One track of mine, he delivers "Friendz". He also explains the reason behing the song.

"While out in Annecy, France... I met some good people that reminded me of some friends from NYC. Here I was, in a place I've never heard of before landing there, feeling like I was right at home. I wrote these raps over KRS One's classic "A Friend" instrumental, mainly because I thought all of this "No New Friends" shit was corny... If new people come into your life and bring positivity, prosperity, and new money opportunities... I say welcome them with open arms! And on the flip side of that, having people in your life with no drive and a bunch of negativity isn't healthy at all... With that said, enjoy the visuals... "Friendz" "

Peep the video below.

Dead Players - Winning (Video)

High Focus Records continue their visual assault with yet another video. This time coming from Dead Players (Jam Baxter, Dabbla & GhostTown). The track "Winning" is lifted from their self titled album out now. Find the album and more from artists on High Focus here. You can't go wrong with any of the releases on there.

Nardwuar vs. R.A. The Rugged Man (Video)

Interviewer extraordinaire Nardwuar catches up with R.A. The Rugged Man in Vancouver before a show and, as he's known to do, asks questions that R.A. can't figure out where the information came from.

Watch the interview below and if you're unfamiliar with Nardwuar, have a look at his extensive catalogue of interviews on Youtube.

Stalley - NineteenEighty7 feat. Schoolboy Q (Video)

Stalley joins Schoolboy Q out in L.A. for the video to "NineteenEighty7". The track, produced by Terrace Martin, is taken from his recently released "Honest Cowboy" project which you can get here.

Prodigy & Alchemist Back & Forth Interview (Video)

On Noisey's latest edition of their "Back & Forth" series, Prodigy and Alchemist talk about when they first met, touring and bodegas. Captivating stuff!

Their album "Albert Einstein" is out now.

Eminem - Survival (Audio)

Eminem returns with a new track which is featured on the forthcoming game "Call Of Duty: Ghosts". It was heard  in the trailer for the game earlier today but has now been revealed in its entirety.

"Survival" was produced by DJ Khalil and will appear on Eminem's upcoming album.

Soul Khan - Resolution EP (Free Download)

If you still have no Soul Khan music in your collection by now, shame on you. Soul has been releasing quality music for years now. After his monstrous appearances on the battle circuit and his eventual retirement, he is one of the few who has made the transition to song making. Not just battle rap after battle rap. Actual music.

Today, the Brown Bag AllStar made one of his past EPs a free download. The "Resolution" EP was released back in 2011 and is entirely produced by Marink. It's one of many EPs and singles available on his Bandcamp page (some for a small fee). Also on there you can find his debut album "Soul Like Khan" which is also free. You've nothing to lose by checking out his music.

Here's "Resolution". His latest EP "Psalm" is also available now.

Tito Lopez - Black Dude, Spanish Name (Video)

Tito Lopez unloads the video for his track "Black Dude, Spanish Name". This is from his mixtape "Y.O.U." available at Dat Piff.

14KT - Lincoln Lux (Test Drive EP) (Free Download)

Another free instrumental has arrived. This time coming from Michigan's14KT. This is a small EP as a warm up for his album "Nickel & Dimed" out in September through Mello Music Group.

Big K.R.I.T. - 4Eva N A Day Instrumentals (Free Download)

Late last week, Big K.R.I.T. took to Twitter to ask his fans which of his albums he should release the instrumentals for. Today he dropped all the backdrops from his 4Eva N A Day project. Who knows how long they'll be available for free, so I'd get them as soon as you can. Find them below.

King Kendrick

For the record, Kendrick Lamar has been outshining artists on their own records for the best part of three years. Let me just point that out before anything else.

I'm sure by now you've all heard Kendrick Lamar's verse on the otherwise forgettable Big Sean track "Control". The reason this was left off his new album is clear. No one's checking for Big Sean. Not really. Plus the fact that Kendrick's verse would have eclipsed Big Sean's whole album. Better to let it stand alone I'm guessing. I won't even get in to the phoned in and boring verse from Jay Electronica.

A lot of people are confused by his "I'm the king of New York" statement and the slew of peers he named on the track. Why do people think he dissed them? Did people actually listen to what he said? He basically acknowledges everyone mentioned but let's them know that he's out to take everyone's fan base. To 'murder' them lyrically.

Listen to Peter Rosenberg explain it better in this clip of "The Realness" on Hot 97. Cypha Sounds points out that everyone who WASN'T mentioned should be the ones to take offense. Truth.



Here's "Control" if you missed it. Kendrick goes in second.